Masdar City most sustainable city
The buildings of the existing core top out around 4 or 5 stories above street level. The absence of cars allows the main circulation to be narrower, bringing the added benefit of passive solar shading to the street surface. According to Wan, the streets get only 30-45 minutes of direct sunlight a day in the desert climate, contributing to the fact that temperatures are reportedly 10-15 degrees lower inside Masdar City than Abu Dhabi (a testament to the power that heat islands have in manipulating local climates).