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Fig. 2.1
The pillars of
sustainable city according to
the Masdar city model
The city presents itself on the Internet as ''A place where businesses can thrive
and innovation can flourish'' and ''it is a model for sustainable urban development
regionally and globally, seeking to be a commercially viable development that
delivers the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest
possible ecological footprint''.
The project started in 2006, while the building of the first constructions started
in 2008 and is still to be ended.
Madinat Masdar—a giant project of 22 billion dollars for the energy company
Masdar—is a city where the common cars will not be able to circulate, and will be
replaced with around 2.500 zero emissions shuttle buses that will travel over
150.000 different routes every day. The energy required to supply this 'eco-toy'
comes from wind, solar and solar thermal systems, that will allow a cost reduction
in the next 25 years of 2 billion dollars of oil.
The city will host, at the beginning, 50.000 people, 1.500 enterprises and, over
all, the futuristic Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, high education pole
realized in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ded-
icated entirely to study and research in the field of renewable energies. Masdar
City aims at becoming one of the most sustainable urban settlements in the world.
The city will host International companies in the field of renewables and of
sustainability products. General Electric with its centre Ecomagination for the
development and widespread of new and innovative technologies is a strategic
partner in Masdar City. The project involves other partners such as BP, Royal
Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi, Rolls Royce, Total S.A., Mitsui, Fiat, and the German
Conergy, that is planning a solar thermodynamic power generation plant of
40 MW rated size.
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