Qataris can now stay cool and comfortable in Msheireb Downtown Doha, a 'green' district that aims to be a sustainable city.
DOHA: During Doha’s sweltering summers, when temperatures can hit 45 degrees Celsius and steamy humidity makes the air feel even hotter, museum manager Fahad Al-Turky tends to drive a lot and stay mainly indoors.
“To be able to walk to get coffee outside or to a restaurant – it is a different kind of experience,” said Al-Turkey, 30.Many of the more than 100 buildings in Msheireb – apartments, offices, hotels, a shopping mall and a primary school – are fitted with solar panels, solar water heaters and overhangs designed to shade the surrounding sidewalks.
“In Msheireb we are taking the responsibility of building a sustainable city and looking after our environment here, and looking to lower carbon dioxide emissions,” said Ali Saleh Al-Yafei, the project manager at Msheireb Properties, which is developing the district.emits more carbon dioxide per person than any country in the world, a problem as the world tries to rein in climate change and avoid challenges ranging from more extreme weather to sea level rise.
“This is the way forward in the region, and many developments are thinking about sustainability and green buildings to help the climate not to get hotter,” Al-Yafei told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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