Comments on: Burj Dubai towers above, but at What environmental cost?

By: Nation Estate is a Massive High Rise for All Palestinians | Green Prophet

Nation Estate is a Massive High Rise for All Palestinians | Green Prophet — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:34:28 +0000

[…] Sansour proposes, with a lot of tongue and even more cheek, an enormous (and obviously fictional) high rise. […]

By: Solar Flare Super Storm Could Put Middle East in Darkness | What is 2012 about, end of world?

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:20:35 +0000

[…] sun-caused power outages are something to think about when ascending to the 150th floor of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa tower. […]

By: Solar Flare Super Storm Could Put Middle East in Darkness | Green Prophet

Solar Flare Super Storm Could Put Middle East in Darkness | Green Prophet — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:37:58 +0000

[…] sun-caused power outages are something to think about when ascending to the 150th floor of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa tower. […]

By: Does Higgs Boson Particle Discovery Mean We’re Too close to God? | Green Prophet

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:10:48 +0000

[…] to present goings on in the Middle East, new ‘towers of babel’ continue to be built while the area environment continues to pay the price of man’s abuse of his natural […]

By: 3000 Foot Downdraft Energy Tower Planned by Israeli Professors on Mexico-US Border

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:19:03 +0000

[…] US — Mexican border in San Luis, Arizona. At 3000 feet, the tower’s height will surpass Burj Khalifa, but unlike most skyscrapers, this one is designed to give more than it takes, in the form of clean […]

By: 3000 Foot Downdraft Energy Tower Planned by Israeli Professors on Mexico-US Border | Green Prophet

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:01:44 +0000

[…] US – Mexican border in San Luis, Arizona. At 3000 feet, the tower’s height will surpass Burj Khalifa, but unlike most skyscrapers, this one is designed to give more than it takes, in the form of clean […]

By: Dubai Does Big Bus Tours | Green Prophet

Dubai Does Big Bus Tours | Green Prophet — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:15 +0000

[…] attractions; including the Jumeirah Mosque, the Gold Souk, and the even more luxurious Atlantis on the Palm hotel, where suites costs as much as $25,000 a […]

By: How Math Can Make Greener Cities | Green Prophet

How Math Can Make Greener Cities | Green Prophet — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:46:15 +0000

[…] them off the street and into the atmosphere. It’s likely that the air quality around the towering Burj Dubai is not so […]

By: Hassan Fathy is The Middle East’s Father of Sustainable Architecture | Green Prophet

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:17:27 +0000

[…] Prophet has railed against projects like Dubai Burj Tower. We have pounded our chests at the audacity of Masdar City’s “zero” footprint claim, and we […]

By: knojnewo

knojnewo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:48:52 +0000

It might be interesting to know that the Burj Khalifa does have a solar hot water system which should save in the region of 690 Mwh per annum