A model of self-supported settlement based on RE
Create a model of self-supported settlement in the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO aegis with the maximal use of local resources. The project is aimed at complex approach to problem solving regarding the use of local resources to generate heat, energy from alternative sources (biogas plants, sun thermal panels, PVC, heat pumps and others), to process waste water and produce ecologically clean food. The results of available research and analysis allow defining optimal forms of sustainable development for the three types of infrastructure – municipal, rural and tourism.
Project idea
- Develop new mechanisms to generate heat from the solar energy, soil, water and organic wastes;
- Develop new mechanisms to generate electricity from the solar energy, organic wastes and other sources;
- Use of innovation technologies for waste water processing and generating gas as by-product, organic fertilizers and recycled water for technical use;
- Facilitate demonstration-manufacturing site within the project territory;
- Manufacture home-made small-batch ecologically clean products (fruit jams, dry fruits, herbs, others);
- Integration of the obtained results into existing and perspective development programs for one of the world-largest biosphere reserves
The Project site is the strip of land from the coastline till the foothills with vertical climatic zoning, approximate size is 1.0 km х 3.0 km with the height gradient up to 220 meters. The project site includes the protected coastline, recreation zone (tourism infrastructure); residential area (microrayon), high school, power house water treatment facilities (as municipal infrastructure); residential area of rural type. The project site also includes mountain stream, cultivated fields, orchards and pastures. The project site is the place of compact development in the recreational center of Cholpon-Ata town which will later serve as a demonstration ground for innovation technologies for sustainable development.
Source: International Science & Technology Center
Related project: Ecoland Issyk Kul | Sustainable technologies and development in Kyrgyzstan’s Biosphere Reserve
