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Masdar

The Masdar Initiative is Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted, multi-billion dollar investment in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in renewable, alternative and sustainable energies as well as sustainable design. Masdar is driven by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC), a wholly owned company of the government of Abu Dhabi through the Mubadala Development Company. In January 2008, Abu Dhabi announced it will invest $15 billion in Masdar, the largest single government investment of its kind.

The Masdar Initiative was established to promote renewable energy solutions through investment, education, R&D, and establishment of a model for future energy production within a globally sustainable framework. By forging links with leaders in sustainable industries and educational institutions, Masdar City will be a future hub of excellence for research into sustainable development and collaboration with industry, as well as for the development, manufacturing, and production of associated technologies.

The first step in the city’s seven-phase plan is the development of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST),  the world’s first graduate university dedicated to renewable energy, developed in collaboration with MIT and scheduled to open in 2009.

The six-square kilometre district is designed by renowned architecture firm Foster + Partners and set to be completed in 2016 in conjunction with Abu Dhabi’s 2030 Development Plan. It will eventually grow to 1,500 businesses and 50,000 residents and will be home to international business and top minds in the field of sustainable and alternative energy.

dcarbon8 has  won the commission to carry out carbon management and measurement for the new Masdar City development in Abu Dhabi, the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city, ahead of world class consultants. In order to provide the most accurate measurement of the carbon footprint of the city, dcarbon8 is measuring the operational carbon of the Masdar organisation and all the relevant carbon emitted by third party consultants and contractors associated with its design and construction.  In addition, dcarbon8 was specifically engaged in the project for its expertise to provide a strategy for measuring the embodied carbon of the development. dcarbon8 will create a bespoke embodied carbon database of all the materials used to construct Masdar City and help develop an online carbon dashboard.

For more information about dcarbon8’s involvement in the Masdar initiative, please see our news items, or contact christina.wood@dcarbon8.com.

For more information about the Masdar Initiative, please visit www.masdaruae.com.