It will spend 22 billion dollars.
In this realm of high technology three-meter street, and cars are banned! The city of Masdar on the edge of the Arabian desert became the first global eco-experiment world level. It was designed as the main place on the planet for all companies working in the field of clean technologies. Although his original concept is revised a little, still what has been already impressive.
The city was conceived to be Autonomous: he recycles the waste he produces solar electricity, collects rainwater and presnet sea water, etc. after 10 years in Masdar, the construction of which was planned to allocate $22 billion, was to live 40 000, 50 000 daily to come to work at 11 500 companies located here.
Masaru aside about 6 sq km at 17 km from the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, close to the international airport. In the development of the project involved an architect of world renown Norman foster. Part of the city was planned to cover special open-work roof, protecting the streets from the scorching sun, with solar panels, folding at night (this idea was abandoned). From wind and sand storms were supposed to protect the wall around the city, like in medieval villages.
The founder of the city – state, and the project was started with his money. State company Abu Dhabi Mubadala Development has established the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar brand, one of its structural units – Masdar City (Masdar), Masdar functions as the management company.
Another business unit, plays an important role in the project, ” Clean Energy, operator and investor in renewable energy. The concept of eco-friendly city is supported by an independent research University, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology: Masdar was conceived as a centre of science and innovation. The Institute has partnership agreements with mit and Moscow state University.
Construction barely started, but during the crisis the project was frozen, criticized the undertaking The Guardian called Masdar a Ghost town, with the publication of photographs of empty streets and buildings.
The project is now reopened and, according to Executive Director of Masdar City, Anthony Mallows, gaining strength. City Manager, told “Vedomosti” about the business model of the city, about how it was corrected by the project and that the refusal of many bold ideas are not the consequence of errors are bad developers, but the result of technology development
The energy of the city provided by the nearby photovoltaic plant.
In January 2014 Mattare opened the building of the headquarters of Siemens in the middle East. It consumes a quarter of the volume of water that consumes a similar size office building in Abu Dhabi.
Street decided to give the power of pedestrians, private transport is not needed where everything you need is within walking distance. Most of the streets had to be not more than 3 m wide and not longer than 70 m, most buildings no taller than six floors.
There are model projects in different streets. The narrow 3 m wide. They are only for pedestrians, even cyclists need to go around them. There are streets with two-way traffic for vehicles and machines. New streets will need to make wider for larger electric vehicles. But it’s time to build cities where no private vehicles.
At home in Masdar now consume at least 50% less energy and water than conventional buildings, and new ones will be even less.
For longer trips the city instead of buses purchased unmanned electric vehicles 2getthere.
Machines with internal combustion engine it is necessary to leave outside the city limits. But for the residents – these are electric cars.
In General, Masdar planned so that it is easier to get everywhere on foot, in his three-meter streets and pedestrian areas, not to travel by car.
From 2015, the city makes a profit through two to three years will return to the state funds invested in it. In Masdar already houses more than 370 companies. Investors come from different sectors: real estate, education, research. Now all of the Masdar building is fully leased.
Special facades, neutral design, multifunctional system of energy saving and economical use of water has reduced the current consumption of buildings by 50%, the load on their cooling system by 40% and water consumption by 54%.
