Egypt’s new capital promises environmental gains in high tech city Written by Energy & Utilities 19 Sep 2022 Egypt’s new capital promises environmental gains in high tech city The New Administration Capital will receive 50k workers by year’s end, will see eventual population of 6.5 million, the head of development announced recent progress at Cityscape Egypt conference
Khaled Abbas, who is Chairperson of Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD), said that the second and third phases of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC) will be launched by the beginning of 2023, according to a report in Daily News Egypt. He said that more than 50,000 employees will be transferred to the NAC’s government district by the end of this year.
Mr. Abbas, who was speaking at the Cityscape Egypt conference this past Saturday, said that development of the NAC’s first phase is currently ahead of schedule, indicating that some projects have been completed, including the third residential district and the Government District.
ACUD, reported to be the largest real estate developer in Egypt, is owner and developer of the NAC.
A counterpart city to sprawling Cairo, the NAC is now under construction 45 km east of Egypt’s capital. It will hold some 6.5 million residents in what is planned to be a very smart and sustainable environment. Begun in 2017, it will be the largest of numerous new cities that Egypt is building to create a new urban paradigm for 30 million people. It will house the nation’s parliament, a presidential complex, government ministries, hotels, schools, and a central business district. It will have an airport and new public transit linkages.
An urban paradigm for the region? Energy & Utilities reviewed the status of the NAC, to see a new city that might become a paradigm for the region. Such a model will contain all the components that must come together to achieve large gains in clean energy and water production and conservation.
Here is a quick review of what we learned.
Clean Energy
The rooftops of the NAC's residential district will have solar panels1. It will be the largest rooftop solar panel project in the world which is projected to produce 130 MW of energy. The overall aim of this is to adhere to the ACUD’s goal of producing 30 to 35% of the NAC’s power supply from renewable energy sources.
The first phase of this solar panel project commenced in 2019. This has already proven to be successful in providing 10 MW of electricity to buildings in the NAC’s Government District.
Integration of utilities
Integrated utilities2 including a smart irrigation system, smart waste management, and smart meters, will exist in the city. Advanced technology will assist the management of these utilities and aid their efficiency. For example, an integrated approach to waste management and advanced recycling facilities will be implemented. This includes the recycling of organic waste3 as a way to grow local food.
Water treatment and sewage systems
A new water treatment plant4 located within the New Administrative Capital will treat and provide 1.5 million m3 of potable water per day. This will add to the existing water treatment plants in New Cairo City and the 10th of Ramadan City. These will transmit part of their outputted water to an 80,000 m3 and 100,000 m3 ground storage tank inside the NAC. An irrigation network that provides the required amount of irrigation water to different areas will also be implemented
By using a main gravity pipeline, sewage and stormwater will be collected for eventual discharge into the New Capital Sewage Treatment Plant. The network was carefully created with the management of stormwater in mind.
‘Smart city’ technologies
Egypt’s New Administrative Capital is being fitted with advanced surveillance systems5 to create a safe environment with the rapid exchange of information at the highest possible standards. Some of the core abilities of this system include detecting theft, tracking suspicious individuals or objects, monitoring traffic and crowds, and activating automatic alerts in emergencies. This wide range of electronic services offers the city’s population an improved quality of life while also advancing their welfare and keeping them up to date with the world around them. For example, many core communication services can be automated, such as updating people on traffic and congestion, and being able to quickly attend to emergencies.
The new capital is also utilizing shared mobile towers and connected fiber infrastructure5. This will provide readily accessible and high-speed communication services for residents in the NAC. So, the city will be strongly interconnected, but also highly integrated within the global economy.
An innovative system of paying utility bills6 is also being introduced. This will involve residents paying their utility bills using a rechargeable smart card. So, hyper-efficient bill collection procedures will be implemented.
Knowledge City
Expected to cost more than EGP 15 billion (about $ 953 million), the Knowledge City in the New Administrative Capital will contribute to Egypt’s Vision 2030. Through its innovation center, it will help to develop an integrated digital infrastructure and network of smart facilities. These will further stimulate industrial innovation and aid a strong partnership between stakeholders that strive to adhere to sustainable development goals.
Summary
Egypt’s New Administrative Capital is a forward-thinking and innovative city. This is particularly the case regarding how the city will utilize energy and utilities within its everyday functioning. The extensive rooftop solar panel system and the advanced delivery of utilities put this into perspective nicely. But equally, the integration of automated smart city technologies will be a core facilitating component. So, with an expected population of over 6 million people, the NAC will be well equipped to provide a modern city. Your joburg is a joke compared to new Cairo
such a long post that proves absolutely nothing..... Now try read my post again.... What indexes is Cario ahead of vs Joburg....
rvp2018: Joburb been dead for two decades - while Cairo is growing very fast. You need to keep updating yourselves. While you're stuck in the same place for last almost three decade - many cities have grown past that - majority in Asia.
