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Strategy Implementation
Adding wind turbines on the metro rail between the stations along Sheikh Zayed Road, that produces electricity from natural resources.
Figure 22: Wind turbines on Metro rail
Enhancing Daylighting
Strategy intent
Nightjars usually resets at day time and become active at night, during day they keep their wide
eyes closed and protected from sun radiation as shown in Figure 23. On the other hand, during night this large wide eye openings allows for a better vision through allowing the maximum
amount of light to enter during the dark, and helping them to see and attach small insects that
they eat (Fig.23).
Figure 23: Controlling eye opening (AskNature 2014)
Strategy Implementation
As mentioned earlier in this report the metro station is shaded most of the day by the high sky
scrapers near to it, and this created a dark zone around the metro station and within the narrow
space between the station and the towers beside it, in additional to the indoor space of the metro
Thermal comfort through biomimicry in the case of Emirates Towers Metro Station in Dubai
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