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Abu Dhabi to be the next hotspot for next generation algae biofuels
Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, a biotechnologist at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), has helped develop the first genome-scale metabolic model for an algal species. Salehi-Ashtiani is intent on using this model to explore Middle Eastern algae in the search for the ideal biofuel. The researchers modeled the metabolic network of the algae species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a [...]
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The KAPSARC, designed by Zaha Hadid, is aiming for LEED Platinum
The King Abudullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC for short), designed by Zaha Hadid, is aiming for LEED Platinum: to be built in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the state of the art campus will house research and development facilities on energy and environmental exploration and analysis.
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8 Tips to Save Energy Working from Home
With more and more people working from home, we think it’s time to dust off a few trusty tricks for curbing electricity consumption without curbing productivity. Working from home has been shown to have its environmental benefits, from reducing road congestion to cutting down on office building energy consumption — but there’s a lot you [...]
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ADFF introduces new award for environmental films
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), organized by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced today that the renewable energy company Masdar will be the Official Partner of the Festival’s program for films on significant environmental issues. ADFF, which runs from October 13-22, 2011 has also announced that the program, presented for the [...]
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Green Sheikh reaches out to the young
DOHA: Government and private sectors in the Gulf should now prioritise effective waste management partnerships in the wake of rapid growth in most of the countries in the region, said Sheikh Dr Abdulaziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, Programme Ambassador of Ford Grants and more popularly known as the “Green Sheikh.” Sheikh Abdulaziz is a member [...]
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