Sunday 30 November 2008

Cool cities

Cool cities are a new program to reduce the global warming and protect our environment by using smart energy solutions to save money and build a cleaner and safer future. It is a closed city which used clean energy to reduce the carbon emission. Here I’m going to mention about how cool cities can be a great solution to survive our planet.

We can divide these cities in two types, the residential and the urban. A great thing is that these cities contain many zones and some of them can be public centers like schools, stadiums and restaurants. The other is residential zones such as hotels and villas. The last zone is the business zones.

There are many things in cool cities that will help to reduce the carbon emission. First of all, using eco-friendly transport such as the vehicles which work with electricity. Also, sharing the vehicles to reduce the number of it on the road, especially during typical rush hours. Another solution is that using operable roofs which consist of materials that effectively reflect the sun's energy from the roof surface. However, this roofs will open and closed depends on the weather. For example it will open in winter to use the natural air from the cool weather, but it will close up in the summer because of the sunlight which streams in the cities. Finally, the lights which are using in every where will be changing because they want to fluorescent bulbs to save the energy which will help to reduce the global warming.

To sum up, using this new technology way is a start to reduce the global warming, but I think it will be more great if we use it in a huge city because this kind of solution have a strong effect and that is a good point to increase the success on this project.

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