Cool City

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transportation happened due to industrial the revolution the earth faced some problems such as population pressure , energy consumption and CO2 emissions .These problems should be solved ; if not we need to find another planet to live in ; to solve these problems we have to decrease the amount of CO2 emissions by 50% in the air to live normally in the earth. In Japan during the last 30 years, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has doubled, while energy efficiency has increased by 37% & oil consumption decreased by 8%. Buildings and transportation play a big role in CO2 emissions in the air; both of them made 90% which is 55% from buildings and 35% from transportation.

SDCJ in Japan developed a city which is friendly to the environment, with minimum amounts of CO2 emissions, called Cool City. In this city there will be three types of transportation; hybrid cars, solar water taxis and light-rail transit. The city will contain three main zones: business, commercial and residential. Moreover the city will use different techniques to decrease heat like tree-planting, water channels and wind power. From the two types of buildings they expect CO2 reductions of 50% in eco towers and eco residences 30%. In conclusion the general reduction of CO2 emissions will reach 60%.

My opinion:

In my point of view, the MASDAR city in Abu Dhabi is a great step in the UAE. This video of cool city reminded me of the MASDAR city because both of them are friendly to the environment. I personally attended a conference about MASDAR city and I feel confident about it because this small city will have less percentage of CO2 emissions.