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Gaia Dam: Energizing a Greener Future

Aviscus is solving the most important problems developing countries faces today - energy insufficiency, food shortage, and flooding. In the Philippines alone, there are still 16 Million Filipinos who does not have access to electricity and the increasing demand for energy results in rotational brownouts throughout the region. Aside from the energy crisis that the country is experiencing, the dam can also help the country to bolster agricultural productivity because of the lower cost to...

Jul 19, 2016

Gaia Dam: Energizing a Greener Future

Hello Kyle! Thanks for the question. Yes, there are some organic materials in the core of Gaia Dam but it will not affect its structural integrity. The gabions are responsible in stabilizing the structure. Maintenance for the core will depends on the purpose why the dam was constructed. If it's main purpose is to act as an impounding dam for irrigation, you may opt to change the core approximately every six months to harness the added benefit of the nutrients and enzymes from it. If it will be used otherwise, you don't need to replace the core because the voids that these materials will leave shall be replaced by the silt present in streams, thus, you will have an impermeable core for effective impounding of water. Such structures are designed to last for 10-15 years.

Jul 21, 2016
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Gaia Dam: Energizing a Greener Future

Hi Jeremie! Thank you for your interest in Gaia Dam. Yes actually aside from irrigation and energy, it can also help mitigate disasters such as flooding, storm surges, and landslides.

To answer your question, Gaia Dam can function all-year-round. During drought, it will function as an impounding dam to store water for irrigation and energy during those low season. So basically, the low dam can cover in either rainy or dry season. Our main selling point as iterated in our application are the 4E's - Economic, Environmental-Friendly, Easy-to-Construct, and Equally Effective.

Yes, there are some areas already identified by the government that needs small dams and in-line with the Government's priority to provide free irrigation to empower the poor and provide energy whenever possible, there will definitely an increase demand on low-cost small dams throughout the country in the near future.

Jul 20, 2016
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Kent Renier Carandang

Santa Rosa, Philippines

Joined this community on Jul 14, 2016

Bio I have co-invented a low-cost, environment-friendly dam which is called the "Gaia Dam". It is a multipurpose dam that aims to provide protection from flooding, generate renewable electricity for small communities, and help end food and water shortages by having an impounding/diversion dam for poor farmers. Aside from these benefits, its core material can also release proprietary nutrients and enzymes that helps the plants to absorbs the minerals in the soil easily and dissolve the exoskeletons of insects and fungi, thus acting as an organic fertilizer and pesticide. For more details regarding the invention, you may check the link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150323182619.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6X_MC5RBs Also, I have discovered a potential feedstock of biofuel from the sap of a wild tree during my senior highschool year where I was awarded the Best Science Research study by my campus.

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