SOLANA BEACH, Calif., July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — American Wave Machines, Inc. (AWM) announces that Olympic training for the Japan and USA surfing teams will take place on PerfectSwell® Shizunami (静波サーフスタジアムPerfectSwell®) located in Makinohara, Japan. The athletes will be training on never before seen waves and PerfectSwell® innovations.
Fast Facts
Venue Size: 2.3 acres PerfectSwell® Size: 2 acres
Standout New Waves:
Drainer: Two 3 second+ barrel rides on the same wave
WedgePop: The biggest air section yet
Highball: A professional surfer’s dream canvas providing opportunities for a variety of maneuvers and a massive finishing move
Roundhouse: Soft in the middle for traditional cutback practice that rolls into a wedge barrel
Wedge (Updated): A stretched out slab that leads to improved time in the barrel.
Schedule: July 12-13 Japan Olympic Team Training, July 16-19 USA Olympic Team Training
The punch and variability of PerfectSwell® waves along with the repeatability presents an unprecedented training opportunity for professional athletes in a safe controlled environment to ensure the highest degree of health and safety in compliance with government restrictions. During training, PerfectSwell® will be able to mimic wave conditions and competition format forecasted for the Olympics which will be held in the ocean at Tsurigasaki Beach, also known as Shidashita Beach, in Chiba, near Tokyo. The Olympic surfing contest is scheduled for July 25- July 28. In a format similar to the sailing program, surfing will have a waiting period of 16 days (July 25-August 9) to run the ladder competition.
About American Wave Machines American Wave Machines, Inc. surf technology is protected by 39 patents in 11 jurisdictions. SurfStream® venues have capacity of 100’s while PerfectSwell® surf pools are 1 acre plus with capacity in the 1,000’s. Since 2007 over 4,000,000 sessions have been enjoyed at American Wave Machines locations around the globe.
About PerfectSwell® Shizunami Surf Stadium PerfectSwell® Shizunami Surf Stadium is founded on principals of community and giving back. PerfectSwell® Shizunami will further the strong surfing spirit that is already thriving in Shizunami.
BAODING, China, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, the 10 millionth engine of GWM’s HYCET rolled off the assembly line officially, making GWM the first company with a scale of 10 million engines among Chinese auto brands. HYCET has declared that it will launch 23 engine products based on four fuel forms of gasoline, diesel, synthetic fuel and hydrogen and six product platforms in the next three years. Such strong R&D strength has drawn attention from all walks of life.
Since its establishment, HYCET has been devoted to breakthroughs and innovations, with the ability of “one-stop” product development. It has built a national product laboratory with the world’s leading experiment and testing capacity and scientific R&D strength. It has won the Science and Technology Progress Award many times. Its independently-developed GW4C20B 2.0T gasoline engine has won the title of “The Best Engines of China” seven times. HYCET also manufactures engines with CVVL technology. Apart from HYCET, only three major brands in the world, namely BMW, Nissan and Toyota, can fully master this technology. The 10 millionth engine that rolled off the assembly line this time is a 1.5T in-cylinder direct-injection gasoline engine whose model is 4B15C. This engine features maximum power of 135kW, a maximum torque of 275 Nm and a minimum fuel consumption rate of 218.2g/kWh, ranking among the top in the industry in terms of combustion efficiency and emission level. In the future, this high-powered engine will be equipped on HAVAL JOLION and other models.
In the new era of pursuing low-carbon and energy-saving development, relying on six engine product platforms, HYCET has not only produced all kinds of gasoline and diesel engines, but also made all efforts to develop DHT engines, hydrogen energy engines and synthetic fuel engines, to provide increasing products to meet the different demands of consumers. At present, HYCET has successfully launched the 1.5L naturally aspirated gasoline engine 4G15H which is specially designed for hybrid electrical vehicles. This engine integrates a number of advanced technologies such as electronic water pump, low-pressure EGR, high-efficiency ignition, 4.5bar multi-point fuel injection, 13:1 compression ratio and Atkinson cycle. Meanwhile, this product is fully integrated with GWM’s “L.E.M.O.N. DHT” technology, which enables the engine to be promoted in more markets and comparable to European and American automobile products. Moreover, according to the plan, HYCET will also launch a 2.0T dedicated hybrid engine with thermal efficiency exceeding 45% in 2023, and release the first high-thermal-efficiency dedicated synthetic fuel engine and hydrogen fuel engine in 2024 and 2025, respectively, to a more advanced and greener experience for car users.
