Construction projects around the globe are looking for ways to incorporate energy efficiency into their designs, occasionally resulting in buildings that look like they were put in place to make James Bond late for his next sexual conquest.

4 The Bahrain World Trade Center

Located in Manama, Bahrain, the Bahrain World Trade Center is the first skyscraper not built by Dr. Doom to utilize giant wind turbines as a power source.

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They double as a way to dispose of errant spies and superheroes.

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Standing 50 stories tall, the two buildings are linked by three skybridges that each support a 95-foot-long wind turbine and are presumably waiting for Tom Cruise to kick somebody off of them. The sail shape of the towers creates a wind tunnel that increases the efficiency of the turbines -- despite only operating about half the time, the turbines still produce enough electricity to power approximately 300 homes each day, and to presumably carry the entire structure into space to beat a hasty moon base retreat should the situation arise.