Honey Dijon will headline the launch party for BODYHEAT, a pioneering system that will harness and convert energy created by heat on the dance floor.
We're hugely excited to announce the launch event to showcase BODYHEAT – a radical new system of capturing and transforming the enormous amounts of energy generated by people at our gigs and clubs.
The massive party
Headlined by globally-renowned DJ, producer, activist and fashion icon Honey Dijon, the BODYHEAT launch party will take place during COP26 on Sunday 7 November, during the New York Times Climate Hub takeover at SWG3.
This pioneering BODYHEAT system will capture body heat from customers, visitors and staff before transporting it to a series of boreholes installed across the venue where it can be stored for days, weeks or even months. This innovative new method of thermal control will drastically reduce the SWG3 site’s energy usage, with potential savings of up to 70 tonnes of carbon per year. And, with 350K successfully raised for the first phase, we have the capacity to roll it out through the rest of the complex.
Today’s announcement comes just days before the drilling programme begins on site, with a series of up to seventeen 150m - 200m boreholes set to be installed in the coming weeks. The system concept has been developed through collaboration with TownRock Energy geothermal energy consultants and Harley Haddow engineering consultants.
BODYHEAT is an inspiring radical project with the potential to significantly contribute towards the de-carbonisation of venues, leaving a legacy for years to come – not just in Scotland, but across the world.
The exclusive collaboration
In an exclusive collaboration between fashion brand honeyfuckingdijon and SWG3, the launch event will also be showcasing a specially designed BODYHEAT t-shirt. As well as being for sale at SWG3, the limited-edition t-shirt will also be available across the Comme des Garçons-founded Dover Street Market stores and DSM online. With SWG3 having hosted first Comme des Garçons UK guerrilla store in 2006, the collaboration felt like the perfect fit for the venue.
“Anything we can do at this moment to help climate change is a positive thing. This new system of channelling energy from the dance floor is something innovative and sustainable. The inspiration and energy of the Paradise Garage is a fun way to exemplify how this system works and is reflected in the design of the SWG3 x honeyfuckingdijon colourful and vibrant t-shirt.”
Honey Dijon
The sustainable pop-up
Throughout COP26, SWG3’s Yard Life Gallery will be home to a Parley pop-up store, selling Parley limited-edition tote bags made with Ocean Plastic ® - a premium material created from upcycled plastic waste recovered from remote islands, waters and coastlines by its global cleanup network. The store will also feature Clean Waves - a new luxury eyewear collection created from marine plastic debris and reclaimed fishing nets, a key threat to sea turtles, whales, sharks and other marine life in the world’s oceans. 100% of proceeds will go to projects that protect the ocean.
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