In the future, GWM’s HYCET will conduct in-depth iterations in the three dimensions of green and low-carbon development, intelligent control and high-efficiency power by upholding the R&D concept of “conducting targeted investment and becoming industry leader”, to truly realize the independent R&D of the high-grade power.
One Beverly Hills Designed as an Environmentally Sustainable, Mixed-Use Urban-Resort Experience Built Around Botanical Gardens
The 17.5-Acre Site Encompassing the Iconic Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills to Include Two Residential Towers, New Luxury Hotel and Botanical Gardens
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Alagem Capital Group, in partnership with Cain International, present One Beverly Hills, a striking and dynamic mixed-use urban-resort in the heart of world-famous Beverly Hills. Designed by Foster + Partners, the award-winning architectural practice led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, and nationally distinguished landscape architecture firm RIOS. The 17.5-acre site is currently one of the largest and most environmentally advanced private real estate development project underway in the United States. The site represents the unification of several properties adjacent to the iconic Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. One Beverly Hills will add three environmentally sustainable buildings to the site: two residential condominium towers and a third building housing a 42 All-Suite luxury hotel and 37 shared ownership condominiums. All of this is set around 8-acres of breathtaking botanical gardens that will be planted at the heart of the site. The Beverly Hilton will see extensive upgrades to bring the green of the gardens into the hotel experience. With the driving philosophy of creating the most healthy and future-forward development, the new buildings and gardens of One Beverly Hills are designed to exceed California’s own ambitious sustainability goals. One Beverly Hills is expected to open in 2026.
“We are proud to be partnering with Cain International. Our shared commitment to building a beautiful and an environmentally responsible project will resonate for generations,” states Beny Alagem, CEO of Alagem Capital Group. “By combining elegant architecture with the most advanced technologies, we are defining development in a post-COVID world. One Beverly Hills is designed to reflect our Southern California lifestyle with deep, wide balconies and spacious, sunlight filled rooms. The green of the gardens extends up the buildings’ facades, framing unobstructed views from the mountains to the Pacific. This project could only be built in Beverly Hills. It is a city I have a deep connection with and am committed to investing in. One Beverly Hills will change the way sustainability and healthy living is approached and sets the standard for future development.”
“One Beverly Hills perfectly reflects our mission to create forward-thinking spaces that seamlessly bridge commercial space, residential life, and community,” said Jonathan Goldstein, Cain International’s CEO “Cain has made strategic investments across the U.S. in some of the most notable and iconic ground-up developments and we are excited to deliver a landmark project together with the Alagem Capital Group that will represent a new architectural gateway to the iconic city of Beverly Hills. The scale, visually stunning architecture, public realm and environmentally conscious design initiatives established throughout One Beverly Hills will set a new standard and will shape the future of development for decades to come.”
Foster + Partners is leading the One Beverly Hills masterplan with Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary design firm RIOS overseeing landscape architecture. The award-winning studios are working together to establish a unique melding of buildings and landscape with well-being as the central focus. One Beverly Hills will seamlessly integrate the existing Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills into a unified 17.5-acre site. The legendary Beverly Hilton will receive significant reinvestment to reflect the design of One Beverly Hills, with a new arrival drive and lobby area, ballroom upgrades, restyled pool and 36 new poolside cabana rooms. A new 38,000-square-foot conference center will have the most sophisticated technology and be enhanced with unique breakout areas that capitalize on the perfect Southern California weather. Joining the established hotels will be a new 10 story building that will include 42 all-suite guest accommodations, a fine dining restaurant and 37 shared ownership condominiums.
