Samantha Chen

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Masdar City: The World’s Greenest City?

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Masdar City: The World’s Greenest

City?

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Background

Crucial part of the global response to climate change and to

improving energy security

> Half of world population living in cities

Responsible for over 70% of CO2 emissions

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What is Masdar City?

$15 billion investment by

Abu Dhabi government

Outskirts of Abu Dhabi city

Half of the energy of a

similar settlement

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Interesting Points

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world's first car-free,

zero-carbon-dioxide-emissions,

zero-waste city

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Sustainability①Transportation

• ‘Car-free’

• No traditional cars

• PRT

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)

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Sustainability①Transportation

②Energy Management

• Renewable solar energy

• ‘Zero-waste’

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Sustainability①Transportation

②Energy Management

③Design and Planning

• Holes in walls of buildings

• Wind tower

• Encourage conservationWind Tower

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Sustainability①Transportation

②Energy Management

③Design and Planning

④Materials Used

• Deflect sunlight

• Insulate interior

Superstrong ethylene tetrafluoroethylene

plastics

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Key Takeaway Points

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1. Oil will run out someday

We will position Abu Dhabi as the

hub of future energy Sultan Ahmed Al

Jaber Masdar’s CEO

• Cannot rely on oil to supply energy forever

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2. Masdar City has global impact

Serve as a living lab for a greener, cleaner future

Some of Masdar’s technology will have real value at a time when more than half of world’s population lives in cities

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Personal Rating

• Insightful

• Opens my mind to what the future holds

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Issues for Discussion

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Questions① Being a sustainable city,

will Masdar City be able to sustain itself?

② Will Masdar City ever really develop the authenticity of a real city?