Zero cars and zero carbon to power 150,000 businesses

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01/02/2008

Take 50,000 people, no cars, no carbon, chuck in some cutting-edge technology and you could get a model eco-friendly, self-sufficient city complete with 150,000 businesses. British architects, Foster + Partners, have dreamed  up this “walled city” in the desert. Dubbed Masdar meaning “source” in Arabic and  inspired by ancient settlements, the buildings, grouped closely Kasbah-style, will be cooled by wind towers which will collect cool desert breezes and flush out hot air. No building will be more than five storeys high.

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