One Beverly Hills will include a private members club open to residents and a select number of non-residents looking for a level of service and amenities that rival the finest resorts around the world. Members will enjoy 130,000 square feet of calming space over three levels, divided into retreat, clubhouse and fitness areas. A luxurious wellness focused state of the art spa will be the central hub of the retreat, with the clubhouse home to various entertainment opportunities including a private restaurant, lounge, wine tasting room and cellar, screening rooms, and bowling alley, to name a few. The fitness area will offer a number of options for members at all levels of engagement including private training rooms, open cardio spaces, an indoor lap pool, indoor basketball and pickleball courts, as well as an outdoor fitness facility that allows members to enjoy the California sunshine.
Additionally, the two residential towers will maximize privacy and provide unobstructed views from the Pacific Ocean to the mountains beyond the famous Hollywood Hills sign. They will be the two tallest buildings in Beverly Hills, and merge with the gardens and Los Angeles Country Club landscapes by continuing the greenery up the facades. Their curving and receding forms, soft edges and oversized balconies mediate between private living and garden greenery, breaking down boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. These sophisticated homes will range between 2,000 – 16,000 square feet, feature 12-to-16-foot ceilings, designer kitchens with smart appliances and special technology for air, water, comfort, lighting and audio control. Floor to ceiling glass will open to oversized balconies up to 15 feet deep, with some residences including plunge pools on terraces and direct access from elevators. To further elevate the lifestyle of One Beverly Hills, all the residences will have access to luxury hotel services.
As the heart of One Beverly Hills, the Botanical Gardens will be a sustainable oasis of wellness, encouraging exploration and relaxation. Foster + Partners have ingeniously devised an elevated platform to be built from the western side of the property across to the Beverly Hilton to create the magnificent Botanical Gardens. This 8-acre haven will be dedicated to over 40 tree and 250 plant species from 13 different botanical regions of California and feature curated sculptures, water features, shaded seating areas, 2 miles of pathways and other amenities. Predominantly planted with water smart landscaping, the entire garden will be irrigated through an extensive greywater system. A community-based conservancy made up of One Beverly Hills residents, school and community leaders, and representatives of the hotels will oversee educational programming and operations.
Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners, said, “In its beginnings, Beverly Hills was agricultural flat land – a green oasis that fed a growing urbanity. A century later, we have seized on this inspiration to create an organic architecture that merges with landscape, a large part of which is publicly accessible, creating a shared resource for the City. The richness of Californian culture owes much to its diversity of influences, which comes together with the urgent need for sustainability – particularly conservation and recycling of water for the greenery. We welcome the opportunity to create a holistic masterplan based on a green approach across the entire site.”
“One Beverly Hills is a remarkable and revolutionary project, for not only Los Angeles but also the entire West Coast,” said Mark Rios, Founder of RIOS. “To create inspiration and sustainability within the open spaces of the site, we looked to establish curated botanical collections influenced by the native landscape of California, which has a wealth of natural beauty for us to draw from. These diverse botanical experiences utilize sustainable systems, such as a combination of reclaimed and storm run-off generated water, to ensure the One Beverly Hills Botanical Gardens will be a horticulturally-rich terrain and lush escape and serve as a nexus of wellbeing for the local ecology, residents and visitors alike.”
One Beverly Hills is invested in a sustainable future and committed to being the benchmark for environmental sustainability, bringing together multiple technologies to aggressively lower emissions and energy consumption. Glumac, the global sustainable building design and engineering firm, is coordinating the systems that aim to achieve LEED Platinum and WELL certifications. The buildings of One Beverly Hills will use a central geothermal system, harnessing the earth’s constant soil temperature to efficiently create heat, hot water and reject heat for cooling without the use of gas. The system also reduces the number of cooling towers needed saving millions of gallons of water annually.
