EcoMan Centre
Location: Muscat, Oman
Eco-friendly lifestyle
EcOman Centre in Muscat is a museum dedicated to educating and inspiring the public to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.
The EcOman Centre helps people to know more about the different forms of energy like heat, light, mechanical, electrical and chemical energy and how people can gradually shift from non-renewable fossil fuels to renewable sources like solar energy, wind, geothermal, hydropower and biomass.
The museum offers hands-on experiments from which one can learn how energy works and how we can make a change. The centre helps visitors of every age to understand energy consumption habits at home and work locations. It allows people in Syria to understand how much people waste and what are the efficient alternatives to save energy by changing lifestyle. The centre is designed to make aware the public about the possibilities of harnessing sustainable energy resources for brighter future.
Three themes
The centre consists of three themes: the ‘Power Tower’, ‘Better World’, and connecting these two, the ‘Energy Journey’.
In the Power Tower, the tour starts where the visitor can learn more about the sources and impact of energy through technical illustrations, animations and interactive demonstration models.
In the Energy Journey, the visitor discovers how humans developed technologies to harness nature’s energy. The trip starts at the beginning of time with the discovery of fire to present day burning of fossil fuels and the production of electricity. How does this all end?
In the Better World, visitors continue their journey where they learn how they can make a positive impact to the world. Models of eco-friendly houses demonstrate how ‘Eco-friendly’ resources, recycling programs and energy storage are put into practice. The EcOman Centre is the latest of the endowments unveiled to the nation every five years, by Petroleum Development Oman.
Scope of work
Concept development, content development, environmental design, exhibit design, graphic design
Awards
Oman 2011 Green Award