Sustainability Village Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Description

"The Sustainable City" in Dubai, which was established in 2015. The $350 million dollar city is literally called The Sustainable City and definitely lives up to its name as it is on a journey to become 100 percent sustainable. The city is home to around 2,700 residents who occupy 500 villas. The entire city is solar-powered, and get this, there are no cars! Everyone takes electric scooters or they simply walk to get around. In addition to the homes covered in solar power panels, the city houses 11 biodomes at its center that are essentially urban farms. These biodomes can grow up to 38 different crops! In addition, there is waste water recycling with segregated drainage for greywater and blackwater using papyrus as a filter. Of course, there are other amenities such as a shopping plaza, mosque, and innovation center. This self-sustaining community is a small but good model of how future communities could look; communities that don't do more damage to our environment than what has already been done. Watch the video below to see some aerial footage of The Sustainable City.

The Sustainable City contains 500 villas grouped into five residential clusters connected to an urban farm that runs the length of the City. Each cluster is comprised of 90 Courtyard Villas, eight Garden Villas, and two Signature Villas.

A flourishing park runs through the entire length of The Sustainable City, forming the community’s Central Green Spine. There are 11 biodome greenhouses running the length of the Central Green Spine, with a total capacity of over 3,000 square metres for urban farming. The Sustainable City has begun cultivation with the plan to diversify and grow as many fruits and vegetables as possible in these domes and along the green spine.

The Sustainable City provides two parking spaces shaded by solar panels plus additional spaces for communal electric buggies for each villa. The maximum distance from the Solar Car Parks to the villas is 85 meters.

Referred to as the brain of The Sustainable City, See Institute is the first Positive Energy Building in the region. This means that over an anticipated 50-year lifespan, the building itself will produce 140 percent of its energy requirement, thus offsetting emissions during construction, operation, and decommissioning. This iconic building will be off-grid and provide a state-of-the-art amphitheater for 700 people, as well as a spacious atrium for exhibitions.

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