| Something strange may soon be dotting the skyline | | | | 100 feet off the ground may sound ridiculous, but |
| of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Dynamic | | | | Dynamic Architecture claims that since the facility's |
| Architecture has plans to build energy efficient | | | | floors move independently, they are safer from |
| skyscrapers with independently rotating floors that | | | | earthquakes and can be secured in high winds. |
| will generate electricity for the building's - and the | | | | The cost of construction for such a tower is |
| surrounding neighborhood's - use. | | | | surprisingly low, with the central concrete core being |
| The skyscrapers are being hailed as a major | | | | built on site and housing the elevators, cables, |
| breakthrough in green building technology, with each | | | | plumbing and other utilities. Each floor is prefabricated |
| of its 59 floors unevenly rotating around a concrete | | | | in a separate factory and transported to the building |
| central core in the center of the structure, turning | | | | site, thereby reducing construction time and cost. |
| the wind turbines that are stacked between each | | | | The floors are installed on the central concrete core |
| floor. The environmentally friendly building's wind | | | | from the top down, with the average rate of |
| turbines (50, in total) are exposed to the | | | | installation being one floor every one to three days. |
| environmental surroundings, being turned by the wind | | | | Not only are the wind turbines generating electricity, |
| and generating a total of approximately 1,200,000 | | | | but solar panels will also be utilized on the building. In |
| kilowatt-hours of energy per year. A typical family | | | | all, the architects plan to have an excess of $7 million |
| consumes around 24,000 kilowatt-hours per year. | | | | in surplus electricity each year, which can then be |
| That means that just one wind turbine in the rotating | | | | sold and become highly profitable. |
| skyscraper can provide 0.3 megawatts of electricity. | | | | Dubai is growing at an alarming rate and is quickly |
| That's enough energy for about 50 families. | | | | becoming a center point for technological innovation. |
| According to plans, the self-powering structure will | | | | Its modern architecture is a major draw for tourists, |
| have 200 apartments. That means it will take just 4 | | | | as well as its environmentally conscious construction. |
| of the 50 wind turbines to provide energy for the | | | | Although the skyscraper with the electricity |
| residential needs of the tower. The building plans to | | | | generating rotating floors is not yet being built, they |
| allocate 4 other wind turbines to contribute the | | | | idea is being looked at carefully and may be put into |
| power of the surrounding neighborhood, and the | | | | place sometime soon. It will be an architecturally |
| remaining 40 turbines to power between 5 and 10 | | | | beautiful building that is also a major source of |
| other skyscrapers. | | | | alternative energy. |
| The idea of living on a high-rise floor that rotates 50 - | | | | |