Final+Project

// Welcome to my Final project page!!! I hope you enjoy it. //

// I chose to pick a topic from the last unit of my English IV course called **Sustainable Design**. I think it is important to get to know about innovative designs that go hand to hand with the enviroment. As professionals we should be able to consider nature and its factors to work based on them and for the benefit of people. // So for that matter I have done a presentation I will like you to see! so go ahead !!! :)



media type="custom" key="4985123" width="657" height="657" = = =// Masdar City Project: The city of the future. //= // Meaning ¨ source ¨, the arabic word MASDAR stands as the title of an ambitious green city project designed by The Foster + Partners architectural firm. //// Located in the capital of The United Arab Emirates called Abu Dhabi, it is planned to cover 6 square kilometers and to be home to 45,000 to 50,000 people. But the most interesting part is that the city will rely entirely on //// solar energy //// and other //// renewable energy  //// sources, with a //// sustainable  ////, //// zero-carbon  //// , //// zero-waste  //// ecology. // // To begin with, cars will be banned within the city; travel will be accomplished via public mass transit and //// personal rapid transit //// systems, with existing roads and railways connecting to other locations outside the city. The absence of motor vehicles coupled with Masdar's perimeter wall, designed to keep out the hot desert winds, allows for narrow and shaded streets that help funnel cooler breezes across the city. // // Secondly, Masdar will employ a variety of renewable power sources. Among the first construction projects will be a 60 //// megawatt // // solar power plant  ////, which will supply power for all other construction activity. This will later be followed by a larger facility, and additional //// photovoltaic modules //// will be placed on rooftops to provide supplemental solar energy totalling 130 megawatts. //// Wind farms //// will be established outside the city's perimeter capable of producing up to 20 megawatts, and the city intends to utilise //// geothermal power  //// as well. // // In addition, Masdar plans to host the world's largest //// hydrogen power plant ////. Water management has been planned in an environmentally-sound manner as well. A solar-powered //// desalination //// plant will be used to provide the city's water needs, which is stated to be 60 percent lower than similarly sized communities. Approximately 80 percent of the water used will be recycled and waste water will be reused as many times as possible, with this //// greywater //// being used for crop irrigation and other purposes. // // The city will also attempt to reduce waste to zero. Biological waste will be used to create nutrient-rich soil and fertiliser, and some may also be utilised through //// waste incineration //// as an additional power source. Industrial waste, such as plastics and metals, will be recycled or re-purposed for other uses. // // In spite of it all, some people are concerned that the city will be only symbolic for Abu Dhabi, and that it may become just a luxury development for the wealthy. // // However we must agree that Masdar City is one of the most ambitious sustainable development in the world today. Its construction will serve as a made-real green city model at least. //
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Watch this!!! :) media type="youtube" key="8V7UpFOm8w0" height="254" width="415" // Masdar city 3D Model //