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- Amory Lovins, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Research and co-author of 'Natural Capitalism'
"What is important about the technology is that it is modular in nature, and additions can be made as needed."
When you choose a Living Machine®ecosystem, you get a broad range of benefits and advantages:
- for business
- for the environment
- for education and community
Specific System Benefits
A Living Machine® Ecosystem . . .
- is a natural, biologically diverse system that is resistant to "shock loads" in the waste stream.
- reduces costs related to wastewater surcharges, water purchases, sludge disposal and chemical treatment and storage costs.
- is capable of achieving tertiary treatment to meet stringent discharge requirements.
- costs less to operate than conventional systems when used to achieve a tertiary level of treatment.
- is modular and can be expanded to meet the needs of a growing business or a community.
- is custom designed by a team of professionals. Our professional engineers can design a system that is pleasing to the eye and enhances the landscape environment. One of our system has even been placed inside a museum where visitors can enjoy seeing it in operation.
- is easy to operate and maintain. Caring for a Living Machines® ecosystem means the operator works with living and growing plants and animals, not bags of chemicals.
Environmental Benefits - Build One for the Planet!
A Living Machines? Ecosystem . . .
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 This is the architectural model for the Oberlin College - Adams Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies. |
- allows owners to minimize or eliminate environmental impact. For example, the Ethel M Chocolates Living Machines® Ecosystem is a zero discharge facility. Treated wastewater is used as irrigation for the company's world-renowned cactus garden.
- is built using natural ecological engineering principles.
- doesn't require chemicals that are harmful to the environment. This system uses a natural process not a chemical process. (In extreme cases, chemicals may be needed in order to deal with major upsets.)
- is designed to conserve and recycle wastewater. By using effluent from a Living Machines® Ecosystem for irrigation, for toilet flushing and for other non-potable uses, companies and communities save potable water, money and natural resources.
- allows a business or community to take a clear first step into sustainability and ecological commerce.
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