Masdar is a zero-carbon, zero-waste city located in the United Arab Emirates. What is it like to spend one day in the city of the future?

Travelling to cities and reducing your environmental footprint at the same time is now possible. Masdar is the paradigm of modern eco-friendly architecture where nearly all the electricity consumed comes from a solar photovoltaic plant, reducing the use of fossil fuels.

1. Travel around with the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) service

The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is a driverless personal electric vehicle that takes you wherever you want to go.

2. Enjoy the weather from the desert thanks to the efficiently built buildings

The buildings in Masdar are designed to throw shade to the streets, making the temperature 15 to 20 ºC cooler than in the desert.

3. Behold the wind tower

Masdar Wind Tower is a 45 metre high construction designed to capture the winds from the top and cool down the plaza where it is located.

4. Take a break in Caribou Coffee

Caribou Coffee is the first company in the world to use all natural chocolate for its mochas and other products.

The visit offers a glance of how cities might look like in not so many years. Are we all going to travel in electric driverless cars in the future? Only time will tell.