eco friendly indoor zoo

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yousuf89

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suppose someone wants to make an eco friendly indoor zoo (like using less electricity and using biomimicry) in a desert country or somewhere that rarely rains or snow
can anyone give some good ideas
 
The more the indoor habitat differs from the outdoor habitat, the more energy is needed and materials to construct it. It is, by its very nature, not eco-friendly. Good design can make it more sustainable than has been the rule in the past, but if eco-friendly is the goal then it ought to be open to the outside with little or no environmental controls
 
Being in a desert with plenty of sun, you could have solar panels on the roof for electricity generation. However, being in a Middle Eastern desert, the cost effectiveness of this becomes slightly pointless with the low cost of fuel.
 
No, for projects in much of the Middle East, energy is not the obstacle. Yet if the goal is "eco-friendly" then the cost of fuel becomes irrelevant. Carbon footprint is a better way to evaluate the project.
In fact I have seen some very smart passive cooling approaches.
Water is the issue. And desalinization, though perhaps affordable, is still not eco
friendly
 
I have been to close to a hundred zoos in the last two decades and in my experience indoor exhibits are always inferior to outdoor exhibits.
 
Arizona Docent said:
I have been to close to a hundred zoos in the last two decades and in my experience indoor exhibits are always inferior to outdoor exhibits.
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Indoor exhibits allow zoos to exhibit animals they may not be able to exhibit out doors. And for some species, a better indoor enclosure can be created than an outdoor one.
 
Zooplantman said:
Indoor exhibits allow zoos to exhibit animals they may not be able to exhibit out doors. And for some species, a better indoor enclosure can be created than an outdoor one.
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That is the idea in theory, but I have yet to see it successfully implemented. I am also of the belief that zoos are better off exhibiting animals that can thrive in their climate.
 
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