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ethinking designBiomimetic Design: Design of heating and coolingsystemsKanae MurakamiWhy:Today, global warming is one of the main issues that the world has to consider.Considering the use of materials, such as energy resources and trees is veryimportant.SincetheIndustrialRevolutioninthe1700’s,theamountofCO2emittedhasincreased.TheamountofCO2emittedin2005was35%higherthanbeforetheIndustrial Revolution. The largest source of CO2 in the world is caused by thecombustionoffossilfuels,oil,coalandgas.Theprocessofgeneratingelectricity,forthingssuchasairconditioning,alsoproducesalotofCO2.Today,peopleallaroundtheworlduseairconditioningandheaters.Theenergyusedforairconditioningcanbeahugeamountinplacessuchasurbanareasinsomecountries.Airconditioningsareunitsareusedtocooldownspacesinside becausetheoutsidetemperatureishot, but air conditioning also heats up the outside air by emitting warm air frominside.Theuseofelectricityforairconditioningcanaffectglobalwarmingandalsocosts a lot of money. Designing space which uses natural heating and coolingsystem can reduce the use of energy and can also people and a large amount ofmoneyforthelongterm.(ClimateChange(2008))What:BiomimeticDesignFlicker.comEngineersandscientistsareinspiredbytheincrediblemechanismsofnaturetocreateefficientecologicaldesigns.Biomimetic designisonekindofthe ecological design techniques is still not well known. Biomimetic design is themethodthatusessystemsthathavebeenfoundin nature and applies them to the study ofdesign, engineering and technology. There areWhale Turbinesbiodesign.wordpress.com