While you're sleeping and regressing into crime, rape and drug - Cairo is building
popizaino: Tbh,your pair in Africa is Johannesburg, Cairo,Lagos. Nairobi verse Accra is a non-starter,don't allow him force this conversation with you. He aims to drag Nairobi in the 3rd tier city as Accra so onlookers will assume this is even worth debating. Don't fall for his trick. End his pettiness once and for all.
Lagos and Cario yes....Johannesburg, fvck no!! Not even close, can't be compared.... We talking about a city with more infrastructure than the entire Kenya
We brought JLL Index, you hated it because Joburg was not there while Nairobi was. Now you're trying to counter it with some useless QOL index --- which doesn't even correlate.
The double standard, right?
is this the same reason why Kenyans on this thread believe the earth is flat, reptilians, human clones ect ect?
rvp2018: Only a loser hide in data. Data is suppose to tell you more about the naked eye. If you look at Shanghai then come and say any south africa city can compare - then you're below retarded. You're mentally sick.
This is why when we do research or experiment - we start with naked eye, smell, etc -
That is how knocked out Ghana - because their cities look shitty, they smell shity, etc
We cannot proceed with our experiment at that point.
The same with South Africa versus Shanghai - as soon as we hit Soweto - we turn back.
yes mercer and their vast amount of resources and experience is wrong and you are right because of "naked eye test"
rvp2018: I dont need any index to know a great city. You just need naked eyes - and a good video. Deal with slums in your cities first before you rush to compare yourself with world class chinese cities.
rvp2018: Exactly - most of these indices are total BS. We know what a developed city is - and we know what it is. South Africa cities - nearly all of them - are below Chinese cities. Way below.
rvp2018: Nope. I dont there is any correlation btw South Africa falling cement consumption with population. It's more linked to economy that has tanked. We have seen the same with Nigeria - despite them breeding like rats.
I know hunter you hate reading - but try read this on your cement demand/prod - and see how projections have been wrong.
try reading my post again.... I never said anything about SAs cement consumption..... I said cement consumption is driven by population growth rate not absolute population...... Kenya has a much higher population growth rate hence should be consuming more cement.... But it isn't even close
rvp2018: There is no single index that is better than others . Beijing and Shanghai dont have you kind of slums, crime, rape and drugs.
If we go by QOL by Economist Intelligence Unit - this is really has nothing on cities.
Determinants of quality of life The nine quality-of-life factors, and the indicators used to represent these factors, are: 1. Material wellbeing gdp per person, at ppp in $. Source: Economist Intelligence Unit 2. Health Life expectancy at birth, years. Source: us Census Bureau 3. Political stability and security Political stability and security ratings. Source: Economist Intelligence Unit 4. Family life Divorce rate (per 1,000 population), converted into index of 1 (lowest divorce rates) to 5 (highest). Sources: un; Euromonitor 5. Community life Dummy variable taking value 1 if country has either high rate of church attendance or trade-union membership; zero otherwise. Sources: ilo; World Values Survey 6. Climate and geography Latitude, to distinguish between warmer and colder climes. Source: cia World Factbook 7. Job security Unemployment rate, %. Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit; ilo. 8. Political freedom Average of indices of political and civil liberties. Scale of 1 (completely free) to 7 (unfree). Source: Freedom House 9. Gender equality Ratio of average male and female earnings, latest available data. Source: undp Human Development Repor
this is what mercer bases there ranking from.
The total index is based on the following categories:
Consumer goods Economic environment Housing Medical and health considerations Natural environment Political and social environment Public services and transport Recreation Schools and education Socio-cultural environment
Shma2022: Lol! SAn cities are not light year ahead of kenyas. Yes they are ahead but not far ahead. Dynamics bridge the gap. A recipe for Nairobi catching up SA is through massive change: like building skyscrapers, modern infrastructure and whatnot. We can't catch up with SA if we remain static in development --- or maintain same level of development. By catching up, we mean Kenyan cities are developing at a faster rate than South African cities.
But year, it will take time to reach there.
