A Green City Rises in the Desert

摘要

In september residents began moving into Masdar City, a 2.7-square-mile experiment in ultragreen living taking shape in the desert outside Abu Dhabi. The $20 billion city aims to be the world's most sustainable: a community of 40,000 residents and 50,000 commuters that is completely carbon-neutral. Masdar has already lost some sparkle, though. Designers scrapped plans to produce the city's renewable-only energy supply on-site.