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Tropics project promises Bavarian bananas
Published: 20 Sep 11 15:48 CET
Very soon, palm trees and exotic fruit will grow and flourish in a remote part of Bavaria known for its long winters. Christine Madden reports on the Klein-Eden project.
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But this is not an attempt to put a pleasant spin on global warming. Instead, an ingenious new project to siphon heat from a glass factory will be doing its bit to save the atmosphere.
Called Klein-Eden – Tropenhaus am Rennsteig (Little Eden – Tropics House on the Rennsteig), the project envisions the construction of an enormous, 3,500-square-metre greenhouse near the town of Kleintettau along the popular, historic hiking path that snakes along the Thuringian-Bavarian border region.
Work on the collaborative project Klein-Eden began in August, but the concept of creating a tropical paradise in the heart of central Europe has been years in the making, explained Wolfgang Feuerpfeil, architect and project developer.
With the creation of a forward-thinking regional development association in the Rennsteig area, he said “it was time to consider how to use the superfluous heat” generated by Heinz-Glas, the third-largest producer of perfume bottles in the world. If you buy a bottle of exclusive scent, there’s a 70-percent chance it originated in this factory.
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