Masdar: The City of the Future | Fully Charged
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2012
- Robert Llewellyn visits Masdar City, a city fully sustainable on green energy.
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Masdar City is a project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is a planned city, which is being built by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority of seed capital provided by the government of Abu Dhabi. Designed by the British architectural firm Foster and Partners, the city will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources, with a sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste ecology.
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Energy is definitely a critical issue for new smart cities. Masdar and its energy system might be not perfect as it is now, but it really is a source of inspiration for planning projects in the future. Wish that people realize that we need much more cities like this, everywhere.
I applaud UAE for being such forward thinking on the renewable energy front. it's rare to see this in Arab countries.
seems like the UAE finally realised that the only way to maintain their wealth is to become independent from the only source of income they have been relying on and which is running out at an enormous rate -
oil
Wrong.
That was the plan of the UAE since the 60s we already suffered a depression once we are not planning to get through it again
@@steveduno123 Wrong.
May peace, wealth, heatlh & sustainable prosperity come to Masdar, Abu Dhabi & all over the world.
الإسلام هو الشر
Ive been there , its amazing , increadible , mashalah .
Respect to UAE from Canada.👍👍👍👍🌹🌹😊😊. My backcountry is India and I am delighted that India has plans to build 100 smart cities for the future.😊
How about building some toilets first. One step at a time.
@@choncord 97% people have access to toilets since 2001 40&people have toilets access last five year 100million toilets have being built people have toilets do your researvh dumb ass.
Fully Charged is the only channel on CZcams that I make sure I never miss a single episode of. Love it!
Masdar is looking really awesome.
first 30 seconds he was smoking crack
Bruh lol
I wish we had something like this in the US.
@Cloud Strife it has nothing to fo with oil. Many countries have other endless natural resources but it’s all about the brains & management
I do hope Masdar is the flagship of more things to come!
Well they are doing better than america and the UK as of now so... yes
thanks for the support
This is amazing you need to go back!
Keep up the good work.. your videos are a welcome
enrichment to those of us who live in countries where the local broadcasters are frugal with renewal energy/sustainability tv documentaries.
Very cool! Model for how cities should be built. Obviously there should be differences for climate, but walk / bike-ability, energy efficient structures, and renewable energy generation should be fundamental to all new construction.
Can you go back and see how its changed?!
czcams.com/video/WCKz8ykyI2E/video.html
If you're still interested
@@marouchaaa that is not masdar, this is another place in Dubai, Masdar is in AbuDhabi
wow what a great episode, thank you.
Can't wait to visit
Great episode. I really love the topic about the city of the future.
Awesome City! Cant wait to go and see it!
Interesting.. creating a city with renewable energy in the place where OIL is abundant.
What about the own food production and water supply and treatment? Masdar could be fully independent modern, sustainable city.
It's unbelievably great research and technology , it can change the world's energy need.
I will watch it, thanks ;)
the beginning was awesome :D
Hi Robert totally loved your upload on masdar city,I was privileged to be involved on the construction of the erection of the timber framed roof on the library. The glulam timber was sourced from France from sustainable forests and engineered by terrells .This was all done in 2009 , im going back to to the uae this year and definitely going back to masdar to see this beautiful city take care ❤
stunning work (the scale of it!), look forward to learning more about this and similar projects. Love a bit of eco-optimism :)
Great episode, people moving forward in a surprising place.
11:23 there's a sign behind those cones "Caution - Oil spill area. High pressure cap leaking due to lack of interest and maintenance".
Oh, I caught it about a year ago and I remembered that they focused on the underground autopilot cars, but you looked at far more interesting technologies - different ways of heating water and generating more electricity than needed, and you both looked at how they keep the city cooler - thus negating the need for air-conditioning in all their hotels. Will tune in to catch part two.
Good episode.
Good stuff!
This is absolutely what I love to see! My god just fantastic, it's not just about how we make power it's how we use it and these people totally get it
I love that intro. XD
SOOO good ...
