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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

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Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood. The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

Baua Electric

Like an A-list celebrity stepping onto the red carpet, the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s 250,800-ton ship has captured the world’s attention, with some marveling over its cutting-edge features, like the largest water park at sea, while others criticize the gigantic ship’s potential to damage the environment. 27 — is the size of a small city.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

Baua Electric

Drawn by clear turquoise waters and miles of white-sand beaches, around seven million travelers visit the Bahamas each year, but a new warning about increased violence on the island nation has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there. Specifically, the Over the Hill neighborhood , south of Shirley Street, should be avoided.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. org’s October 24 Day of International Climate Action.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Water (1 project). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content.

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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

Baua Electric

Some days we had wraps at Vida e caffe , an African chain; others, we went to the Purple Café in Osu, a hip neighborhood to the east of our hotel. We saw Piloya Irene’s pulverized bark sculptures, Dennis Addo’s painted curtains and Gideon Hanyame’s textiles woven from water filter nets.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Since some readers might read only one appendix, some information has been repeated.

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