It seems that even buildings are becoming ever more eco friendly, every time that new design comes out it seems to have some element of how it will efficiently use as many natural resources as possible. That is the same with the new Discovery Tower, which is located at 1501, Mckinney Street, Houston, Texas. It is a thirty storey office building that will have fitted at the top ten wind turbines, which at that height will most definitely get enough wind to keep them going for most of the year, even when there is little wind at ground level.
The cost of this building is going to touch a very un eco friendly $300 million and with the work just recently started it means that it will not be that long before we begin to see things taking shape. Even tough the building is not due to be completed until the middle 2010. It is then that we will see the building in all of its glory.
It is not just the wind turbines that make this building green, but it’s the whole package of air filtration, water-efficient plumbing, and an energy efficient heating & cooling system that will make this a very eco friendly building indeed, which is a great selling point.
Source [Jetson Green]
