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Work in Full Swing at Masdar City Project
ABU DHABI - Construction work is in full swing at the Masdar City project outside the capital, where 3,000 construction workers are building the world's first carbon neutral city in four phases to be completed in 2020.The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company , or Masdar , on Sunday arranged a media trip to the project site of the mega city. The trip was arranged to apprise the journalists covering the World Future Energy Summit to give an update about much famed project.
The first phase to be completed in 2013 will see the construction of the campus of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which has already been set up in partnership with world's prestigious university MIT; construction of office towers where about 1,500 companies are projected to commence green businesses enjoying free zones facilities, while the residential units being built for entrepreneurs, students and faculty of the Masdar Institute. The city will soon become home to a population of 90,000 people made up of 40,000 residents and 50,000 daily commuters.
The architecture is inspired by traditional old Arab cities where, markets and wind towers dominate the city's civic planning; where open public squares intersect with narrow shaded walkways and connect to homes, schools, shops and public places.
On the tariff of solar power, he said that a power purchase agreement would soon be signed to settle this issue. One megawatt capacity power plant would be erected on the rooftop of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, of whose construction work is 75-80 per cent complete.
Already couple of electricity run vehicles are in action transporting passengers from one place to another, said Engineer Masara Y. Alameri, Manager Urbaning Planning Property Development Unit of Masdar .
She said that Dutch made driver-less vehicles driven by software ply on designated pathways at a maximum speed of 40 kilometres per hours. At present, they commute between point A and B but they can be reprogrammed to commute between point A and C.
The Masdar Institute of Science and technology will move into its new campus at the start of its second academic year in September, this year.
By Haseeb Haider
© Khaleej Times 2010
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