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The Bahrain World Trade Center is a 240-metre-high, 50-floor, twin tower complex located in Manama, Bahrain. The towers were built in 2008. It is the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design.The two towers are linked via three skybridges, each holding 225 kW wind turbine, totalling to 675 kW of wind power capacity. The wind turbines are expected to provide 11% to 15% of the towers' total power consumption, or approximately 1.1 to 1.3 GWha year. This is equivalent to providing the lighting for about 300 homes, 258 hospitals, 17 industrial plants, and 33 car engines. #worldtradecenterbahrain #bahrain #manama #skyscraper #windturbine #naturalfriendly #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts #amazingfact #2008

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Ultra-high strength “Cor-Ten” weathering steel. This type of steel forms its own protective outer layer, so it doesn't need to be painted. This saves a million dollars each time the bridge would have needed to be painted with traditional steel. #newrivergorge #newrivergeorgebridge #westvirginia #usa #steelarchbridge #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts #cortensteel

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Concrete ears: its also known as Acoustic mirrors. It is a passive device used to reflect and focus (concentrate) sound waves. Microphones were suspended at the focal points of these dishes, like today's D2H dish antennas. Parabolic Acoustic mirror are widely used in parabolic microphones to pick up sound from great distances, employed in surveillance and reporting of outdoor sporting events. #acousticmirrors #concreteears #sound #worldwar2 #parabolicmicrophone #civilengineeringfacts

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Photovoltaic glass (PV glass) is a technology that enables the conversion of light into electricity. To do so, the glass incorporates transparent semi conductor based photovoltaic cells, which are also known as solar cells. The cells are sandwiched between two sheets of glass.Buildings using a substantial amount of photovoltaic glass could produce some of their own electricity through the windows. #pvglass #greenelectricity #slittedsolarglass#polysolar #onyxsolar #azurmendirestaurant#civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts