Like other Masdar City projects, the indoor farm showcases the potential of multi-functional land use, which is particularly important in high-density cities.
Following a collaboration with Nasa, it is applying its technologies to tackle challenges in areas such as heat island effect, reforestation and resilience.
ST Engineering subsidiary Urban Solutions will design and build the ITCP in addition to being responsible for system integration and overall project management.
The Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Industries cluster aims to position Abu Dhabi as a leading industry hub, focusing on air, land and sea mobility applications.
The emirate’s Integrated Transport Centre will use the mobility data platform to gather intelligence on shared mobility vehicles such as e-scooters and e-bikes.
Yas Island has a central green spine that runs the length of the community, featuring parks, lakes, and biodomes and will be powered by clean renewable energy.
The sustainable community in Abu Dhabi is working with Zero Carbon Ventures to deploy its graphene technologies to reduce the need for maintenance and energy consumption of key buildings.
It will be the largest inland railway freight terminal in the UAE and helps to fulfil the goal to provide an integrated transport system in line with the country’s sustainable economic development.
The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute aims to scale-up technological solutions and will support UAE’s climate agenda in the run-up to the Cop28 climate change conference in Dubai in 2023.
Masdar City Square, which will span 29,000 square metres and comprise seven green buildings, aims to support its own and the UAE’s carbon-neutrality goals.
Operated under full compliance of regulations, the public trials took place on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, with more than 2,733 passengers booking the service through the TXAI app.
The year-long programme will provide participating small- and mid-size enterprises with a platform to nurture their sustainable innovations and opportunities to engage with potential investors.
Influencing factors for BCG’s Cities of Choice ranking included quality of life, economic opportunities, social capital, interactions with authorities and speed of change.
The university plans to introduce a new model of academia and research to the field of AI in the key areas of machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing.
