With our planet blatantly crying out for help (earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis… Earth is definitely sick y’all…), it’s all about finding alternative energy sources these days. One architect firm is going above and beyond any ideas I’ve come across thus far. Doll, an architecture firm based out of Rotterdamn, has created an amazing “Energy Floor,” which is capable of converting dance movements into usable energy. What an awesome idea! The club-goers are going to be moving all night anyways; might as well put their efforts to good use, right? The floor is really quite brilliant in its design. Each of the tiles within the floor is embedded with its own small generator. Each time the tile is stepped on, the kinetic energy is transformed into electricity. The produced electricity can be used to power any nearby electrical systems, like the dance floor’s LED lights or even a fog machine! These sustainable energy floors were created as a part of the architecture firm’s Sustainable Dance Club (SDC) concept. The SDC website has a great explanation of their project: “SDC started out as the upshot of a research project ‘When Nature Calls’ conducted by Enviu – innovators in sustainability and Architect Firm Döll. The result of the research project was the sustainable dance club concept, an idea that was officially launched in Rotterdam Club Off Corso in 2006 with the event ‘The Critical Mass.’ At the end of 2007, SDC BV was realized with the founding of the organization and development of product prototypes. In September 2008, Club WATT in Rotterdam was opened as the first Sustainable Dance Club™ showcasing the earliest model of the Sustainable Dance Floor. In 2009, an updated version of the SDF was launched and transported all over the world for a wide variety of clients. Projects ranged from permanent installations at museums in Miami and Philadelphia to pop-up events around the globe in Vancouver(Ca), Shanghai(Ch), Salvador(Br) and Abu Dhabi(VAE).” The people behind SDC believe in having fun while still accepting responsibility for the health of our world. They really want to make the world a better place and believe that by presenting a fun and exciting way to get people involved, we can take the steps forward to ensuring we have a better tomorrow. SDC’s vision on sustainability is simple: “People, Planet, Party!” Sounds good to me!