The United Arab Emirates has the largest per capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, contains artificial islands, a ski dome in the middle of the desert, and will soon boast the first air-conditioned beach. In general, ...READ»
Images of the futuristic architecture being planned for Dubai and Abu Dhabi conjure an era before the economic meltdown--what will happen to all those construction cranes sitting prone in the desert now? It turns out that a ...READ»
The United Arab Emirates continues on its quest to be the most contradictory country in the world--the country with the world's largest carbon footprint also contains a carbon-neutral city--with an announcement that Dubai will play ...READ»
First Abu Dhabi announced the ultra-sustainable Masdar City, and now South Korea has decided to build its own self-sufficient city, dubbed Sejong City or the Multifunctional Administrative City (MAC). The MAC, located 100 miles ...READ»
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ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Starts Work on US $22 Billion Zero-Carbon City
Abu Dhabi today broke ground on Masdar City, the world’s first zero-carbon, ...READ»
If we were opening a Ferrari World theme park -- complete with a 149
mph Formula Rossa roller coaster and kiddie driving course with
small-scale F430 GT Spiders -- we'd probably pick Abu Dhabi as our
location too. In terms of ...READ»
Abu Dhabi's Masdar City will be chock full of super-green technology by the time it's finished--building facades that adjust to capture sunlight, wall surfaces that adapt to changing temperatures, and the Persian Gulf's first ...READ»
Christmas comes in February for defense contractors. Thanks to its enormous military budget, China is the biggest target for the kinds of companies that will hawk everything from battleships to bullets at this five-day fair. But as ...READ»
Can’t afford a Zaha Hadid Aqua Table from Established and Sons? Then how about something similarly swoopy and a little more modestly priced? Just in time for spring kitchen remodeling projects, the Pritzker Award-winning architect ...READ»
Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»
With the title already decided, Jenson Button arrived for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, sponsored by Etihad Airways, nicely relaxed. He is 90% certain to sign up with Brawn GP again next year although probably for considerably more money. ...READ»
At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»
On Thursday, the covers were taken off PlanetSolar, a multi-hulled vessel, powered entirely by up to 500 square metres of photovoltaic solar panels. It is considered to be the world's largest solar boat.
The 31-meter-long and ...READ»
Dubai's reign as a "symbol of crazed civic ambition" is over, but the United Arab Emirates is still planning to play host to Masdar City, the first large-scale carbon-neutral development in the world. Now the UAE has selected ...READ»
Most companies are cowering in fear at the thought of unpredictable global-warming-related weather events, but the dredging industry, at least, is set to benefit from rising seas. The Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen reports ...READ»
Abu Dhabi-based investor Aabar has announced it's buying a third of Virgin Galactic--Richard Branson's nascent space company. And as part of the $280 million deal, the middle east will get a spaceport and satellite-launch ...READ»
