Burj Al-Taqa Energy Tower Dubai by Eckhard Gerber
With the design for the "Energy Tower / Burj Al-Taqa", the German architectural firm Gerber Architekten international GmbH in cooperation with the environmental engineers DS-Plan lately presented plans for a revolutionary ecological high-rise building especially designed to meet the particular demands of the Middle East. The Energy Tower is operated with zero primary energy and emits zero CO2. It thus actively contributes to stop the global climate change. The Energy Tower transfers the traditional techniques of natural ventilation as used in the historic wind towers of the Middle East into cutting-edge building technology. The Energy Tower is highly energy efficient and 100% energy self-sufficient. It produces itself 100% of its own energy demand through renewable resources. The Energy Tower is thus defining a new generation of sustainable high-rise buildings. The Energy Tower / Burj Al-Taqa was presented to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Bahrain and to the Arriyadh Development Authority in Riyadh in March 2007 as well as to the Dubai Municipality in September 2006. Project developers in all three locations are now preparing the realization of the project..."








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