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- Planning

- Zero CO2 net emissions

- Waste

- Power

- Water

- Transportation

- Supply Chain

- Integration

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About Masdar City

Launched by the Abu Dhabi leadership in 2006and guided by Abu Dhabi

Economic Vision 2030,Masdar a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi

Government-owned Mubadala Development Company, is a catalyst for the

economic diversification of the emirate.

The Masdar initiative drives new sources of income for the Emirate and

stre gthe s A u Dha i’s k o ledge-based economic sectors.

The first renewable energy company to adopt a ground up approach; from

education and research to commercialization and deployment, Masdar aims to

advance the clean energy industry.

Masdar is also creating platforms to accelerate technology,

encourage investment, from private and public partnerships and identify smart

policies.

Masdar is organized around three business units and an independent, research-

driven graduate university.

This holistic approach keeps Masdar at the forefront of the global clean energy

industry, while ensuring it remains grounded in the pursuit of pioneering and

commercially-viable technologies and systems.

With each unit focused on a key component of the value chain, Masdar is

constructed with the broad scope needed to meet the most pressing

sustainability challenges of tomorrow.

Masdar Corporate Headquarters are situated in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United

Arab Emirates

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Orientation -- seeking the maximum efficiency gains at the

lowest cost by optimally orienting the city grid and buildings

to minimise solar heat gain on building walls and the street,

while maximising cooling nighttime breezes.

Integration -- all aspects of city life are integrated so work,

entertainment, recreation and home are all in close

proximity, for convenience and to minimise use of

transportation.

Low rise, high density – most buildings are no more than five

storeys.

Vibrant urban realm – in the city, as much focus has been

put on the public spaces between the buildings, as well on

the buildings themselves. Thus, the streets and squares invite

people to enjoy the outdoors, where they interact and

engage with fellow students, residents, professionals and

visitors.

Pedestrian focused – this means narrow, shaded streets, and

pleasant shaded walkways and other paths that encourage

alki g. The i tegrated ature of the it ea s it’s ot far to walk to many destinations, while convenient

transportation also supports this pedestrian focus.

High quality of life – the city is committed to offering the

highest quality work and living experience with the lowest

possible environmental footprint.

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As of 2014, Masdar City has sufficient office space to begin

attracting a significant number of residents. Masdar City's

population is expected to grow from 1,000 to 4,000 in 2014.

Masdar predicts that the city's population will hit 10,000 in

three to five years.

Masdar Institute

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is a

graduate-level research university focused on alternative

energy, environmental sustainability, and clean technology.

Its campus is located in Masdar City. The Masdar Institute

was Masdar City's first occupant. The design of the campus

emphasizes flexibility, the use of traditional architectural

elements, and modern materials to provide for an optimized

combination of natural lighting and cooling that minimize

energy needs. By 2013, 336 students were enrolled at the

institute. These students were selected from more than

2,000 applicants. 42% of enrolled students are from the UAE

and 35% are women. The Masdar Institute plans to

eventually enrol about 800 students. Admitted students

from all countries are offered a full-tuition scholarships,

monthly stipends, travel expenses, laptop computers,

textbooks, and accommodation in order to facilitate their

studies. Masdar students and faculty are engaged in over

300 joint projects with academia, private enterprise, and

government agencies. Their research tends to focus on

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renewable energy, smart grids and smart buildings, energy

policy and planning, water use, environmental engineering,

and electronics.

The Masdar Institute has been behind the engineering plans

of Masdar City and is at the center of research and

development activities. The institute's building, developed

in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, uses 70% less electricity and potable

water than normal buildings of similar size and is fitted with

a metering system that constantly observes power

consumption.

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International Renewable Energy Agency

Masdar City will host the headquarters of

the International Renewable Energy Agency,

commonly known as IRENA. As of May 2013,

construction of IRENA's headquarters was underway.

