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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 07:16 PM
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'World's greenest city' plans revealed
Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 07:21 PM by OKIsItJustMe
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=14069&channel=0

'World's greenest city' plans revealed

(published on 18-January-2008)

Plans have been unveiled for a development in Abu Dhabi that is set to be the world's greenest city.

WWF and the government-owned Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company have launched a Sustainability Action Plan for Masdar City, which will begin construction this year.

The zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city aims to exceed the 10 sustainability principles of the One Planet Living initiative developed by WWF and environmental consultancy BioRegional.

Electricity and cooling for the six-kilometre square city will be provided by solar energy, while water will be provided through a solar-powered desalination plant.

Greywater and treated wastewater will be used for watering gardens and parks, as well as crops grown outside the city.

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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 07:21 PM
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1. Great -- so while the rest of the planet goes to hell ... Halliburton
will be safe and sound in a self-sustaining compound ...
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cedric Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:41 PM
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2. Depends on your definition of Green
If you want to throw political freedom into the mix then the UAE ain't green.
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