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Masdar City ((アラビア語:مدينة مصدر), 〔) is a planned city project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is being built by Masdar, 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 relies on solar energy and other renewable energy sources.〔〔 Masdar City is being constructed east-south-east of the city of Abu Dhabi, beside Abu Dhabi International Airport. Masdar City will host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).〔〔 The city is designed to be a hub for cleantech companies. Its first tenant is the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which has been operating in the city since it moved into its campus in September 2010.〔〔〔 == Design and intent == The project is headed by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company.〔 Initiated in 2006, the project was estimated to cost and take approximately eight years to build, with the first phase scheduled to be completed and habitable in 2009.〔〔〔 Construction began on Masdar City in 2008 and the first six buildings of the city were completed and occupied in October 2010. However, due to the impact of the global financial crisis, Phase 1 of the city, the initial , will be completed in 2015. Final completion is scheduled to occur between 2020 and 2025.〔〔 The estimated cost of the city has also declined by 10 to 15 percent, putting the development between .〔 The city is envisioned to cover and will be home to 45,000 to 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses, primarily commercial and manufacturing facilities specialising in environmentally friendly products. In turn, more than 60,000 workers are expected to commute to the city daily.〔〔〔 Masdar City will be the latest of a small number of highly planned, specialized, research and technology-intensive municipalities that incorporate a living environment, similar to KAUST, Saudi Arabia or Tsukuba Science City, Japan. Partners in the project through its Clean Tech Fund are Consensus Business Group, Credit Suisse and Siemens Venture Capital.〔 Construction of the first phase of the project is being managed by CH2M Hill. Infrastructure construction for the city will be handled by the Al Jaber Group and design of the central Masdar headquarters building has been awarded to Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.〔〔〔 The city's wayfinding system was developed by Endpoint and City ID. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masdar City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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