Task 6 - Cool City

In this task we have watched the Cool City video. According to the video:

There are some problems that have happened since the industrial revolution started. The video mentioned three of them: 1) The population growth. 2) The traffic congestion. 3) The carbon dioxide emissions.

As the video mentioned, if we don’t solve these problems we will need another earth, and this is really impossible.

To live in the earth, we need to decrease the emissions of carbon dioxide (Co2) by 50%.

During the last 30 years in Japan, the GDP has doubled which means it’s increased 100%, at the same time as the energy efficiency has increased 37% and the oil consumption has decreased 8%.

The buildings and transportation are the reasons for 90% of the Co2 which is emitted into the air.

The Cool City is an environmental green city with zero carbon dioxide emissions. It’s built by the SDCJ which came from Japan.

There are three types of transportation in the Cool City. First, the Monorail/Light rail. Second, the solar ships/taxis. Last, the hybrid cars.

There are three zones in the city: Business, Commercial/Cultural and Residential.

In the Cool City there are some techniques to reduce the heat, such as: Roof membranes, planting trees and waterways.

The expected reductions of the Co2 are 50% for eco-towers and 30% for eco-residences.

The expected overall percentage of the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is 60%.

In my opinion, it’s important to live in a lifestyle the same as what we have watched in the film. As we know before in the Carbon Footprint article that the UAE's carbon footprint per capita is the highest in the world. So the Cool City is the perfect solution for the problem.