Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday 19/9/2007 Page: 17
The Princess Elisabeth, a zero emissions building that will become Belgium's winter base in Antarctica, is on display in Brussels this month, reports Agence France-Presse. The 10 x 21-metre building can house up to 20 people and will be erected on a rocky cliff in "total isolation" in case of a leak. It will be powered by solar panels and wind turbines, recycles its water. Solid waste will be carted off the continent every second year. The building's engineers say if they can build a carbon neutral building in Antarctica, it's possible anywhere. American scientists living on the Greenland ice sheet, who do not have carbon-neutral digs, are pondering what to do about the pollution they emit as they study global warming, reports The Oregonian.
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