Hasta La Ideas

My utility bill’s always higher this time of year, for a simple reason: Frigid New York winters require cranked heat and longer, hotter showers.

So I’d expect an Antarctic research station to have a crazy utility bill. Instead, Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Station, which was inaugurated earlier this week, is the first zero-emission research station and yep, it’s down by the South Pole. How the heck do they heat the place? With a crapload of solar panels and wind turbines.

I wish these guys would do some research at my freezing apartment.

Hit the jump for some awesome photos of the station being constructed.

via design spotter

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