I entirely agree, but then again, I don't think I ever implied that I was the first to visit Masdar, they have TV and film crews there all the time.
very interesting stuff
Nice!
awesome
Great one, Robert! I'm almost able to see myself living in a fully self sustainable 'city of the future' .... in the future.
so interesting
Season Finale ? No way! We want more!!!
It's a beautiful thing!
Beautiful
Great wideo!
Bob... The intro... Even without the rubber suit I see Kryten :-) lol
Forget Algarve or any other Souther European resort region.
When i am retired, i want to go live in Masdar.
That would be a great way to live my last 20 years of life! A clean city built for men and not for cars, in harmony with your environment and not consuming it and allowing you to live with your mind free instead of killing you slowly with pollution, stress and retarded people.
Where can i sign?
The Sunflower is something like that, it consists of rows of quadrangular lenses each of which concentrates light on a small photovoltaic circuit. It has the drawback of not working well (or at all) when the sky is cloudy, unlike traditional panels, but for places like Dubai that wouldn't seem to be much of a problem.
nice to learn about master city
Amazing....
All large countries (US,EU,China,Russia,Aus,etc) should be ashamed that they do not have a research city such as this!
+blitzfication no
+blitzfication Not all!
*"all researcher are from western continents in masdar"*
Ok, then why don't these countries initiate such a project? :^)
***** I see.. :-)
my dad works here and i can say that many major jobs are taken by arabs....its half half
have you thought about submitting this to the new urbanism film festival? the film fest all about urban planning and design.
Its also nice that they've taken the initiative to fund a project like this. Even though we're working with them in regards to research... I can't help but feel that we, the United States, should've taken a much greater role in the renewable energy department. We haven't been doing enough to see how to reduce energy use in our existing cities, and fusion energy on a commercial scale is, at least for now, 20-40 years away... We should really do a lot more in regards to renewable energy...
Yes, I would like to live in masdar City.
I love this city! I visited Dubai recently too, the architecture is amazing, Few more trees wouldn't hurt though.
Well yes but they will only put in the trees after other constructions
you can use both side of a photo voltaic cell. using a parabolic mirror you can get 4 times the energy for 3rd of the material.
I am so moving there.
and there's my answer ! - of course you did !!! now i'll watch the #fullychargedshow #dubai report !
Its amzing to see all this desert land actually coming to good economic use.
I think you'll find that there's plenty of people in all countries who realise - but it's incredible that the right people have had the right influence and power to get this moving with Masdar.
But hopefully the right people are pooling the lessons from around the world and as we move forward these technologies will be part of how new constructions are done and older places renovated.
I remember first time they talk about this city then I fly to Abu Dhabi after years I was really glad I hope I afford cost of living there :)
I'm glad they're taking their time with Masdar City. So many new discoveries are being made, ESPECIALLY in the area of renewable energy that many of the things they're doing on that scale would become obsolete if they didn't. Fortunately its one of their priorities (I believe) to integrate and test new renewable energy methods... This is good, once again, due to the enormous amount of discoveries being made... One need only go to science daily, pop sci, extreme tech, or physics world to see.
Hey Robert, great show, thanks!
8:56 ' its not much but its honest work '
my goodness, this n orkney got me in tears :') go renewables! save our environments!
Well they sure have loads of sunshine ... They must produce a ton of solar energy
Borat Erali Nazarbayev look up "the beam down project"
Borat Erali Nazarbayev They use solar thermal. Use the sun to heat fluid, convert to gas and the run turbines.
Quite nice to see them pay for all this research that will benefit everyone.
Interesting! We can sure use cities like that in the future! XD
You are my hero for the week. Well said. Or is that well asked? ;)
Good grief people, they have already said that this is an experimental city! Continually experimenting with new technologies, which ones work and which ones don't. Do you see any other country going thru such great lengths to do this? Better question, WHY AREN'T WE??
Because we don't have an autocratic,fascist and oppressive ruler who kills or imprisons------oops!mistake--we have one since2016,.
