10. The Urban Cactus, Rotterdam UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
Urban Cactus is a housing project in the Netherlands that will offer 98 residences on 19 floors. Thanks to the staggered design of curving balconies, each unit’s outdoor get lots of light from the sun. This means that this greenscraper really going to be green when all the residents’ gardens are in bloom. Although this sector may lack the technology department, looms its emissions reduction potential remains high thanks to all photosynthesis takes place on the porch. Also has a white color to help mitigate the urban heat island effect.
9. 340 on the Park, Chicago NEARLY FINISHED 
When the 340 on the Park opens later this year in Chicago, it might be the first residential greenscraper in the city to meet LEED standards. The building is sure to be a rich EcoGeek dream-come-true. If you have $ 700k to throw down on a 1600 square-foot apartment, you can enjoy low utility bills thanks to the building completely insulated windows and rainwater collection systems. And the most amazing job satisfaction is a multi-storey conservatory begins on floor 25th
8.Waugh Thistleton Residential Tower, London ON THE DRAWING BOARD 
On the other side of the pond, the Waugh Thistleton Architects has an eco-residential buildings under way also. This construction will employ helical wind turbine technology in the past with the EcoGeek. Four turbines attached to one side of the tower has the potential to generate 40,000 kW hours per year, more than 15% of its energy needs.
7.The Burj al-Taqa (Energy Tower), Dubai ON THE DRAWING BOARD 
If this 68-story super greenscraper becomes reality, it may be the highest of any economic sector, thanks to the proposed 200-foot wind turbine that will sit on top of the building. Burj Al-Taqa will occupy # 22 on the world’s tallest buildings list, it gets the green light.
Wind is not this greenscaper single bag, however. Solar panels will cover a 161,459 square meter artificial island chain is connected to the building and seawater willpower Burj al-Taqa is air conditioning!
6. The Hearst Tower, New York City OPEN FOR BUSINESS 
Hearst Tower was New York’s first skyscraper to achieve LEED Gold accreditation from the USGBC when it opened its doors last year. 80% of the steel used to make the monster was recovered. On the inside is the floor and ceiling tiles made ​​from recycled materials too. The diamond shapes on the building’s facade is not just for show either. The diagonal grid requires fewer beams to achieve the same rigidity as a conventional skyscraper, and the design allows more natural light to enter the tower. What is more rainwater collected on the roof and is channeled to a 14,000-gallon tank in the basement. The Hearst collect enough water from the sky to account for 50% of the tower’s use. It is pumped into the cooling system, which is used for watering plants and for the innovative water sculpture in the lobby.
5.The CIS Tower, Manchester England NEARLY FINISHED 
Earlier in the at EcoGeek, surpassing U.S. tower virtually anyone in the sun. Weighing in with over 7,000 panels on the facade and 24 wind turbines on the roof, the CIS Tower to produce 10% of its energy all on their own.
4.The Lighthouse Tower, Dubai ON THE DRAWING BOARD 
Dubai International Financial Centre Lighthouse plans to use 4000 photovoltaic panels on south-facing facade and three mega 225 kilowatts wind turbines to meet its electricity needs. Other details are sparse, though it was under construction this definitely would have broken into the top three.
3. Bank of America Tower, New York City UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
The designers of the Bank of America Tower, Cook + Fox Architects, hoping that the Hearst Tower by going for LEED Platinum certification. We’ll see if they do it next year, when the building is supposed to cut the red ribbon. Like Hearst, the BOA tower also uses rainwater collection and floor to ceiling windows for natural light, but it will also be employing more EcoGeeky technology. Natural gas fuel cells will provide on-site electricity, and sunlight-sensing LED lights will maximize efficiency. For more info about all of New York greenscrapers, check out this short film directed by Carol Willis, the title of Green Towers for New York: From Visionary to Vernacular
2. The Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
Another greenscraper designed to harness the winds at high altitudes, the Pearl River Tower internal use wind turbines to keep the lights. Fashioned like a giant wing, shoots tower air through wind tunnels at two of the building’s 71 floors. This ecological wonders of a building will also employ geothermal heat sinks, ventilated facades, waterless urinals, solar and daylight follow the same checks when it opens in late 2009.
1.The Bahrain World Trade Center Towers, Kingdom of Bahrain UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Three 96-foot propellers suspended between the towers will deliver the 42-storey high standards with over 1,100 megawatts per year. The shape of the building itself will create a faster flow of the giant blades. Here are some virtual views of the Arabian Gulf from the various levels of the building. Real views can be appreciated in later years, when the building opened.
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