The Green City

February 11, 2008

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started construction of its so called 'green city' which will be named Masdar City. It is a city which is designed to have no carbon emissions, cars, or waste. It will cost $22 billion (£11 billion) and take eight years to make. It will be able to hold a population of 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses. The city will cover 1,483 acres (6.00 km²).

The city was designed by Foster and Partners, a British company.

“No one has ever built a zero-carbon city before. Nor one producing zero waste or fully powered by renewable energy. Masdar City will accomplish all three,” said Sultan Al Jaber.

The city will have a personal electrical power supply mainly from two renewable energy sources: wind turbines and solar panels. Water will be provided through a solar-powered desalination plant and air conditioning will be provided naturally from wind towers.

It is planned to save more than $2 billion in oil over the next 25 years along with creating more than 70 000 jobs.

... We are creating a city where residents and commuters will live the highest quality of life with the lowest environmental footprint. ...
—Al Jaber

The immense project will be supported by a company created for it called 'Masdar Initiative', which will develop and commercialise clean energy technologies. It will also be supported by the WWF, a global conservation charity, and it is hoped that international joint ventures will bring in more money.

Some people fear that Masdar will become a domain for the luxury development of the rich, because the city is located by Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Dr Al Jaber said, “We are often asked why we are setting our goal so high. Our answer is because someone must... Someone must push the envelope to create the solution that we, as a global community, so urgently require.”

Source: Wikinews

Please Give your opinions!

its a nice concept but i dont think it will be any use for us
seeing the todays condition of our country

well, you are right. it's not feasible in our country.

InViSible Wolf wrote:its a nice concept but i dont think it will be any use for us
seeing the todays condition of our country

but we can dream ..... who knows may this dream leads us to the reality............

tara malai pani its not possible lagcha yar....

Dark Rider wrote:

InViSible Wolf wrote:its a nice concept but i dont think it will be any use for us
seeing the todays condition of our country

but we can dream ..... who knows may this dream leads us to the reality............

tara malai pani its not possible lagcha yar....

hey man impossible is nothing....
if u cud rearrange the word IMPOSSIBLE, it makes I M POSSIBLE so impossible is possible.
why u guys don hope anything frm NEPAL?? u r a nepali rite???
don get frustrated frm ur country.. lets hope 4 that day,when Kathmandu will be called "THE GREEN KATHMANDU'"...

Its not impossible to achieve and Arab has proved by building unique structures and it is opting to make a venice city as well.
It is a dream for us to think of such in our country but not impossible.

i think its possible in our country too as for this we need two things they are sun and water. As our country is rich in water we can produce electricity and sun too shines in our country so we can have the solar energy. with this two initial things we need other inputs like commitment and vision and madness to fulfill the dream.
and we all know impossible is nothing