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- scotchw, on 11/09/2009, -0/+16It's amazing that there can be such a payback.
Maybe that is the kind of Green that will make people think about what they're doing and make smart choices. - hsinray, on 11/09/2009, -0/+15Taipei is a great city. It's great that that are going green!
- jayjayjoni, on 11/09/2009, -0/+14$1.8 million to yield $20 million in savings ANNUALLY? Brilliance.
- iDoraemon, on 11/09/2009, -0/+8First off, Taipei's a bad ass city. One of the most underrated cities in Asia. :D
Secondly, mad props on that honor for Taipei and its famed building, though winning the award would have been a cinched to garner, since it's already the 2nd largest building in the world. :P
And last of all, doesn't Taipei 101 look like a bunch of Chinese take-out boxes stacked one on top of another? :O - doomestic, on 11/09/2009, -0/+8I don't see why you are getting buried. An investment of only 1.8 million to save 20 million a year? That should be a no brainer for every skyscraper out there...
- PompousPilots, on 11/09/2009, -3/+11I'm really suspicious of those numbers. If they're true, then why aren't all other buildings using these techniques? i'm sure they care just as much about reducing the cost of their building...
- jordantneff, on 11/09/2009, -1/+6http://i38.tinypic.com/2dmjqd.jpg
- cmallinson, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4oh snap...
I'd say it's "aquamarine", "emerald", or maybe "7FFFD4" - subliminali, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4the 1.8 million figure sounds astonishingly low... I seriously doubt you could even replace all the windows on the world's tallest building for that much, let alone all the other stuff the article talks about.
- cmallinson, on 11/09/2009, -1/+5It's going to look terrible in green.
- Paktu, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4It seems dubious that you can get that kind of savings off of such a small investment.
- PandaBearShenyu, on 11/09/2009, -0/+3Taipei 101 won't hold the title, Actually, since Shanghai is building a tower that's 200 meters taller than it which certifies as a green building (leed's) right off the bat, it's completed next year I think.
- donny4321, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2It's supposed to look like a shoot of bamboo, I believe.
- barbapapa78, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2Shanghai Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Tower) is going to be 632 meters high and is estimated to be complete 2014. I have been on the top floor in the Jin Mao Tower, the third highest building in the image in the Shanghai Tower article. It looks tiny compared to the two new buildings :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Mao_Tower
- JoeNaguib, on 11/09/2009, -1/+2This thing was JUST completed, why would you build it with all this crap, THEN decide to spend ANOTHER $1.8 million for eco-friendly upgrades. It's not like An Inconvenient Truth came out yesterday!
- ewertz, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1If you knew anything, you'd know that it was already green.
- donny4321, on 11/09/2009, -1/+2It's not China, retard.
- GoEKniGhtofNi, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1cant wait to go to Taipei again for the next Computex. For sure I will check out the 101Tower again :-)
- PandaBearShenyu, on 11/09/2009, -0/+11.8 million what? Tonnes of gold? because 1.8 million dollars is not going to do jack ***** for a 404 meter tall building, don't kid yourself.
1.8 million won't even be enough to upgrade the heating and cooling system, much less replace the all the lights, add another layer of glass, vacuum seal it, add a gray water system etc. Maybe they make some upgrades so it's in compliance with the LEED's certification. But 20 million dollar's in returns/year? LOL, I can see it now "Our upgrade to the heating and cooling system involves a big chainsaw to cut them loose, and a truck to haul all that stuff away." - doomestic, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Holy ***** that looks amazing...
- PandaBearShenyu, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1You are a category 5 dumbass.
CO2 = traps heat
Lots of CO2 made by 1 billion cars = hotter earth - Andres84, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1I want the first picture as desktop background
- iDoraemon, on 11/09/2009, -2/+2Go to hell, crosaks. Just go to f'ing hell.
- Halleys5th, on 11/09/2009, -0/+0CO2 is a minor greenhouse gas which has a complex, not-fully-understood interaction with the Earth's oceans and topsoil. To get an idea of how insignificant it is in the atmosphere, look at this graph:
http://home.austarnet.com.au/yours/Water%20Vapour% ...
CO2 promotes agriculture and forests (as plants breathe it), and as such it is beneficial to mankind.
Cars do not emit most of the CO2 emitted by man - power plants do. Therefore, any effort to reduce CO2 must result in a reduction in the amount of power produced, causing higher energy prices. For details on the history of this type of fiasco:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/berry-e1.1.1.htm ...
In general, the Earth's climate has always fluctuated (mankind has always adapted or suffered because of it), and at present there are no abnormal conditions. There are times in the past when the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was 100 times higher, but even then there was no catastrophic heating. In the past 100 years, the average temperature of the Earth has risen by 0.7 plus-or-minus 1.3 degrees Celsius, which means that it's probably heated up a little, but may have stayed the same or become cooler.
There is misinformation everywhere saying that the science has been done and there is a general agreement, but there is not:
http://www.petitionproject.org/ - azhatt, on 11/09/2009, -0/+0looks exactly like take out boxes. :D.
/damper babies. - ewertz, on 11/09/2009, -0/+0They claim it's "jade". Everything in Taiwan is either red or jade, including the spit marks on the pavement.
- PandaBearShenyu, on 11/09/2009, -2/+1People who live on Taiwan island define the term "butthurt" and "Identity Crisis".
- Laminarcissus, on 11/09/2009, -5/+2"Much coveted" title?
Really? - inactive, on 11/09/2009, -4/+1Yes, you are one.Thanks for embarrassing yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China - Halleys5th, on 11/09/2009, -5/+0A building can't impact the environment. It can't even affect the environment. Consuming energy, burning fuel, emitting CO2 and generating waste has literally no effect on the global environment. The terms "eco-friendly" and "green" actually have no valid meaning.
http://www.climatephysics.com/
Let's discuss a building's architecture, function, and technology - not ***** like this. - inactive, on 11/09/2009, -6/+1um..ok.what is your problem?.
- inactive, on 11/09/2009, -14/+2Well it's nice to see China is going green.
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