Masdar City’s eco-villa project could be replicated across the country, according to Masdar CEO Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi.
The pilot project, which incorporates water and energy-saving technologies, was launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in 2017.
Al Ramahi said: “We have designed the net zero eco-villa and developed it in-house and we constructed that villa using new construction technologies and methodologies and we proved that these solutions, if you design it right and use the right ingredients, you are able to bring something alive that is commercially viable. Anybody can afford this.”
The 405 square-metre eco-villa was the first villa to achieve a 4 Pearl rating according to the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s Estidama Pearl Building Rating System.
It uses around 72 percent less energy and 35 percent less water than a typical comparably sized villa in Abu Dhabi, displacing an estimated 63 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
Al Ramahi said: “We are working with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Infrastructure. They’ve asked us to come and help them design eco-villas for Emirati households in the Northern Emirates.
“We’ve been asked to support certain groups in the region to help them design eco-villas similar to the ones that were designed in Masdar.”
Eco-villas will also be incorporated into Masdar’s flagship development Masdar City.
Al Ramahi was speaking ahead of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020, which is being held from January 11-18 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
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