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Will Mumbai's Tallest Skyscraper Be Its Greenest Too?

Will Mumbai's Tallest Skyscraper Be Its Greenest Too? | sustainable architecture | Scoop.it
From www.theatlanticcities.com - May 13, 3:50 AM

The proposed 116-story Imperial Tower will offer a slew of sustainable options.

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture‘s latest proposal for Mumbai’s tallest building—the slender 116-story, 400-meter residential Imperial Tower is designed to "confuse the wind."

This simply means that the extremely tall and thin tower will stand up to the forces of wind. Enhanced by sky gardens, designed to dampen wind eddying about the tower, the futuristic pencil-like structure will stand strong against a sudden gale.


AS+GG also designed the skyscraper to minimize its effects on climate change. Environmentally friendly features include rainwater harvesting, gray water recycling, and exterior cladding to limit solar heat gain...


RealCorp.lu's curator insight, May 21, 7:32 AM

Des architectures de plus en plus "green".
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Apogee Stadium: US’ First LEED Platinum Stadium Uses Wind Turbines to Power its Games

Apogee Stadium: US’ First LEED Platinum Stadium Uses Wind Turbines to Power its Games | sustainable architecture | Scoop.it
From inhabitat.com (via @Konradius_I) - January 4, 2012 1:01 PM
Apogee Stadium at the University of North Texas is not only LEED Platinum certified, but it also boasts 3 wind turbines to generate 1/3 of its electricity.

The recently completed Apogee Stadium at the University of North Texas is one of the first collegiate venues to generate on-site renewable energy with a set of wind turbines. Three utility-scale wind turbines provide 1/3 of the stadium's annual energy consumption, which coupled with the stadium's energy-efficient design equates to a huge win for the university. Designed by HKS Inc, the 31,000 seat Apogee Stadium takes inspiration from the school's mascot - the eagle, and includes a winged exposed steel structure along with plenty of carbon reducing strategies...

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The House That Wind Built

The House That Wind Built | sustainable architecture | Scoop.it
From www.eco-structure.com - June 14, 2012 7:16 PM
Renewable energy reigns at House of Vestas, a new LEED Platinum office building for a global wind-turbine manufacturer in Aarhus, Denmark.

It seems appropriate that renewable energy abounds at the House of Vestas, a 30,500-square-meter office building that is the anchor of the wind-turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind System’s campus in Aarhus, Denmark. A geothermal system snakes a total of 36 kilometers under a 10,000-square-meter triangular park—which links the new building to an existing building next door. The system is producing nearly 1,000 megawatts of power annually. A total of 850 square meters of photovoltaics is spread out between 350 square meters of solar hot-water heaters on the ground level, a separate installation on the roof of a southern office wing, and thin-film PVs in the skylight glass that tops the building’s central atrium. Missing from the renewable mix, however, is the backbone of Vestas’s business: wind...

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