Masdar was selected to host IRENA's headquarters

after a high-profile campaign by the UAE. In its bid,

the UAE offered rent-free offices in Masdar City, 20

IRENA scholarships to the Masdar Institute of

Science and Technology, and up to and up to

US$350 million in loans for renewable energy

projects in developing countries.

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Siemens A regional headquarters for Siemens has been built in

Masdar City. This build is the most energy efficient in

all of Abu Dhabi. In 2014, more than 800 staff will

start work there. The LEED Platinum building makes

use of sustainable and energy efficient materials and

building techniques. It was designed to use 45

percent less energy and 50 percent less water than

typical office buildings. The Siemens headquarters

won an award for best office building at the Mpim

Architectural Review Future Projects Awards in 2012.

The Middle East Architect Awards named it the both

the best and most sustainable office building the

same year.

The 130,000 square-foot building is built around the

idea of a "box within a box." The structure includes a

highly insulated airtight inner facade that insulates

from the sun and a lightweight aluminium shading

system on the exterior. The plaza beneath the

building is funnel-shaped. This shape works to suck

prevailing winds underneath the building. Due to

the Venturi effect, a breeze flows up to the roof of

the building through atria in the buildings structure,

cooling public spaces without energy costs. These

atria also allow daylight into the centre of the

building in order to reduce the need for artificial

lighting, further reducing energy consumption. The

buildings automation systems are all from Siemens.

Siemens signed an initial ten-year lease.

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Incubator Building

The Incubator Building includes retail and office space to house start-ups, small-and-medium sized enterprises, and regional offices for multinationals. The Incubator Building is designed to accommodate roughly fifty companies. Some of the most notable tenants include General Electric, Mitsubishi, and Schneider Electric.

The Incubator Building houses the General Electric ecoimagination Center. The center offers training and exhibitions on energy and water efficiency. Nabil Habayeb, GE’s president & CEO for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, said, "Locating the ecomagination Center at Masdar City further delivers on our promise to be an active partner in the concerted efforts of the UAE Government to promote a culture of sustainability. The Center builds on our long heritage in the country, and our commitment to support the vision of the Abu Dhabi Government to integrate sustainable growth as a key pillar of all its activities. Masdar City’s mission complements our sustainability objectives and is an ideal home for our first ecomagination center.

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It is a community where cutting-edge cleantech research and

development, pilot projects, technology testing, and construction

o so e of the orld’s ost sustai a le uildi gs are all o goi g.

As such, Masdar City offers a fertile environment that inspires

creativity and growth to organisations operating in this strategic

and dynamic sector. As an emerging hub and a magnet for talent,

financial capital and entrepreneurship in the fast-evolving

renewable energy and cleantech industry, Masdar City provides a

unique competitive advantage to companies, other organisations

and ancillary service providers operating in, and serving this

sector Half the orld’s populatio o li es i ities, a per e tage

that is expected to rise to 70% by 2030, and because cities today

are responsible for over 70% of global CO2 emissions. But, only if

sustainability is economically feasible will enough communities be

able to implement the technologies and systems, and do so on a

big enough scale to achieve meaningful progress in this realm.

That’s h Masdar Cit is ot o l o itted to uildi g o e of

the most sustainable cities in the world, and one that is an

attractive place to live, but also to achieving this in a commercially

viable manner.

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Life in Masdar City

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The project is headed by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company. Initiated in 2006, the project was estimated to cost US$18-22 billion and take approximately eight years to build, with the first phase scheduled to be completed and habitable in 2009. Construction began on Masdar City in 2008 and the first six buildings of the city were completed and occupied in October 2010. However, due to the impact of the global financial crisis, Phase 1 of the city, the initial 1,000,000 square meters (0.39 sq. mi), will be completed in 2015. Final completion is scheduled to occur between 2020 and 2025. The estimated cost of the city has also declined by 10 to 15 percent, putting the development between US$18.7 and 19.8 billion. The city is envisioned to cover 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq. mi) and will be home to 45,000 to 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses, primarily commercial and manufacturing facilities specializing in environmentally friendly products. In turn, more than 60,000 workers are expected to commute to the city daily.

