The DESERTEC concept of the pioneer Gerhard Knies aims at promoting the generation of electricity inNorthern Africa, the Middle East and Europa usingsolar power plants,wind parksand the transmission of this electricity to consumption centers, promoted by the non-profit DESERTEC Foundation. Despite its...
During the early 1840s, as the right to rule the continent found a slogan in manifest destiny, nothing was seen as a greater barrier to expansion than the region, between the Mississippi and the Rockies, known as the Great American Desert. As a rhetorical figure, it was nearly ubiquitous ...
buildings Article The Role of Vernacular Construction Techniques and Materials for Developing Zero-Energy Homes in Various Desert Climates Farajallah Alrashed 1, Muhammad Asif 1,2,* and Stas Burek 1 1 School of Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, ...