@@lallen4999 the UAE doesn’t have an oppressive ruler lol
It would be a lengthy road trip in the Tesla, but it would be really interesting to see an update to this as the first phase was due to be completed in 2015!
OK, thumbs if you saw the first 20 seconds of this and thought it was a Scrapheap episode!
BRING IT BAAACK! (God I loved scrapheap hehe)
Holy shit! :D
Can't wait to see electric cars there :)
No cars in the city.
+Maxwell Jacobs there are already cars there
Wonderfully inspirational! There is hope for the human race. I love it that it is an oil rich state that leads the way.
They are creating my dream city! D:
I love this. Death to oil, coal, and nuclear!
I would also move the solar panels out in the desert away from the city because they get very hot. only about 17% is moved away as electricity, the rest is a near black surface that soaks up all the solar heat. move them away, maybe even cool them with ocean water because they are more effective when not very hot.
Молодцы ! Это правильно и очень красиво !
@ 0:31 that is the most silly introduction I’ve ever seen in whole my life 😂
Do temperature decline in solar panel dominated areas? The panels don't retain heat?
How do you keep the panels clear of sand in a desert environment? I was in Oman in 2003 and no matter where you are, even an air conditioned office, fine layers of sand get everywhere. It gets in your keyboard, on your screen, everywhere.
have a slope on it
living the desert life
I'd really like to see a 10 year follow up about this place
Interesting
(Having watched it all now) sounds like an excellent plan, so long as it does attract residents as well as being what seems at the moment to be a large research park with residential space coming Real Soon. Personally I'd love to live there - it seems like it could be well-suited to safe and sustainable transport (walking, cycling, motor vehicle use only where necessary).
Really put your acting skills to the test in the opening there. ;)
Yeah the boys
Unfortunately i cant´ remember what TV program mentioned that we might already have reached Oil Peak. They said that examplewise British Petrol have not increased their oil production over the last 1-2 years and this could be a strong indication of Oil Peak or very close to it. And btw it´s not only right wings in the USA that find it hard to realize.
Look up photovoltaic multi-junction cells with light concebntrators in the form of Fresnel Lenses - Also called Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) - They're basically what you're describing.
I got lots of hits using the search term "Concentrated photovoltaics" on google. including videos.
I like how Robert and the interviewee get redder and more sweat-soaked as the episode progresses.
It's only 11 miles from Abu Dhabi city so even if no one lives there it's not too far to travel to. Put in good rail links to other cities and the airport.
Well explained , I learned a lot, I wish all Europeans cities were that ecological using renewable energy sources.
Give that man an Oscar
yup this is UAE where I live
I think they're ready and work, they are just unused currently because, as was said in the video, there are no residents in Masdar yet and it's still a tiny city compared to the expected finished result
That's what the concentrated solar power arrays are, essentially. I think they're inactive in this video, they should be rotated 180 degrees, so they bounce the sunlight off the lower mirrors and onto the tube.
the arab man at the end spoke such amazing English.
Wouldn't Masdar being closer to the shore be a factor as to why it's 10 degrees cooler? Abu is deeper in land and surrounded by desert.
Perhaps they're measuring temps from before the tech was applied to after.
Can you explain how cooling by heat works? It seems unlogic, but apparently it works!
I like the idea of building tightly but I would take that idea further and build one combined roof that has mirror coating. 1% transparent over the passages so you can perceive daylight but at a level comfortable to the eyes and with no significant radiated energy. then I would use ocean water to limit temperatures if necessary. taking the solar heat out of abu dhabi can suddenly make it very comfortable and they could prosper and grow. and it shouldn't be expensive to have metal foil roofs.
Really good idea and good to see them doing this but odd because oil is what's made Abu Dhabi so you'd think they wouldn't want to loose that business. But I guess if this city works great, they can patient all the ideas making them even more rich.
The answer is short, uncomplicated but very very much depressing.
Power is power.
That is a very good question, I think the answer is long, complicated and rather depressing.