Sunday, June 15, 2008

Masdar city




Masdar city is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city. The budget for master city will be about $ 22 billion. It will take eight years to build. 50,000 people will be able to live there. Masdar located near to the Abu Dhabi International Airport. The point is to reducing emissions by Masdar City and having clean development mechanism. Masdar city will be the first city for not using fossil fuel and gasses for power and use renewable energy like solar and wind instead.

Masdar also aims to prove that it is possible to live in limitation and improve the quality of people's lives. Masdar city will allow people to walk or to use bicycle for transportation. Most of the building and working places will be near each other. The city will be shaded in such a way to keep the city cool and clean from dust and sand storm.

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