Masdar City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
‘Connectivity for Sustainability’
Gordon Falconer AAPI MRICS
Strategy & Real Estate, Masdar City
23 September 2008

Agenda
1 About Masdar
2 Masdar Objectives
and Sustainability
Goals
3 ICT Strategy and
Challenges
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Masdar Initiative - Overview
Sustainable Urban
Development.
Develops strategic, Masdar
City
large-scale energy
and technology The region’s first
projects. graduate-level,
research-driven
Masdar
institution focused
Industries
Institute on advanced
energy and
Masdar sustainability with
Vision MIT from Boston.
Focuses on
investment in
renewable energy,
sustainability Specializes in carbon
technology, and Utilities &
Asset Carbon emission reduction,
utility scale Mgmt Mgmt driving the transition to
renewable energy a low-carbon
projects. economy.
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Masdar City – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Masdar City – Urban Footprint
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Masdar City – Project Summary
Masdar City Master Plan
Masdar Initiative Description
Masdar Initiative Description
Masdar City will pioneer the sustainable green building practices
Masdar City will pioneer the sustainable green building practices
with the aim of achieving zero-carbon emissions, zero waste and
with the aim of achieving zero-carbon emissions, zero waste and
being powered entirely by renewable energy sources
being powered entirely by renewable energy sources
Renewable
Renewable 100% Renewable energy – balance between demand and
Energy
Energy supply only 240 mw
Building
Building Building design will ensure the latest use of energy efficient
Design
Design technologies and smart design
Innovative
Innovative
Transporta- The City will contain pioneering public transportation
Transporta-
systems with no fossil fuel usage Masdar City Profile
Masdar City Profile
tion System
tion System
Location: Abu Dhabi
Location: Abu Dhabi
Recycling //
Recycling
Waste to The City will strive towards a zero waste objective
Built Area: 6 million m2
Built Area: 6 million m2
Waste to
Energy
Energy Population: 90,000
Population: 90,000
residents, 50,000
residents, 50,000
Cleantech
Cleantech Masdar City is focused around R & D and attracting cleantech commuters 40,000
commuters 40,000
Cluster
Cluster companies to build, operate and live in Masdar City
Density: 135 people // ha
Density: 135 people ha
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Masdar City – USD $22bn over 7 years
6% 24%
13% 8%
30% 20%
1% 8%
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Masdar City – Dense Urban Design
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Masdar City – Micro Climate
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Masdar City – Urban Design
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Masdar Objectives and Background
1 About Masdar
2 Masdar
Sustainability
Objectives
3 ICT Strategy and
Challenges
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Sustainability Objectives - Principles
1. Zero Carbon 6. Sustainable Water
2. Zero Waste 7. Natural Habitats and
3. Sustainable Transport Wildlife
4. Local and Sustainable 8. Culture and Heritage
Materials 9. Equity and Fair Trade
5. Local and Sustainable 10. Health and Happiness
Food

Sustainability Objectives – Development
Social Equity
Balanced Sustainable
Solutions
Environment
Economic

Sustainable Objective - Zero Carbon
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Sustainability Objective – 100% Renewable Energy
Geothermal 1%
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Sustainability Objective – Transport
PRT System – Personal Rapid
Transit eliminates need for fossil
fuel powered vehicles
Allow people to walk around the City
with PRT underneath the City –
quality of experience
Advanced Operational ICT Control
System – Scale Challenge – mobile
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
/ home integration
PRT Fast Facts
PRT Vehicles: 2,160
PRT Stations: 83
MRT Vehicles 810
PRT Trips per day: 100,000
Max. Walking Distance 150m
to PRT Station:
LRT Trips per day: 5,000 Light Rapid Transport (LRT)
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ICT Strategy and Challenges
1 About Masdar
2 Masdar Objectives
and Sustainability
Goals
3 ICT Vision /
Strategy and
Challenges
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ICT Strategy - Vision
Choice / Value / Quality / Efficient - everywhere
Quality of Life – enhance and support
Integrate the City - operational not aspirational
Create Awareness / Transparency
Reduce Demand – monitoring, smart grid etc
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ICT Strategy – Vision Elements
Must be seamless, fixed and wireless
Must be transparent/invisible, function focused and
purposeful
Must be able to evolve and change with future
technology innovations
Must innovate – less business as usual
Must still be a robust solutions for all
Compatible to current standards and future standards
over 8 year development
Must be interdependent & interlinked – home
automation, PRT, retail, mobility, MRT etc
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ICT Strategy – One network, One IP
Technology Trends
Lower Power CPUs,
Fibre to the Premise Monitors and Hard Drives
Wireless - Voice, Data & IBMS –
Video water/energy/waste
RFID - safety, security, Security and Information
asset management Assurance
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ICT Strategy – Operational Focus
Energy Management:
Renewables Supply
Demand
Waste to Energy
Geothermal
Wind
Cooling
Resource Management:
ICT Waste Management:
MRF - Transportation
Transportation
Landfill < 2%
Water
Composting
Used Water
Waste to Energy
City Services
Recycling/Reuse

ICT Strategy- Technology Integration Issues
Multiple Utility Operations
Multiple Data Inputs / Outputs
PRT integration across the City
Residents versus Visitors
Lots of Data – what do we do
with it ?
Transparency drives efficiency
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ICT Strategy – Create Awareness

ICT Strategy - Sustainability Management System
Measure
Visualize
Manage
Operate

ICT Strategy – Utility Integration / Interdependency
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ICT Strategy – Challenges
On time/budget
Innovation vs. market acceptance
Slow pace of technology standard ratification leads to
deployments of draft and/or proprietary
technologies/standards
Technology forecasts beyond three years are ‘generally’
educated speculation
Security threats are ever increasing and adapting –
Physical and Logical
Best practice partners
Integration with multiple utility operations
Retail, Hospitality, Logistics
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Masdar City Overall Objective – An Advanced & High
Quality of Life with the Lowest Environmental Footprint
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Thank you!
22 September 2008