Using collected rainwater and recycled greywater, the extensive One Beverly Hills landscape will be 100% water sustainable. These steps will save millions of gallons of water a year. In an effort to support grid harmonization and safeguard local energy infrastructure, the project is designed with a significant centralized battery storage system, onsite photovoltaic array, and a chilled water thermal energy storage system. This will allow the project to be flexible in managing electrical demand by minimizing imported electricity in real time intervals when grid generation is composed of dirtier fuel sources. It will also be responsive to local & utility-level demand response events. The new 1.375 million square feet of buildings will be built from recycled, low embodied carbon and low toxicity materials. The space is also designed to promote multimodal mobility, encouraging walking, biking and alternative transportation, as well as offering extensive EV charging capabilities in the underground parking garage.
“Together with Beny Alagem, his team and partners at Cain International, we are steadfast in achieving our Triple Bottom Line sustainability goals balancing social, environmental and economic objectives to reach two globally recognized standards: LEED Platinum and WELL Certifications,” said Nicole Isle, Chief Sustainability Strategist of Glumac. “Our mission is to establish One Beverly Hills as one of most environmentally conscious real estate development examples on the world stage, with healthy and intelligent buildings and open spaces.”
Gensler, the world’s largest architectural design firm, will serve as executive architect on the project.
One Beverly Hills is poised to provide Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County with a significant source of jobs, taxes, and revenue—generating nearly $1 billion a year in local spending. The historic development agreement with the City of Beverly Hills guarantees a $100 million Public Benefit Fee in addition to creating other revenue streams.
For more information and inquiries about One Beverly Hills, please visit www.onebeverlyhills.com.
About Alagem Capital Group Alagem Capital Group is a holding company based in Beverly Hills, California established to pursue various investment opportunities. Alagem Capital Group is led by Beny Alagem, who serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Alagem is an entrepreneur whose business activities have spanned a nearly four-decade career in such diverse industries as computers, telecommunications, technology, and real estate. Alagem Capital Group’s current investment focus is in the real estate and hospitality industries.
About Cain International Cain International is a privately held real estate investment firm operating in Europe and the United States. Since 2014, the company has invested over $5.9 billion into real estate debt and equity. Cain International also invests in lifestyle & leisure businesses that deliver experiences, services and amenities for modern consumers. Cain International is a partnership between its CEO, Jonathan Goldstein and Eldridge Industries. Cain International Advisers Limited, the firm’s asset management and investment advisory division, is an SEC-registered investment adviser. Further information is available at www.cainint.com.
About Foster + Partners Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability, which was founded over fifty years ago in 1967 by Norman Foster. Since then, he and the team around him have established an international practice with a worldwide reputation for thoughtful and pioneering design. The studio integrates the skills of architecture with engineering, both structural and environmental, urbanism, interior and industrial design, model and film making, aeronautics and many more – its collegiate working environment is similar to a compact university. These diverse skills make it capable of tackling a wide range of projects, particularly those of considerable complexity and scale. The studio has established an international reputation with buildings such as the Hearst Headquarters in New York, 30 St Mary Axe, popularly known as The Gherkin, in London, Millau Viaduct in France, the German Parliament in the Reichstag, Berlin, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Apple’s headquarters in California, and Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London.
About RIOS RIOS has earned an international reputation for its collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach, establishing an award-winning tradition across an unprecedented range of design disciplines. Since 1985, the architects, landscape architects, planners, and urban, interior, exhibit, graphic, and product designers at RIOS have been creating and telling stories through buildings, places, and products that are thoughtful, effective, and beautiful. In 2017, RIOS released its first book entitled Not Neutral: For Every Place, Its Story, a robust visual collection of the studios’ multi-disciplinary work, published by AMMO Books. For more information visit: www.rios.com
About Glumac Glumac is a global building design consulting firm focused on creating sustainable, resilient buildings that provide healthy, productive, and equitable spaces for all communities. Our mission, to be engineers for a sustainable future, is reflected in our projects, operations, and staff, which all strive to meet the triple bottom line of People/Planet/Profit.
