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MACAU BUILDING DEVELOPMENT

visitors can experience the beauty advanced and efficient electricity,
of nature within an indoor open w ater and nat ural gas servi ce
space, filled with natural daylight systems. At the core of the property
and landscape elements, free from is a system that recovers extraneous
nuisance such as noise and air energy and reuses it to cool air
pollution. and water in the resort. This is a
• Green Wall: The Spectacle at MGM revolutionary chilling configuration,
COTAI will also feature a towering, and one of the first of its kind in
500 square-meter green wall, Macau.
as well as 600 square meters of • Dynamic and Smart: MGM
additional horizontal greenery. Not C O TA I w i l l f e a t ur e a dy na m i c
only aesthetically pleasing, green and constantly-evolving building
walls are also proven to improve air management system that ensures
quality, provide a natural cooling energy ef fi ci ency regardless of
effect, boost people's energy and changing environmental conditions.
reduce noise pollution. Further, the Examples of this include lights that
green wall will feature an innovative adjust their brightness based on the
and resource-efficient watering time of day and a climate control
system, ensuring that run-off water system that responds automatically
that is automatically drip-fed and to changes in the weather.
recycled in a continuous loop.
• Efficient Use of Resources: MGM Just the beginning
COTAI will feature one of the most "Design and construction are just

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