Aldar HQ - How it was built

You might have seen that reportage about the amazing building. On French TV yesterday.
Very interesting. I like the English version even better.
http://tune.pk/video/4052108/aldar-headquarters-the-world-first-circular-round-skyscraper-mega-construction-abu-dhabi

POWER

Renewable energies are definitely the future. I mean, the present...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-cases-exceed-16-000-worldwide-who-says-1.2854642

Construction site videos

Improve your English with these videos. Train, listen and repeat.
1) Easy lesson  A construction site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiTTras9pLE&list=PLozkjIPMgGf_U7k28tYghDrfxIOAHk7I2

2) Another easy lesson: This vocabulary lesson teaches students about jobs / professions in construction. Students learn the names of professions (e.g. plumber, electrician) and verbs to describe what construction professionals do.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhFIBuk3YYg

3) Now, more technical and more difficult: BEAM ONE
It is the technical description speaking of distributing forces, cross sections and so on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7yYVH_uXM#t=28

Great thanks to the authors.

So the house of the future can become the house of today.

The great Stanford University (U.S. West coast)gets involved in Green Building "An enterprising team of Stanford students has designed a low-cost, solar-powered home that could lead the home-building industry to a more sustainable future and guide homeowners toward greener behavior." http://news.stanford.edu/features/2014/starthome/

Some houses!

I'd like one like that! Wouldn't you?

Graphene supercapacitors energy storage

More on Graphene:
MIT article http://www.technologyreview.com/view/521651/graphene-supercapacitors-ready-for-electric-vehicle-energy-storage-say-korean-engineers/
CNN: The nano-sized material with a massive future http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/29/tech/graphene-miracle-material/

Don't you love those green roofs in NYC?

Hope they resist the current harsh weather.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOxYrk3hKg

Green 2014!

In 2014,
I hope you save water, gas, petrol.
I hope you use public transportation.
I hope you turn off the light when you get out of an empty room.
And last but not least, I hope you play your part in raising awareness on the Fukushima Daiichi ongoing disaster.

May life go easy on you. E.B.