About Gensler Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 46 locations and more than 5,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and the Americas. Founded in 1965, the firm serves more than 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry. Gensler designers strive to make the places people live, work and play more inspiring, more resilient and more impactful.
تنظمه اللجنة البارالمبية السعودية ضمن مبادرات برنامج جودة الحياة 2020
توفر المبادرة خدمات إعادة التأهيل والتدريب الخاص والمعسكرات الوطنية والدولية للمشاركين ذكوراً وإناثاً
مدينة الرياض, 12 يوليو / تموز 2021 /PRNewswire/ — الرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية – 8 يوليو 2021: شهدت المملكة العربية السعودية إطلاق وزارة الرياضة لبرنامج “فخر”، المبادرة الوطنية الجديدة التي تنظمها اللجنة البارالمبية السعودية، بهدف إعادة تأهيل ذوي الإعاقة، واكتشاف قدراتهم الرياضية، وتطويرها وتحسين جودة حياتهم، فضلاً عن تعزيز مشاركتهم المجتمعية في الأنشطة الرياضية، وصولاً إلى صناعة أبطال رياضيين على المستويين المحلي والدولي.
ويأتي برنامج “فخر” ضمن مبادرات برنامج جودة الحياة، أحد برامج رؤية المملكة 2030 الطموحة، ويستهدف تحسين جودة حياة كافة سكان أرض المملكة وزوارها. ويسعى البرنامج الجديد إلى دعم جهود المملكة في تمكين الشباب السعودي من بناء قدراته، وذلك تماشياً مع تصور صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز ولي العهد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الدفاع (حفظه الله) في هذا القطاع ضمن رؤية المملكة 2030، والتي تعتبر طموح الشعب السعودي وإمكانيات جيل الشباب الثروة الحقيقية للمملكة والمورد الأهم لاستشراف المستقبل.
وقد أطلق البرنامج رسمياً صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير عبد العزيز بن تركي الفيصل وزير الرياضة. وبهذه المناسبة، صرح سموه قائلاً: “نسعد اليوم بإطلاق برنامج “فخر” الذي يخدم فئة عزيزة على قلوبنا جميعاً، والذين يجدون كل الدعم والاهتمام والتقدير من قبل مولاي خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز وسمو سيدي ولي العهد صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز (حفظهما الله)”.
وأضاف سموه: “برنامج “فخر” هو أحد البرامج الرائدة والنوعية التي تشرف عليها اللجنة البارالمبية السعودية ويندرج ضمن مبادرات برنامج جودة الحياة، وهو يهدف إلى تحفيز هؤلاء الأبطال الذين لم تمنعهم ظروفهم الخاصة من الإسهام والمشاركة في خدمة وطنهم بشتى المجالات. لذلك، كان لزاماً علينا وفي ظل هذا الدعم غير المحدود من قيادتنا الكريمة، أن نوفر لهم البيئة الرياضية المناسبة عبر تنفيذ عدد من برامج التأهيل والتدريب الرياضي لهم وفق أعلى المستويات. وستتم إقامة المعسكرات الداخلية والخارجية لمنحهم فرص المنافسة وتمثيل الوطن في المحافل المحلية والإقليمية والدولية وتحقيق المزيد من الإنجازات العالمية”.
ومن المقرر أن تقام فعاليات هذا البرنامج على مدى عام، وتشمل تقديم خدمات التأهيل الصحي والبدني للمشتركين السعوديين من الجنسين، مع تدريب كل مشارك على أحد المجالات الرياضية الأربعة التي تناسب إمكانياته، وهي تتنوع بين الرماية، ورفع الأثقال، وكرة السلة، وألعاب القوى. كما سيشمل البرنامج توفير أطراف صناعية وكراسي رياضية للمشاركين، كلٌ حسب حاجته، وذلك من خلال شركات معتمدة من اللجنة البارالمبية الدولية. كما يتضمن البرنامج تنظيم ثلاثة معسكرات محلية ودولية لنحو 350 سعودياً لدعمهم بالتدريب الاحترافي في كل لعبة بمشاركة مدربين وأخصائيين للعلاج الطبيعي، مع تنظيم منافسات تعزز من قدراتهم على ممارسة هواياتهم الرياضية بشكلٍ احترافي. بعد ذلك، سينضم أبطال الوطن إلى النوادي الرياضية المحلية لمتابعة التدريب ومواصلة هواياتهم الرياضية بشكلٍ دائم.
