Masdar City, when it was first conceived a decade ago, was intended to revolutionise thinking about cities and the built environment.
Now the world’s first planned sustainable city – the marquee project of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) plan to diversify the economy from fossil fuels - could well be the world’s first green ghost town.
As of this year [...] managers have given up on the original goal of building the world’s first planned zero-carbon city.
— theguardian.com
Masdar City previously in the Archinect news:
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I'd be interested to know (aside from the waste of unnecessary development) why the net-zero plans failed. Poor energy modeling? Unrealistic projections of occupant energy use? This information would be useful for anyone trying to improve efficiency in their own projects.
Because its in the middle of FUCKING nowhere? Without social sustainability, there can be no environmental sustainability
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