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Ehrlich Architecture Trumps Hadid And Foster With UAE Parliament Win

Tafline Laylin - February 4, 2011

Considered a huge upset in the architecture world, Ehrlich firm wins bid to build the new UAE Parliament Building. Foster & Partners have a solid...

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Compost Toilets and 4 Good Reasons for the Middle East

Rebecca Wosner - February 4, 2011

Will it smell? Can I save money? And will it create fertilizer? Flushing our waste down the toilet is not the ideal way of utilising...

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SLIDESHOW: Entries for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Stadiums

Tafline Laylin - January 30, 2011

Some of the Albert Speer & Partner designs - made in Frankfurt - depict existing stadiums that will get a facelift, while others are...

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72% Efficient ZenithSolar Gets Demo Down Under

Susan Kraemer - January 30, 2011

The Israeli firm ZenithSolar, which combines highly efficient solar electricity along with solar heating, is doing a demonstration in Australia. ZenithSolar's first 16-unit project...

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UAE: Don’t Can Your Aluminium. EEG Will Pick It Up

Tafline Laylin - January 26, 2011

Code Red! Why throw away your cans when they're worth a pretty Dirham? The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) is deeply active throughout the UAE. Although...

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Israel follows Norway’s Lead With a High Tax on its Massive Off-Shore Oil Find

Susan Kraemer - January 31, 2011

Egalitarian Norway has been the exception to the resource-curse, because of its high taxes on oil wealth. Could Israel take the same approach? A new...

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Justifying Dubai’s Shopping Malls With LEED

Tafline Laylin - January 25, 2011

If Mirdif City Center Mall is "green," the emperor must have been wearing clothes. Given the choice between a LEED certified building and one...

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Egypt Turns To Earthworms To Save Its Environment

Tafline Laylin - January 24, 2011

Earthworms to the rescue! Egypt plans to use them to eat through millions of tons of organic waste each year. Waste, after corruption and...

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Solar Desalination Tech Tested By Emiratis

Maurice Picow - January 20, 2011

Hopefully, the UAE's new solar energy desalination process will help create more green water. Abu Dhabi's Environment Agency is testing a new solar energy desalination...

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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind? How Egypt Cleans Up

Tafline Laylin - January 20, 2011

Polluting factories will be relocated out of Cairo at their own expense. Will they simply trash their new home? Or will the government encourage...

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Energy-Generating Pyramids Win Abu Dhabi’s LAGI Prize

Tafline Laylin - January 19, 2011

These are no ordinary pyramids. When built, eight orbiting solar-paneled pyramids surrounding one larger "earth" will generate enough energy to power 250 Abu Dhabi...

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Iceland’s Prez Promotes Geothermal at Masdar’s World Future Energy Summit

Maurice Picow - January 19, 2011

Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson at Masdar conference:"Renewable Energy is the way of the future" Iceland is a small country which recently came into "prominence" when...

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Dubai’s New Net Zero Building Codes Should Boost Cleantech Worldwide

Susan Kraemer - January 19, 2011

Dubai has hardly been noted for its energy-saving green buildings. But new regulations are about to change that. Dubai's Energy Council has just...

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Man Builds Colossal Cathedral With Junk and Faith

Tafline Laylin - January 18, 2011

Remarkable "junk" cathedral is built by one man with a ton of faith. Have you ever got down on your knees and promised your creator...

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Islam’s Environmentally-Friendly Architecture – Where Did It Go?

Arwa Aburawa - May 3, 2012

From luxury architecture in Mecca to the blinged-out buildings of Dubai, it seems that Islamic architecture is all about opulence and grandeur. The bigger...

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