Filed under: Green | Tags: David Fisher, Dubai, Dynamic Tower, Green building, Skyscraper
This is insane, haven’t had the time to look more into it, but sounds and looks incredible!
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The Dynamic Tower, the world’s first building in motion, takes the concept of green buildings to the next level were it will generate electricity for itself as well as other nearby buildings, making it the first skyscraper designed to be self powered.
The building generates electricity from wind turbines mounted horizontally between each floor, eighty story building will have up to seventy nine wind turbines, making it a true green power plant while traditional vertical wind turbines have some environmental negative impact, including obstruction of views and the need for roads to build and maintain them, the Dynamic Tower’s wind turbines are practically invisible and extremely quiet due to their special shape and the carbon fibre material they are made of.
Another environmentally green element of the Dynamic Tower is the photovoltaic cells that will be placed on the roof of each rotating floor to produce solar energy, approximately 20% of each roof will be exposed to the sun, so a building that has 80 roofs will equal the roofing space of 10 similar size buildings.
In addition, natural and recyclable materials including stone, marble, glass and wood will be used for the interior finishing.
To further improve the energy efficiency of the Dynamic Tower, insulated glass and structural insulating panels will be employed.
Energy will also be saved during construction, which involves pre-fabricating individual units in a factory, this Fisher Method not only reduces construction time, but it also results in a cleaner construction site with limited noise, dust, fumes and waste, the shorter building time also results in a less energy consumption than traditional construction methods.
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See more here: http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net
Interesting things is happening in the US election…
PHOENIX — John McCain hopes to solve the country’s energy crisis with cold hard cash.
The presumed Republican nominee is proposing a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, “a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency,” McCain said in remarks prepared for delivery Monday at Fresno State University in California.
McCain said such a device should deliver power at 30 percent of current costs and have “the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.”
The Arizona senator is also proposing stiffer fines for automakers who skirt existing fuel-efficiency standards, as well as incentives to increase use of domestic and foreign alcohol-based fuels such as ethanol.
In addition, a so-called Clean Car Challenge would provide U.S. automakers with a $5,000 tax credit for every zero-carbon emissions car they develop and sell.
“In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure,” said excerpts from McCain’s prepared text. “From now on, we will encourage heroic efforts in engineering, and we will reward the greatest success.”
If you haven’t already been introduced to the Tesla electronic car, check it out here: TESLA
Who said it should be boring to drive electronic..
Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Anders Fogh, bog, Hans Mortensen, Statsministeren, Tid til forvandling, Venstre
I’m right now reading the book (only available in danish) “Tid til forvandling” about the party Venstre and their way to power in Denmark. Venstre have won the last three elections and apart from a policy that has made Venstre the biggest party in Denmark, this is also a very insightful book on how they planned the change and development of Venstre. I recently read a quote that “Not only is Anders Fogh our prime minister, he is also the best planner in the country”.
Interesting reading so far for sure.. will update this when I’m done.
More and more companies is looking into Green business ideas. Today I for the first time saw Nordania Leasing (Danske Bank) and their Greenfleet product. It’s a green-car-leasing product so to speak. The basic idea is that they have made a set-up that helps companies save many Kg’s of CO2 pr. year for each car… you rent through Nordania Leasing. Read more here (only in danish though)
A few music posts here 
If you wanna try some alternative danish electronic, a good place to start could be with Rumpistol
There is a new album by a Danish band called Svartbag on the market. Electronic-noise-rock, so those of you that apprciate this kind of weirdness should check it out: Svartbag
Way back this guy had a board called Renacent Fused that I often attended, and before that both he and I hung out at the Dreamless board I think to remember. Today I just happened to visit his site and he continue to push the boundaries for 3D motion graphics. So if you don’t already know the guy, meet: Joost Korngold
A new survey shoved that Danish people are willing to pay up to 6 pct. extra for a greener holiday. People would like to “take care” of the environment and for example pay a little extra for a less polluting holiday, maybe going by train instead of flight etc.
On another note, Denmark is placed as number 3 country in the world when it comes to Faitrade, meaning that we are on a third place when it comes to amount used pr. inhabitant on Fairtrade products.
…so who cares that we didn’t make it to the European championship in football..dammit
