Dubai to build an eco-friendly mall
Dubai is continuing to expand the luxury green options available to visitors. First you get to pick between Brad Pitt's "eco-hotel", or the one Pamela Anderson is building with the royal family, which is also advertised as eco-friendly.
Now they're building a shopping mall to LEEDs certification, which you can't exactly fake. There will be bike racks to encourage leaving the car at home, the roof will be made of reflective materials to reduce the energy required to keep the building cool, and landscaping will include plants that need less water. And of course, there will be on-site recycling for glass, paper, metal and plastic. All very good!
Then again, there is that ski resort they built in the desert, which will always be a blight on their "green destination" rating.
Dubai. It's a conundrum. Are their green efforts really great, or is all of this development in the desert another case of wasteful green-washing?
Now they're building a shopping mall to LEEDs certification, which you can't exactly fake. There will be bike racks to encourage leaving the car at home, the roof will be made of reflective materials to reduce the energy required to keep the building cool, and landscaping will include plants that need less water. And of course, there will be on-site recycling for glass, paper, metal and plastic. All very good!
Then again, there is that ski resort they built in the desert, which will always be a blight on their "green destination" rating.
Dubai. It's a conundrum. Are their green efforts really great, or is all of this development in the desert another case of wasteful green-washing?
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