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Issmat Al-Akhali

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by Issmat Al-Akhali
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Organic Nightlife at Vancouver 2010 Olympics
Posted by: Issmat on February 14, 2010 10:45PM

BC Hydro contracted the folks from Sustainable Dance Club (SDC) to install Canada's first sustainable dance floor in the company-sponsored 'Club Energy' during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Deejays will be spinning all types of music for all ages, and dance students and professionals from Harbour Dance will be leading visitors in salsa, swing, hip-hop, and country two-step dances.

Every day at 3 p.m. there will be a So You Think You Can Dance competition. And at 5 p.m. is a Fastest Feet Competition, to see who can generate the most energy by moving their feet. On Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. local b-girls and b-boys will spark one-on-one break-dance battles on the energy-generating floor. Throughout the Games, Club Energy will be measuring which country is able to generate the most power by dancing in the BC Power Smart Dance Challenge. The Toyota TVC below features an animated showcase of the technology.

YWT reported on SDC's invention in early 2008. The world's first sustainable dance floor was installed at Club 'WATT' in Rotterdam - Holland. Through successful collaboration with the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, WATT is sports the world's first 'Piezo-electricity' dance floor. The dance floor harvests energy from the vibrations created by dancing clubbers and uses it to power the club's own LED lighting.

The dance floor is not the only sustainable aspect of Club WATT. Dutch architect Henk Döll is the visionary behind the club's design, and has creatively integrated the latest innovations in sustainability to reduce the use of energy and water and decrease waste production. He is a founding partner of project SDC (Sustainable Dance Club) along with ENVIU. The project aims to 'green dance clubs worldwide'.

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