Masdar City will be the latest of a small number of highly planned, specialized, research and technology-intensive municipalities that incorporate a living environment, similar to KAUST, Saudi Arabia or Tsukuba Science City, Japan.

Partners in the project through its Clean Tech Fund are Consensus Business Group, Credit Suisse and Siemens Venture Capital. Construction of the first phase of the project is being managed by CH2M Hill. Infrastructure construction for the city will be handled by the Al Jaber Group and design of the central Masdar headquarters building has been awarded to Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. The city's wayfinding system was developed by Endpoint and City ID.

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Architecture:

Masdar is a sustainable mixed-use development

designed to be very friendly to pedestrians and

cyclists. Masdar City has terracotta walls decorated

with arabesque patterns. From a distance, Masdar

City looks like a cube. The temperature on Masdar's

streets is generally 15 to 20°C cooler than the

surrounding desert. The temperature difference is

due to Masdar's unique construction. A 45-meter

high wind tower modelled on traditional Arab designs

sucks air from above and pushes a cooling breeze

through Masdar's streets. The site is raised above the

surrounding land in order to create a slight cooling

effect. Buildings are clustered close together in order

to create streets and walkways shielded from the

sun.

Masdar City was designed by Foster and Partners.

Foster's design team started its work by touring

ancient cities such as Cairo and Muscat in order to

see how they kept cool. Foster found that these cities

coped with hot desert temperatures through shorter,

narrower streets usually no longer than 70 meters.

The buildings at the end of these streets create just

enough wind turbulence to push air upwards,

creating a flushing effect that cools the street.

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Traditio al Ara i Cit Desig

Narrow streets Natural shading High Density/Low Rise Living Public spaces Mixed Use Walk able

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Passive Design reduces Demand

Northeast/Southwest Orientation

Natural Wi d To ers

‘oof – Da “hadi g

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Masdar City Layering

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Mobility Grid

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Creating any sustainable urban development or

Re-development requires a unique set of tools

That are distinct from what it takes to build a

Conventional city. Masdar City aims to be one of

The orld’s ost sustainable urban

developments

And will be at the forefront of developing these

Specific tools. This sustai a le it toolkit

Encompasses eight elements: planning, zero

CO2,power, water, waste, transport, supply

chain and integration.

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Planning

E er aspe t of the it s ur a pla i g, Engineering and architecture is approached with

sustainability in mind. More specifically, planning

seeks to facilitate energy generation where

applicable and reduce consumption of electricity,

water and other resources.

Planners recognized that the biggest environmental

gains come from some of the most passive, and least

e pe si e, tools: the it ’s a d uildi gs’ orientation

(with regards to the sun and prevailing winds) and its

form. Next most effective is building performance

optimization, such as an efficient envelope and

systems, and smart building management. Active

controls, such as renewable energy, are the most

expensive, while offering the lowest relative

environment-i pa t retur s. That’s h designers

first concentrated on orientation and performance

optimization, thereby reducing a large amount

of energy demand with little cost, and only

subsequently looked at what active controls

could be implemented.

Seven overriding characteristics define Masdar

Cit ’s planning approach: energy-efficient

orientation; integration of districts and

eigh orhood’s ; low rise, high density; vibrant

public realm; pedestrian friendly; high quality

of life; and convenient public transportation.

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Zero CO2 net emissions

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Waste

Masdar Cit s aste a age e t strateg seeks

to minimise waste to landfill and maximise the

resource potential of materials (i.e., recycling

and reuse). As a first step, systems will be

used and awareness will be raised to reduce

the amount of waste generated in the city, i.e.,

by encouraging reusable bags and containers.

The next step is to sort and collect the waste

produced by those living and working in the city.

Masdar Institute buildings have separate waste

chutes to allow for the separation waste.

At later stages, vacuum waste systems may be

implemented to automatically remove all waste from

point of use, ensuring the city is clean and tidy and

reducing the need for traditional dustcarts.

