MASDAR CITY

NURUL WAHIDAH BINTI JOHAN A127584

NUR QURRATU ‘AINI BINTI MOHD RAJIN A128176
NUR BAHIRAH BINTI IDRIS A128566
 INTRODUCTION

• Located to the southeast of Abu Dhabi Island

around 17km from downtown Abu Dhabi
• Total site area = 590 hectares
• Total populations = 40,000 residents
• Land use = Mixed land use (residential,
commercial, institutional and lightweight
industry)
• As a model of urban environmental
sustainability
• The project established by Masdar
construction since 2007 aim to be one of the
world’s most sustainable development
• Best practice project for sustainable urban
planning and development
• Prototypical sustainability city
 AWARDS
• Condé Nast Traveller Innovation & Design Award
(Sustainability) - Masdar
• Best Sustainable Development, Cityscape Abu Dhabi –
Masdar
• FT ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards - Masdar
• Cityscape Abu Dhabi – Sustainable Development Award,
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
• AJ100 Sustainability Initiative of the Year 2008 for Masdar
City, Abu Dhabi
• Global Renewable Energy Awards – Sustainable City of the
Year, Masdar Development, UAE
• Cityscape Real Estate Awards – Best Environmental Real
Estate Project, Masdar Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
• Developed jointly by architectural firm
Foster & Partners with Abu Dhabi
government
• Plan to achieve the goal :-
 Synergy
 Mobility
 Energy
 Quality of life
 Planning and Design

Geometrical
design

The diagonal grid

provides optimal
shading
 BUILDING CONCEPT
• Century before modern era, people design
settlements to moderate desert heat to
obtain both defensive benefits and stronger
winds
• This idea inspired Fosters and Partners to
elevate Masdar above surrounding area
• Rise 23 foot-high concrete base to maximize
its exposure
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
MATERIALS
RECYCLE AND SUSTAINABLE
MATERIALS
MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
• Complete built and opened in 2010
• focuses on research and engineering in
sustainable technology
• Enclosed with wavy facade of concrete
latticework
• Curve pattern provide an angle view
• Main buildings with spherical roof
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
• A 10MW solar photovoltaic plant is operational within
Masdar City. Occupying 22 hectares within the outer
boundary of Masdar City, it is the largest grid-connected
solar plant in the Middle East and was connected to the
Abu Dhabi power grid in April 2009.

• In addition to solar energy, Masdar City is exploring the

viability of geothermal and solar thermal cooling
technologies that use heat to run air conditioning units.
• The roof-mounted photovoltaic panels installed on
Masdar Institute’s laboratories and residential
apartments, not only generate electricity, but they also
help to provide additional shading to the streets and
courtyards, and reduce the amount of direct solar gain
absorbed by the roofs.
The roof-mounted photovoltaic panels
The Teflon-coated wind tower
• Masdar City minimises energy consumption by developing best
commercially available international energy efficient techniques
and setting stringent building efficiency guidelines in areas such
as
- insulation
- low energy lighting specifications
- the percentage of glazing (i.e. windows)
- optimizing natural light
-installing smart appliances (i.e building managements systems)
-a citywide energy management system that interacts to
manage the electrical load on the grid – all along the system,
from the utility to the consumer
Range of energy production methods planned at
Masdar City
Energy system process
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT (PRT)
• Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system of 100% electric-
powered, automated vehicles has been in operation
since 2010 with existing road and railways connecting to
other locations outside the city.
• PRT vehicles are sized for individual or small group
travel, typically carrying no more than 3 to 6 passengers
per vehicle.
• The PRT vehicles will travel at speeds up to 40km/h, with
the longest routes in the city taking around 10 minutes.
• The innovative system reached a milestone of having
served 500,000 passengers in November 2012.
• Description : PRT Network
• Peak capacity : 500 p/ph/pd currently
• Times operation : 24 hrs/d & 7days/week
• Configuration : Network
• Connection : Direct (Non stop)
• Passenger seated/standing : 4 adults + 2
children
• Drive : Electric
• Track length : 1200 meters (one-way)
Transportation network
FREIGHT RAPID TRANSIT (FRT)
• The dedicated guide way in the undercroft, an artificial
basement created by raising the pedestrian level, will
also accommodate the Freight Rapid Transit system
(FRT).
• The FRT system is capable of making 5,000 trips per day
carrying the loads and deliveries for residents, stores and
hotels.
• The flatbed vehicles can carry two pallets, with a
maximum total payload of 1,600kg.
• The vehicles will be recharged at the stations, avoiding
the necessity of additional parking space (garage). The
stations feature angled berths, allowing all vehicles
independent entry and exit.
 ZEROTRACER

LOOK LIKE A POD BUT DRIVES LIKE A PORSCHE.!

• Zerotracer is an electric-powered motorcycle that can
accelerate from zero to 100km/h in 4.5 seconds as fast
as a Porsche 911 car.
• Designed by the Swiss engineering company Designwerk.
It has a top speed of 240km/h and can travel 300km on a
single charge.
• The Zerotracer set a record for distance covered by an
electric vehicle in February 2012 by travelling 30,000km
in 80 days as part of the Zero Emission Race.
• It makes perfect sense to have a zero-emission electric
vehicle at Masdar City, a sustainable urban development
where the electricity is obtained from solar energy.
Electric vehicles
• Masdar City also has initiated an electric car pilot with
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to test a point-to-point
transportation solution for the city that uses Mitsubishi
Motor’s i-MiEV, five-door hatchbacks.

• The EV pilot project, launched in January 2011, aims to

assess the efficiency of EVs and rapid charger technology
in the region’s climate conditions.
WATER MANAGEMENT
 ISSUES
• Water resource: rainwater, desalination
• Rainwater: mean annual rainfall ranging
between 46 and 119 millimetres, Abu Dhabi
is among the driest places in the world
• Desalination: highly in cost

WATER MANAGEMENT
 Masdar
Water
Strategy

WATER MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGIES

WATER MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

WATER MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
 STRATEGY
• Minimise waste to landfill
• Maximise the resource potential of materials
(e.g recycling and reuse)
• Divert at least 50% of operational waste from
landfill
• Divert 90% of construction waste during the
development period

WASTE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

WASTE MANAGEMENT
THANK YOU