A green city blooms in the desert

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Cool workers

Today's offices blow highly chilled air from the ceiling, wastefully cooling the entire space. Here air doesn't need to be as cold, since it circulates from the ground up.

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Last updated December 03 2008: 10:34 AM ET

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