Green Options » ziggurat http://greenoptions.com/tag/ziggurat Posts tagged 'ziggurat' Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Solar Powered, Carbon Neutral Pyramid to House 1 Million People in Dubai http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/26/solar-powered-carbon-neutral-pyramid-to-house-1-million-people-in-dubai/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/26/solar-powered-carbon-neutral-pyramid-to-house-1-million-people-in-dubai/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:29:39 +0000 Sam Aola Ooko http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/26/solar-powered-carbon-neutral-pyramid-to-house-1-million-people-in-dubai/ Solar Powered, Carbon Neutral Pyramid to House 1 Million People in Dubai Ancient Egyptian pyramids and Middle Eastern ziggurats are coming alive in the 21st century technology.

A new futurist concept that encompasses green building technology and—according to the developer—can house up to a million people, will make a debut at the world stage in October.

The 2.3 square kilometer Ziggurat Project, undertaken by Timelinks, a Dubai based environmental design company, will be 100 per cent carbon neutral and will run by harnessing the power of nature setting a futuristic pace for eco-friendliness for other similar projects in the pipeline.

Borrowing from ancient ingenuity, the inhabitants won’t even have any use for a car: transport throughout the complex would be connected by an integrated 360 degree network (horizontally and vertically) so cars would be redundant. Biometrics would provide security with facial recognition technology.

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