Riyadh, Saudi Electricity Company completed preparations for this year’s Hajj season through implementing several new projects in Makkah and the Sacred Sites with a value exceeding 480 million riyals and increasing preparedness level through assigning work teams spread in various areas of the holy Sites.
Saudi Electricity Company Interim CEO Khaled bin Hamad Al-Gnoon noted that the new projects aim at enhancing the electric system, where all preventive maintenance projects were completed and all applications to deliver electric power to camps, facilities and public and private institutions were met in Makkah and the holy Sites, in addition to completing the replacement of all 7,785 mechanical gauges in the Sacred Sites with smart gauges.
Al-Gnoon stressed that the company is keen, through these schemes, on providing electricity services with high level of credibility and efficient performance to ensure the comfort of pilgrims in a way that helps them perform rituals easily.
London, Saudi-British Joint Business Council will hold a meeting tomorrow in London to discuss the role of the private sector in supporting economic reform within the framework of the Green Saudi initiative. The meeting will witness the participation of investors and representatives of the governments of the two countries.
The Council said in a statement that the meeting comes within the framework of the UK-Saudi Sustainable Investment Roundtable, which was launched in October 2020, and following the launch of the Saudi Green Initiative, which aims to enhance the Kingdom’s regional and international role in the field of clean and renewable energy production.
Technology Advancements: Wave size, additional Wave Design Parameters, Key Software Improvement; Temporal Distortion creates exceptional precision.
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“One Beverly Hills perfectly reflects our mission to create forward-thinking spaces that seamlessly bridge commercial space, residential life, and community,” said Jonathan Goldstein, Cain International’s CEO “Cain has made strategic investments across the U.S. in some of the most notable and iconic ground-up developments and we are excited to deliver a landmark project together with the Alagem Capital Group that will represent a new architectural gateway to the iconic city of Beverly Hills. The scale, visually stunning architecture, public realm and environmentally conscious design initiatives established throughout One Beverly Hills will set a new standard and will shape the future of development for decades to come.”
Foster + Partners is leading the One Beverly Hills masterplan with Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary design firm RIOS overseeing landscape architecture. The award-winning studios are working together to establish a unique melding of buildings and landscape with well-being as the central focus. One Beverly Hills will seamlessly integrate the existing Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills into a unified 17.5-acre site. The legendary Beverly Hilton will receive significant reinvestment to reflect the design of One Beverly Hills, with a new arrival drive and lobby area, ballroom upgrades, restyled pool and 36 new poolside cabana rooms. A new 38,000-square-foot conference center will have the most sophisticated technology and be enhanced with unique breakout areas that capitalize on the perfect Southern California weather. Joining the established hotels will be a new 10 story building that will include 42 all-suite guest accommodations, a fine dining restaurant and 37 shared ownership condominiums.
Additionally, the two residential towers will maximize privacy and provide unobstructed views from the Pacific Ocean to the mountains beyond the famous Hollywood Hills sign. They will be the two tallest buildings in Beverly Hills, and merge with the gardens and Los Angeles Country Club landscapes by continuing the greenery up the facades. Their curving and receding forms, soft edges and oversized balconies mediate between private living and garden greenery, breaking down boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. These sophisticated homes will range between 2,000 – 16,000 square feet, feature 12-to-16-foot ceilings, designer kitchens with smart appliances and special technology for air, water, comfort, lighting and audio control. Floor to ceiling glass will open to oversized balconies up to 15 feet deep, with some residences including plunge pools on terraces and direct access from elevators. To further elevate the lifestyle of One Beverly Hills, all the residences will have access to luxury hotel services.
