Have you ever heard of a city which is “Zero waste”, “Zero carbon” and “Fossil fuel free” ?
Well, THE MASDAR CITY is your answer!
The construction of this city is already underway in Abh Dhabi, UAE since 2008. The initial projects should be ready by 2010.
Masdar City aspires to be the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city, a happy oasis six kilometers square with its own micro-climate, supporting 50,000 people in renewably powered harmony with nature.
Built from the ground up with sustainable living in mind, it will bring together the best-of-breed clean technologies: building-integrated solar photovoltaics and solar glass, solar hot water systems, smart grid technology, electric transportation, power storage, sustainable agriculture and vertical farming, water recycling and desalination, low-energy HVAC, green building materials, waste-to-energy systems, essentially everything but wind energy.
The Masdar Institute aims to be a world-class research and development hub for the solutions of the future.
A successful completion of this project would be an answer to all the skeptics who believe that human intervention, industrialization and advances to technology can only cause harm to the environment.
I think this new city will help, like you said, show that the advancement of technology can help reverse some of the harm done to the environment so far. With the use of clean energy and carbon-reduction inventions they will use, it will surely help our current situation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, since it is a research center, it will undoubtedly help show what to do in other cities and also show what not to do by documenting what won't work.
I am excited to see the outcomes of this city and see the impact it has on the environment in the area.