Once collected, the waste is sorted into compostable,

non-recyclable and recyclable waste. All appropriate

bio-waste will be composted and the product used

to enrich the landscaping. Recyclable waste will be

processed in the city or as close by as possible.

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Zero Waste

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Masdar City seeks to maximise use of renewable

energy, which is why power is one of the largest

source of carbon savings and another reason

h the effi ie of the it s uildi gs a d

demand-side systems is maximised. Masdar

City is using, or evaluating for use, in the city the

following technologies: Photovoltaics

The regio ’s largest grou d-based grid

connected photovoltaic (PV) array is helping

power the city, while roof-mounted PV is used

on

select buildings. The Masdar headquarters will

have the largest roof-mounted PV installation in

the world. PV will comprise the vast majority of

the it ’s o site re e a le e erg ge eratio .

Concentrating Solar Power

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology

is being tested as a source of thermal energy

for single- and double-effect absorption chiller

systems, which could meet a significant portion

of the it ’s ooli g de a d.

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Evacuated tube collectors

Evacuated tube collectors will be roof mounted

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provide domestic hot water and a base load

that

can be used for dehumidification.

Waste to energy

Such technologies consume material that

cannot be recycled or reused, as fuel for

gasification,

pyrolysis and plasma arc gasification systems.

In the long term, Masdar City will work with the

Abu Dhabi Municipality to develop such a plant.

Geothermal

The feasibility of using deep geothermal hot

water

as a thermal energy source has been evaluated,

and will most likely be used with absorption

chillers and for heating domestic hot water.

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Masdar City has been designed to minimize

water waste and maximize the efficiency of

treatment and production techniques. In the

long term the goal is to reduce, in stages, the

domestic water consumption to the target

potable water consumption of 105 liters per

person per day, far below business as usual.

Water-use reduction technologies include high

efficiency appliances, low-flow showers, highly

efficient laundry systems, a water tariff that

promotes water efficiency, incentives, real-time

monitoring, smart water meters that inform

consumers of their consumption, reducing

leakage ultimately to 1%, treated wastewater

recycling, and high-efficiency irrigation and low water

use landscaping, particularly through use

of indigenous desert flora.

The current wastewater system combines

grey water and black water for processing and

treat e t at the it ’s embrane bioreactor

(MBR) plant. The treated sewage effluent

produced at the MBR will be used for landscaping.

The bio solids resulting from the wastewater

treatment can be reused for compositing and in

any future waste-to-energy plant.

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Reduce consumption

to <80l/p/d

Recycle 90% of grey water

Reduce water leakage to 3%

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75% reduction in water usage

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Transportation In answering one of the overriding priorities of

Masdar Cit s master plan – to be a

pedestrianfocused

community – a rich network of public

and personal transportation options will ensure

it is easy to move across the city in comfort and

ease. As a result, walking and self-propelled

transport will be the most convenient forms of

transportation to many destinations within the

city, as well as the most pleasant. This is the

result of pla ers fo us o reated e te si e

shaded sidewalks and pathways throughout

the city.

In addition, a public transport system of electric

buses and other clean-energy vehicles will provide

tra sport ithi the it , hile A u Dha i’s light

rail and Metro lines will pass through the centre

of Masdar City, providing transport within the city

and serving as a link to the wider metropolitan

area. This extensive public transportation network

means that no destination within the city will

be more than 250-300m some form of public

transport. Most private vehicles will be kept at

the it ’s edge i a u er of parki g lots that

will be linked by electric bus routes to other

public transportation traversing the city.

In its search for an appropriate and sustainable

transportation solution,

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Masdar City is piloting a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)

system of electric powered,

automated, single-cabin vehicles that

offer the privacy, comfort and non-stop travel of a

taxi service, and the reliability and sustainability

of a public transport system. The initial pilot route

runs on a 1,700m track linking Masdar Institute to

its parking lot. However, this emerging technology

will serve only Masdar Institute at this time, as it is

not yet ready for implementation on a wider scale.

