Skövdebostäder chose Big Hanna for their new residential area

Oct 24, 2016

The Swedish municipal real estate company Skövde-bostäder is constructing a new ecological residential area in Aspö, beautifully located northwest of the city Skövde in the southwest part of Sweden. The area represents a unique project with the ambition to create an environmentally profiled residential area with focus on the interaction between people and nature. The concept includes local composting and Skövde-bostäder chose a Big Hanna T120 to compost the residents’ food waste.

 

The inauguration was held in September 2016 by representatives from both Skövde-bostäder and the construction company Peab. Cecilia Ek represented Big Hanna and demonstrated the compost machine Big Hanna T120 and how the compost process works during progress.  

A residential area in harmony with nature

The residential project Aspö Eko-logi was started in February 2015 and the first tenants moved in during June 2016. The whole area is estimated to be fully built by 2018 at the earliest. When it´s fully inhabited it will consist of seven residential buildings varying in sizes and the amount of floors. The municipal real estate owner Skövde-bostäder already maintained activities at a municipal center, Aspögården, on the premises. This center will continue to develop in harmony with the residential area with the idea that future residents will be able to take part in the activities in different ways. 

Big Hanna an important part of the environmental profile 

Aspö Eko-logi was designed by Micael Ekberg at Abako Architects and built by the construction firm Peab. The residential area has a strong environmental profile with a number of details that have been well thought through. The facades will to a high extent be built by natural materials and harmonize with the surroundings. Energy consumption and energy recovery are both important issues; the buildings are therefor constructed with passive house technology and solar power plants will ad to the production of hot water and electricity. Energy will be recovered from waste water, and rain water will be collected and used to water the communal gardens and kitchen garden. 
The Landscape architect John Tizzard designed the gardens and planned many practical details such as fruit trees and -bushes, berries and edible plants that can be used for food or dessert. The household waste will be loaded into the Big Hanna T120 and turned into compost which will fertilise the area’s many gardens.  It´s all part of a recycling system that aim to create the smallest possible environmental impact.  

Big interest for local composting

Big Hanna T120 was installed during the summer and on the opening day Cecilia Ek from Big Hanna was present to demonstrate its function to many interested visitors. T120 will be producing an estimated 50-100 liters of nutritious soil fertiliser each week and thus be an important part of the neighbourhoods environmental work and profile.

Chef Rune Kalf Hansen cooked organic food

Chef Rune Kalf Hansen were present during the whole day. As well as cooking tasty organic food for all the guests he gave inspiring tips about environmentally conscious living; such as how to cook and how to grow organic food in the communal organic garden. 

As the inauguration day turned into evening the sun set beautifully on Big Hanna and the residential area Aspö Eko-logi. 

Bassiano – medieval village choose a sustainable system

Jul 12, 2016

Italy is getting more and more determined to implement a more sustainable waste management and local composting is one important step on the way. In June 2016 another Big Hanna was installed in Bassiano, a small mountain village 25 miles southwest of Rome.

Picturesque mountain village

Bassiano is a beautiful mountain village at 562 meters above sea level. The tiny village climbs around the hill with a lovely view over the surrounding landscape. A large part of the old curtain wall still remains and a walk through the narrow alleys takes the visitor back to medieval times. In one of the five old churches in the village a cave was recently found with old frescoes dating back to the year 1005. Apart from its historical inheritance Bassiano is famous for its prosciutto. It is prepared using strictly natural and traditional methods and stands out because of the seasoning: a dressing of garlic, pepper and white wine, followed by a 17-18 months long period of dry-curing. The end result is excellent, so much so that the inhabitants of Bassiano dedicate a festival to their ham: the Ham Festival is held once a year on the last Sunday of July. Bassiano was founded in 880 and has a total of 1600 inhabitants. 
 

Local composting

To create a sustainable waste management the municipality began to build a system for local composting during 2016 and chose to invest in a Big Hanna T240.
 
 
The compost machine can load between 400-1200 kilos of organic waste each week and is equipped with an efficient biofilter to reduce the odours that occur during the decomposition. The municipality will also begin to collect food waste from the local households and load it into the Big Hanna T240.

 

 
Instead of costly and time consuming transports the organic waste will now be recycled and reused as a natural fertilizer. The ambition is that all compost will be used in the local area.

 

 
Big Hanna T240 was installed at the waste collection site in Bassiano on June 21, 2016.  The installation went very well and the machine is up and running. In 6 to 10 weeks the waste will be turned into valuable compost.
 
 
The installationen was made by our distributor Achab Group.
Read more about Achab Group here: www.achabgroup.it
 
Read more about Big Hanna, our compost machines and different models here: www.bighanna.com

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