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Anhui Province, 307e308, 310e311, 312f Bicentennial plan Steering Committee,
Animal husbandry, 504, 509 525e526
Annual revenue impact (ARI), 187e188 Big Heart Intelligence (BHI), 250
Anomalies, 39 basics, 250e251
Arabic investments in Poland, 409e410 BHI-inspired “intertidal” thinking,
Arbofilia Asociacion Protectora de Arboles, 251e252
456e457 in design of hospitals and health care
ARCADIS Sustainable Cities Index, 475 facilities, 251e254
ARI. See Annual revenue impact (ARI) evolving buildings within emerging new
Asia Low-Carbon Cities Platform, paradigm in global health, 256
444e445 Platform, 255
ATMs. See Automated Teller Machines retirement communities linked to
(ATMs) universities and college towns,
Atom bomb, 68 254e255
AUC. See American University of Cairo smart technologies with heart,
(AUC) 255e256
Augmented reality, 256 Biodiesel, 96
Auto Liability insurance, 168 Bioenergy crops, 505
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), 395 Biofuels, 70, 299e300
AVortex Reduction Chamber, 415 Biogas plant, 139
Biogasoline, 132
Biogenerator, 17
B Biomass, 16, 98, 265
Back EMF, 417 biomass-derived gases, 95e96
Bacterial fuel cell energy generation, 17 resources, 95
Bagasse gasification, 294e295 Biopower technology, 95e96
Balanced equilibrium system, 36 BIPV. See Building-integrated photovoltaics
Balancing tests, 182 (BIPV)
Bandera Azul Ecological Program, 466 Boilers, 140
Bank Bonny Kingdom Masterplan, 489
liquidity, 389 Bornholm, 268e269, 269f
mortgages, 580e581 Borse Dubai, 381
Banking sector, 389e398 Bottom-up process, 528
BCR. See Benefitecost ratio (BCR) Bottrop, 259e264, 260f
Benchmark technologies, blueprint for success, 260e264, 262f, 264f
113e114 Branch office, 386
Benefitecost ratio (BCR), 183e184, Brundtland Commission, 373e374
188e190, 192, 197 Builder’s Risk “All-Risk” Insurance,
Berkeley FIRST, 579 168e169
Best value criteria, 163 Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), 97
Beyond-province investment inflows, Building-integrated wind designs, 97
310e311, 311f “Buildingonomics”, 249e250
BHI. See Big Heart Intelligence (BHI) Business, 36
Bicentennial plan creation community, 47
building partnership, 525 economics, 37
design team, 526 plans, 80
discovering community shared vision, in UAE, 379e380
526e528, 527t Business cooperation between UAE and
establishing planning governance, Poland, 403e410
525e526 Arabic investments in Poland, 409e410
finalizing and adopting plan, 528 entry barriers for polish entrepreneurs,
Steering Committee, 525e526 406e408