Absolutely Beautiful

We should starty putting solar panels on all new buildings. Great ideas, that building is very attractive.

She's a beauty.

When will we have skyscrapers which produce 100%+ of the electricity which they consume?

AWESOME.

Too bad we can't be as innovative here in the US.

It might be interesting for all major cities to have something like this available as a resource for public services. It could possibly provide reduced-cost power for traffic lights, street lights, etc...and the cost of construction could be paid over time by cell phone tower space and possibly some advertising space on the outside of the building (only on the first 2-3 floors). So the initial construction cost could be financed over time, but the payments made through income earned. Net cost to the public: zero, but long-term benefit to the public is that local taxes could be reduced because power needs for necessary resources would become much, much cheaper.

That's freakin awesome!!!

A steel frame? As opposed to...?

You gotta remember that whilst solar panels are great for generating electricity, they get VERY hot during peak sun periods, and reflect insolation towards ground level.

Most (if not all) of the "green" power this building would produce would go toward pumping water up to the top. Hugely tall buildings like this also use more materials per square foot.

Let's stop applauding this "green" design and see it for what it is, a greenwashed testament to someone's ego.

High-density buildings aer actually quite green. Condos are usually greener than single-family houses, even if the former are just "regular" and the latter "green"..

Finally! I've been advocating this idea for years! It's not like it takes rocket science to figure out a way to do this. I can only hope that governments around the world take note of this and put some effort into making this a widespread phenomenon! Hell, I can think of about a dozen buildings around Canada that could be retrofited with solar panels and turbines on the roof so that there not using up as much non renewable resources. I say, A turbine on every roof! Can you imagine the savings? I realize that this kind of thing is expensive, but at the same time, we will be saving money over the long term. (too bad most exec's think short term... money money money!!)

Think about all the birds that will be killed by those awful blades. We must return to mother earth and eat only what comes from the ground. Hark, hear the trees call your name back to the forest my children!!

It's funny hearing the enviro-whackos complain. They type on their computers, and whine about anything anyone tries to do to be green... Never mind how ironic it is that they complain about any use of electricity, etc., but won't give up their Ipods or stop and think about how much energy and resources went into making their computer on which they're using to blast other people's green efforts. The fact is: a tall building has less of an environmental impact than the same amount of office/residential space would have if they were spread out across acres of land.

If any environmentallyincapabilists want to challenge my contribution, understand that for the past seven years I've been working to (successfully) reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and also help the world move to a hydrogen economy. I think this building is great. It's not a cure-all, but a big step in the right direction, and I wish the US would do something like this.

wandering, what's the budget for this project.

go green tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's hard to see how this can be claimed as a "green" building when the UAE has extremely dubious labour practices. How many slave workers will die in the process of building. There's more to green than a solar panel.

Stunning. When I heard about this project, I imagined a windmill on top of a square box. The architects in Dubai are out of this world.