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Dubai Goes Green


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Starting at the beginning of this year, Dubai instated green building standards and concepts without exception, following in the footsteps of Abu Dhabi which began looking at such initiatives in 2006...

Abu Dhabi sees it’s first carbon-neutral car-free zero waste city called Masdar by architecture great Norman Foster and his firm, Foster + Partners. It is simply an amazing feat for anywhere in the world, and even more so for the highest hydrocarbon-producing nation on Earth! And with the assistance of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, the UAE once again brings the world together for a great cause, claiming stake as a nation with international eyes with MIT’s help in establishing Masdar Institute, a technology driven cutting-edge research and education engine…go green!

Dubai sees a few things going on as well…first, DubioTech was claimed to possibly be the world’s largest green building/headquarters - Dubai is never to reach low…we all know they love biggest, longest and tallest. Whether or not it in fact is the largest, what we do know is that it helps in putting Dubai on the eco-friendly map with refreshing design concepts in conjunction with addressing strict environmental concerns.

Dubai’s Lighthouse is set to be a prototype for the region as a low-carbon high-rise. By hoping to lower energy consumption by 65% and water consumption by 40%, and employing integrated wind turbines and photovoltaic panels, The Lighthouse will hopefully be the first of many towers of it’s kind…

On a grander note, and more in line with Masdar in Abu Dhabi, HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai announced the newest endeavor, S heikh Mohamed bin Rashid Gardens - set to be the regions lowest density city (within the city) and with a goal to cut water consumption by up to 45%, amongst many other green initiatives.
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8 responses // Dubai Goes Green

  • where is the American investments. the whole world is waking up to a new way of doing things and we are being left behind . whats up with the greatest nation on earth. we are supposed to be leaders in this but we are failing. why ?
    symn8
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  • This is old news...that's why BF babies like all kinds of food, they have already tasted it in mother's milk. BF is best and also provides immunities.
    pennyharford
  • Dubai pretends to be western, but they've still got some of the same ass-backward laws as the rest of the middle east.
    VitaminB2
  • This makes me want to visit Dubai. Is the US paying attention to this? Not bad for an oil exporting country, they know alternative and renewable energy is the future.
    MrBigShot21
  • i can see them doing this, but theres still a good poverty to capital comparison in the city. i've seen some scary construction sites in that country, virtualy missing half the safety regulations we have here.

    still green is good.
    Kabimbi
  • Great country. Just don't get caught boning on the beach.
    lapedro
  • Whole cities are being built faster than the Freedom tower in New York. Must be an awesome experience for architects to be able to design entire cities on green technology (also a tough job).

    Now all the Arab nations need to do is liberalize their laws and stop being a bit backwards in accepting different types of people.
    NickerBocker09

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