Modern green environmental public mausoleum/cemetery

Abstract

The present invention relates to a public cemetery complex, which comprises at least one main burial unit comprising an underground portion and an overground portion, wherein the underground portion is a vertical structure of multiple layers, and each two adjacent layers are separated by a barrier compartment; while each layer contains a number of burial subunits for placement of coffins, the burial subunit is filled up to a predetermined height with a burial material; and the overground portion is a cover portion of the main burial unit for forming an identification sign of the main burial unit; wherein a ground floor for use as a working area and several upper floors for storage of niches and materials are included in interior of the overground portion, while a management area and a worship area are arranged peripherally around the overground portion.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present invention claims the priority of Hong Kong Short-term Patent Application No. 11107563.9 as submitted on 20 Jul. 2011.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to a public cemetery, and more particularly to a modern green environmental public cemetery complex.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Traditional burial is very common in China and worldwide. As population increasing, development of city and cemetery are limited by land resources. At present, a permanent cemetery in Hong Kong might cost about four to five hundred thousand dollars, and it is not definitely available. To avoid cremation, some elderly in Hong Kong even make a deposit of over ten hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars for a permanent cemetery in ShenZhen, China. A traditional burial cemetery provided by Hong Kong Government costs around a few thousand Hong Kong dollars only, but the bones must be taken out for re-burial or cremation after six years. In 19...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a modern green environmental public cemetery complex that can increase the capacity of permanent cemetery, reduce the cost and impact on ecological environment and towncape, improve the land occupying problem of existing single layer type cemetery and reduce its impact on ecological environment and townscape. Additionally, it can enhance the overall level of sanitation of society, avoid or reduce external social costs of cremation, and avoid causing disturbance to the ancestors. It is designed to be close spaced and suit with daily life, reduce management and security difficulties of the existing single layer type cemeteries, facilitate centralized management and sustainable development of the cemeteries, and avoid problems of being bitten by bugs and insects while worshipping in front of the existing single layer type cemeteries located generally in the howling wilderness. The use of modern technology and theory will allow the present invention to be more practical, environmental friendly, and cost effective than a traditional cremation and burial.

Problems solved by technology

As population increasing, development of city and cemetery are limited by land resources.

At present, a permanent cemetery in Hong Kong might cost about four to five hundred thousand dollars, and it is not definitely available.

Furthermore, insufficiency of niches has occasionally become a headline news.

In addition, there are six crematoriums in Hong Kong such a small city, wherein the actual area of a crematorium is much larger than its floorage, because commercial and residential buildings will not likely be built nearby.

4) The substitute of burial by cremation increases unnecessary energy consumption and arising of the temperature.

The external social benefit of burial:

1) The decomposition and organic circulation of soil, for example, will nourish the soil and help the growth of plants and animals; and balance of the climate;

2) Can collect or produce of gas;

3) Substitute the external social costs of cremation;To avoid any unnecessary energy consumption and reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide significantly;To avoid influence of the surrounding environment and acceleration of the global warming from high temperate;To avoid worldwide air-pollution from cremation of organic substances. Any kind of “standard of emissions” does not refer to non-emission; it is only based on the use of technology to reduce the pollution of emission.Therefore, there are serious misallocation of social resources in current burial and cremation.

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