About Us - Discover - Masdar City

AT A GLANCE

Innovating today for a Sustainable Future

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Home to one of the Middle East’s largest clusters of high performance buildings, which act as a real-time laboratory to monitor and study how cities use, conserve and share resources

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Combining passive and intelligent design, the buildings’ energy and water demands are 40 per cent lower than local and international baselines (ASHRAE / Estidama Pearl Building Rating System)

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Buildings must meet a minimum Estidama Pearl Building Rating System certification of three pearls (comparable to LEED Gold)

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Buildings employ low-carbon cement and recycled aluminium, in addition to other locally-sourced and verified materials

Since its inception in 2008, Masdar City has defined itself by following the same visionary approach. Built on the pillars of innovation and research, the City is a living testament to how fresh innovative ideas and collaboration can help mould a distinctive and inspiring urban ecosystem.

Masdar City is open to everyone. It brings together residents, students, academics, entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors in a collaborative environment that enables all to live, learn and grow.

Welcome to Masdar City, the new ‘green print’ for future cities and sustainable living.