On Monday January 21st, the World Future Energy Summit was be held in Abu Dhabi, at which time the plan for Masdar City, the greenest city on earth was unveiled.
Masdar City will be the first carbon-neutral, waste-free, car-free city.
The city will consist of six-square kilometers (2.3 sq miles), that will eventually house about 50,000 residents and 1500 businesses. They will start construction in the first quarter of 2008, and will take approximately 10 years to complete, although it’s firsts residents will be able to move in by 2009.
No Pollution, No Waste… Now how will they accomplish this you ask? Here’s a list:
- ZERO CARBON: 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy – Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies
- ZERO WASTE: 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy)
- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives)
- SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS: Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within materials and throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products
- SUSTAINABLE FOOD: Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products
- SUSTAINABLE WATER: Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used
- HABITATS AND WILDLIFE: All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets
- CULTURE AND HERITAGE: Architecture to integrate local values.
- EQUITY AND FAIR TRADE: Fair wages and working conditions for all workers (including construction) as defined by international labour standards
- HEALTH AND HAPPINESS: Facilities and events for every demographic group
Source: The Masdar Initiative
abu dhabi masdar city the greenist city on earth World Future Energy SummitJanuary 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 am by bibi in Innovation, Solar, Green Building, Environment, Recycle, Green News, Green Knowledge, Green Living
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i want to move here!
I want to live there. My family has tried to practice green living for years. This place sounds like heaven. Hope they can really make it work.
this is so weird. i mean what will happen if people don’t move or it falls apart ?
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When can I move in?
This will be a very interesting project that I will be watching closely. I have some developing plans which are in the same realm of ideas as this, but not to quite the same level.
They said that the city is going to be car-free, and then they say that there is going to be public transportation and vehicle sharing. So which one is it? And how anybody will deliver anything in today’s world with no cars? I support the green ideas, but it would be a shame if the project will fail because of problems with transportation. Also I think that they should ensure somehow that the houses would not become some kind of summer houses for the rich and people would actually live there.
dude the city is only 2.3 square miles, i think they can handle walking
sigh…. dream come true, wish everywhere was like that.
I wonder how much money it would cost to live in one of those houses. For some reason all healthy things for people or environment friendly things are very costly.
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