You’re looking at a concept drawing from Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture of possibly the worlds first mixed-use positive energy building. It is to be the first building built in the zero-waste, zero-carbon-emissions, and fully-renewable-energy-powered city of Masdar in the United Arab Emirates.

What this means is that it’s a building, not a powerplant, that’s going to produce more energy than it consumes. Here’s some snippets from the press release:

• Be the lowest energy consumer per square meter for a modern class A office building in an extremely hot and humid climate
• Be the first building in history to generate power for its own assembly, through development of its solar roof pier before the underlying complex
• Employ the largest solar thermal driven cooling and dehumidification system
• Feature one of the world’s largest building-integrated photovoltaic arrays

That last one’s a goodie…It’s going to have the solar panel roof built first, in order to provide electricity for the construction of the rest of the building. I realize it’s probably not that huge of an energy-saving feature, but, it certainly does keep with the spirit of Masdar, which seems to be the epitome of green cities in the making…

Thanks DVICE | More pics and info at AS+GG

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