Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Headquarters: The First Positive-Energy Building in the...
Karim Elgendy As previously reported on Carboun, Masdar City – the $22 billion project of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) – is currently under construction and is due to be completed in...
View ArticleA Damascus School Revives Traditional Cooling Techniques
Karim Elgendy In late 2008 the French President Francois Sarkozy inaugurated a new French school in Damascus, Syria. The French school, known as Lycée Charles de Gaulle, follows the french educational...
View ArticleDubai Experiments with Sustainable Development
Karim Elgendy Throughout the last three decades, the city of Dubai has not been known for its emphasis on sustainability as guiding principles for its development. Not only did it adopt an unnatural...
View ArticleA Review of Sustainable Design in the Middle East
Karim Elgendy The notions of sustainable design and energy efficiency first entered global consciousness following the energy shortages of the 1970s and 1980s. Influenced by ideas of energy...
View ArticleA Visual Guide to Energy Use in Buildings in the Middle East
Karim Elgendy In celebrating this year’s World Green Building Week, Carboun has released a visual guide to energy use in buildings with the goal of explaining the overall state of energy use in the...
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