No SA cities are far ahead.... Otherwise how is it that Joburg has more universities than the entire Kenya, more malls than the entire Kenya, more stadiums than the entire Kenya, road network nearly the length of your entire network, an economy nearly the size of your country.... Should I go on?
rvp2018: It will still be maybe two decades (max) for kenya to catch up with South Africa. Remember your cement consumption is basically stuck - at 13m - or maybe even reducing - for a country twice the size of kenya and 10m people more. Kenya cement consumption is growing at 20% annually - so it will overtake South Africa in 2-3yrs. By 2027 - it will likely be at 20 million tonnes. By 2030 - it will be at what who knows 40 million tonnes.
Meanwhile South Africa has peaked early and is highly unlikely to join say Thailand, China, Indonesia and others knocking at developed world status soon.
Already Mauritus left us and joined developed world. You could tell they were about because they were nailing many things including high quality of education - which is prerequisite to join developed world really - unless you're qatar or kuwait with gazillion of oil.
South Africa is stuck. It remain stuck because the fundamentals are screwed.
South Africa has become the most violent rape capital full of uneducated idiots like you and the hunter mostly on drugs supplied by west africans. And their lights are going off.
So soon you'll become a real Zoo like Nigeria - and you will find like Nigeria skyscrappers that have completely been in disused for years. I think nearly half in Nigeria dont function - lifts stopped working - they are used as toilets. Cocoa house in Ibandan good example. Many in Lagos are abandoned - some burnt.
While Nigerian visit other cities and get suprised by "light" staying on for long; South Africans now get suprised if they dont get robbed or raped.
It's about population growth rate not just population.... Kenya's population growth is much higher than SAs, hence your cement consumption should also be more to sustain that growth... But it isn't.... The rest of your post is just your usual bs
Shma2022: Enlighten yourself on the JLL city momentum index. We can proceed from that point. Thank you.
the argument is still the same my bru....compare indexes that mean something like QOL... Obviously less developed cities like Nairobi will be more dynamic than say Cape Town or Joburg which are much much more developed.....its simple logic
rvp2018: Skyscrappers is quickest way to know if a city is growing because the vertical growth is very apparent to people with limited intelligence like you. Horizontal growth is also happening. You can bet Nairobi is not just building skyscrapers for beauty but to respond to high demand for office spaces; Nairobi is catching up in horizontal infrastructure, housing, universities, malls, population, name it and will overtake Joburg in max a decade...min in 5yrs.
This image if you were intelligent enough would help you connect the dots.
you sound like Sammy with his "naked eye test" rhetoric ... Anyway I look at pure data, and on pure data Kenya has barely even caught Joburg, never mind Nairobi.....i mean just a single city in SA has nearly the same amount of infrastructure (if not more) than your entire country
Also like I said before the most dynamic list means nothing if your cities are still light years away from ours
Shma2022: My brain is tingling trying to reason with you. Try and think for a little bit.
Etymology From French dynamique, from Old Greek δυναμικός, from δύναμις ("power", from δύναμαι ("I am able".
Pronunciation IPA: /daɪˈnæm.ɪk/ Adjective dynamic
Changing; active; in motion. The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons. dynamic economy Powerful; energetic. He was a dynamic and engaging speaker. Able to change and adapt.
Dynamic does not state who is there already and who is not. It shows the rate of change --- the degree to which development is happening. How fast has it grown in the past 5 years or 10?
I know what dynamic means bru.... I'm asking you how is it relevant to them all ranking low wrt QOL.....a ranking that actually means something
Shma2022: Sometimes you think like an 0btuse. QOL ranks the most dynamic cities --- cities that are transforming so fast.
Some cities are sh1tty and they are static to their sh1ttines. That's why they ain't there eg, lagos, Abuja, accra.
No city in South Africa can come close to 70% of these cities. Joburg and cape town, for instance, are doing fine. No, used to do fine. They ain't changing to the grandness of Nairobi or Shanghai... That is not to say Shanghai is the most developed city in the world.
in terms of what exactly can't they come close? They rank higher than basically all the countries on this list wrt QOL.
rvp2018: Nairobi has more skyscrapper under construction than any city in Africa. I believe now if you count building of more than 10 or 20 floors it probably has overtaken Joburg or just about. Nairobi is only city in top 20 of LLC most dynamic (or rapidly) growing city in Africa - infact number 4 worldwide. As for Abuja and Lagos - when generators go silent - we might hear you. There is too much generator din. We cant hear you.
cities aren't just about skyscrapers of which Joburg has more of anyway, Joburg has nearly the road network of the entire Kenya, more stadiums than the entire Kenya, an economy nearly the size of the Kenyan economy, more golf courses than the entire Kenya, more malls than the entire Kenya, a housing market worth more than the entire Kenyan housing market, the 17th largest stock exchange in the world, BRTs,more universities than the entire Kenya... Should I go on?
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