1. Masdar City: The World’s Greenest City?

2. Background Crucial part of the global response to climate change and to improving energy security > Half of world population living in cities Responsible for over 70% of CO2 emissions

3. What is Masdar City? $15 billion investment by Abu Dhabi government Outskirts of Abu Dhabi city Half of the energy of a similar settlement

4. Interesting Points

5. world's first car-free, zero-carbon-dioxide-emissions, zero-waste city

7. No traditional cars

8. PRTPersonal Rapid Transit (PRT)

11. Wind tower

12. Encourage conservationWind Tower

14. Insulate interiorSuperstrong ethylene tetrafluoroethylene plastics

15. Masdar City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4zh0p2veZk

16. Key Takeaway Points

18. 2. Masdar City has global impact Serve as a living lab for a greener, cleaner future Some of Masdar’s technology will have real value at a time when more than half of world’s population lives in cities

21. Questions Being a sustainable city, will Masdar City be able to sustain itself? Will Masdar City ever really develop the authenticity of a real city?