ATTENTION EDUCATORS & STUDENTS!
We are developing programs with schools around the world in partnership with corporate
sponsors to let students design systems that will be integrated on board Z-NEV like a robotic arm, automated platforms and autonomous vehicles. Contact us to find out how your school can be part of this opportunity!
sponsors to let students design systems that will be integrated on board Z-NEV like a robotic arm, automated platforms and autonomous vehicles. Contact us to find out how your school can be part of this opportunity!
A vessel on the sea has access to only what was brought aboard, plus seawater, air (wind), and sunlight. Can those simple resources be enough to sustain its operation? It’s a great question because our earth has the same set of limited resources - whatever we have on board, plus water, air, and sunlight. We have the potential to learn a lot as we study the limitations and the possibilities.
Carl C. Wamser | Professor of Chemistry Emeritus | Portland State University
OPEN-INVITATION COLLABORATION
Project Z-NEV is an ambitious undertaking to turn a 91-year old wooden yacht, Denali into a Zero-Net Energy vessel of the future capable of producing more energy than it consumes and produces zero waste. Drawing upon a global repository of open-source technology, Z-NEV will integrate the latest advancements in renewable energy and clean technologies into the vessel's design . New dimensions will be added to the classic 1920's architecture to enhance efficiency and capabilities.
This is a collaborative learning experience and teaching opportunity that aims to contribute to current open-source technology and invites team-based groups from the general public, academia, research and industry around the world to participate in the innovations and development of this project. An immersive virtual reality and mixed reality experience will allow users around the world to be part of the process as we tackle challenges and form ideas and strategies. Our success will be measured by how much is learned from the experience rather than the completion of a zero-net energy vessel. The goal of Project: Z-NEV is to learn.
A project of this scale requires curiosity, ambition and community and we want the entire world to help us build the worlds first open-source zero-net energy vesel. Anyone can participate in this open-source collaboration through our virtual Meetup's and our Basecamp project where teams, projects and discussions are organized. Click on the links below to join the Z-TEAM and start learning, exploring and sharing!
This is a collaborative learning experience and teaching opportunity that aims to contribute to current open-source technology and invites team-based groups from the general public, academia, research and industry around the world to participate in the innovations and development of this project. An immersive virtual reality and mixed reality experience will allow users around the world to be part of the process as we tackle challenges and form ideas and strategies. Our success will be measured by how much is learned from the experience rather than the completion of a zero-net energy vessel. The goal of Project: Z-NEV is to learn.
A project of this scale requires curiosity, ambition and community and we want the entire world to help us build the worlds first open-source zero-net energy vesel. Anyone can participate in this open-source collaboration through our virtual Meetup's and our Basecamp project where teams, projects and discussions are organized. Click on the links below to join the Z-TEAM and start learning, exploring and sharing!
TECHNOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS TO BE EXPLORED IN Z-NEV
- Hull design modifications to improve energy efficiency
- 3D Printed components that can be replicated with an onboard maker space
- Robotics and Mechatronics
- Modular systems with multiple configuration possibilities
- Remote user interaction and participation using interactive technology and immersive 3D environments
- Wind, wave and solar energy generation and storage
- Hydrogen energy from seawater
- Fuel cell technology
- Composites, polymers and other materials for structural enhancement, protection and preservation
- Energy from biomass waste
- Water purification and collection
- Human powered energy generation
- Team based, open source and collaborative problem solving and improvement
THE FUTURE: Z-NEV RESEARCH VESSEL
When the transformation of Denali to Z-NEV is complete, the vessel will become a zero-net energy and STEM ambassador and a shared research vessel. She will cruise the waterways of the West Coast hosting students and researchers, constantly researching, developing and improving these technologies. Z-NEV will also be used as an additional resource to educate the public about their local waterways. Users around the world will be invited aboard through an immersive virtual reality environment that puts them inside the vessel in a 3-dimensional space that allows for interaction in ways that provide a deep learning experience. Join us! We welcome you to participate, no matter who or where you are.