Masdar City

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is one of the world’s most sustainable urban communities. It is made up of a rapidly growing clean-tech cluster, business free zone and residential neighbourhood with restaurants, shops and public green spaces.

Masdar City combines passive and intelligent design to showcase how an urban environment can accommodate denser populations more efficiently. The water and energy demand of the city’s buildings is 40 per cent lower than that of the average building in Abu Dhabi, and each building must meet a minimum 3 Pearl rating according to the Estidama Building Rating System, introduced by the Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities. Pearl 3 is comparable to the LEED Gold (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) international standard.

The City is a hub connecting education with research & development and business with investment. It serves as a test bed for renewable energy and technology companies in the UAE and around the world.

Masdar City is one of the world’s most sustainable urban communities, a low-carbon development made up of a rapidly growing clean-tech cluster, business free zone and residential neighborhood with restaurants, shops and public green spaces.

Masdar’s philosophy of urban development is based on the three pillars of economic, social and environmental sustainability. Masdar City is a green print for the sustainable development of cities through the application of real-world solutions in water, energy efficiency and the reduction of waste.

Masdar City is open to the public. It brings together tourists, residents, students, academics, entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors in a collaborative environment which allows them to live, work and play sustainably.