As other new transport technologies emerge, they

will be evaluated for use within the city.

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PRT Fast Facts

PRT Vehicles: 3,000

PRT Stations: 85-100

FRT Vehicles 810

PRT Trips per day: 135,000

Max. Walking Distance to PRT Station:

150m

LRT Trips per hour: 5,000 people

Masdar City will be the first land-based city to operate without fossil fueled vehicles

Walking, electric vehicles, cycling, PRT and LRT are the modes of transportation within Masdar City.

With 40,000 commuters per day, Masdar City will have strategically placed parking areas for fossil-fueled vehicles

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Mobility

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Throughout the construction and operational

life of Masdar City, there is an ongoing drive to

use the latest sustainable products, materials

and services. Through a detailed product

evaluation process that includes environmental,

economic (including cost and quality) and social

considerations, Masdar City is reducing the

overall impact of the materials chosen for the

buildings and infrastructure in the city.

There are many important considerations in

this evaluation, including: cradle-to-grave

lifecycle analysis, evaluation of recycled content,

manufacturing processes, the level of energy

and water used in manufacturing, assembly plant

location, logistics, distribution, durability and

recyclability. Through this screening and product

specification process, Masdar City is having a

positive local and regional effect by encouraging the

overall supply chain to become more sustainable.

In particular, Masdar City works with suppliers to

help them understand the environmental impact

of their operations. Some early examples of this

beneficial collaboration include having worked with

several local and international material suppliers

on the development of materials with a lower level

of embodied carbon. As a result, the city is using a

low-carbon cement, two types of aluminum with

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between 81% and 90% recycled aluminum content,

and recycled steel reinforcing bars (rebar). As well,

by working with local distributors, Masdar City

contractors were able to source 100% sustainably

grown timber.

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Integration

At the heart of Masdar Cit s sustai a ilit goals

is the integration of the full range of renewable

energy and sustainability technologies. The scale

and scope of this integration is a distinguishing

feature of Masdar City and will generate some of

the it s ke i telle tual propert a d i o atio

in the development of gree ities. Recognizing that the complexity of sustainable

systems, even within a single structure, has been

one of the biggest challenges to reducing the

environmental impact of buildings, the integration

of multiple complex systems on a city scale, poses

an exponentially greater challenge. This challenge

is augmented by the other need to ensure the

proper balance of these systems across competing

energy and resource demands.

The information communication and technology

(ICT) infrastructure serves residents, businesses

and visitors, as well as the smart networks that

will link, manage and integrate city services. Smart

technologies will play a fundamental and wide-

ranging

role in both achieving the integration of

systems and enabling the smart distribution grid

necessary to balance supply and demand

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Construction began on Masdar City in 2008 and the

first six buildings of the city were completed and

occupied in October 2010. However, due to the impact

of the global financial crisis, Phase 1 of the city, the

initial 1,000,000 square metres (0.39 sq mi), will be

completed in 2015. Final completion is scheduled to

occur between 2020 and 2025. The estimated cost of

the city has also declined by 10 to 15 percent, putting

the development between US$18.7 and 19.8

billion. The city is envisioned to cover 6 square

kilometres (2.3 sq mi) and will be home to 45,000 to

50,000 people and 1,500 businesses, primarily

commercial and manufacturing facilities specialising in

environmentally friendly products. In turn, more than

60,000 workers are expected to commute to the city

daily.

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Masdar City demonstrates that green technology, research

and development can complement petroleum-based

development and aid in facilitating a gradual economic and

conceptual transition to cities being increasingly sustainable

and reducing their emissions. While Masdar City may

continue to face many setbacks as a flagship project,

projects such as these must be at the very least attempted

in order to move forward with sustainable practices. As

Paulo Coelho stated, The orld is ha ged e a ples,

ot opi io s Coelho . With this i i d, let traditio al

expertise, context, climate, and project-led development

guide cities to becoming more sustainable in the future.

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