Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s sustainability and innovation hub, has inaugurated a new mosque with a focus on sustainability.
The 500-square-metre domed Estidama Mosque is in Masdar Park and can accommodate 335 worshippers.
Designed in collaboration with X-Architects, the mosque has been built using techniques intended to minimise the need for energy-intensive cooling.
Masdar City's Executive Director of Sustainable Development
Traditional Arabic screens maximise natural light while reducing heat generated by direct sunlight, pathways to the building are shaded by trees and intelligent sensors manage lighting and ventilation. These features will reduce the need for cooling.
The mosque will use more than 50 per cent less energy than a traditional mosque building and conserve about 48 per cent of its water, state news agency Wam reported.
Masdar City will soon also have a net-zero energy mosque with a capacity for 1,300 worshippers.
“Estidama Mosque is a powerful symbol of our commitment to our community, our faith, and responsible stewardship of the earth,” said Mohamed Al Breiki, Masdar City's executive director of sustainable development.
“We see this as so much more than a house of worship – it's a community gathering place in the heart of our city where worshippers can look forward to a journey that is both environmentally conscious and spiritually profound.”
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Isha prayers at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National -
The Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan mosque in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National -
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Jumeirah Mosque. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Al Rahim Mosque in Dubai Marina. Antonie Robertson / The National -
Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
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Sharjah Mosque. Victor Besa / The National -
King Faisal Mosque, Sharjah. Victor Besa / The National -
The Ajman Sheikh Zayed Mosque. Antonie Robertson / The National -
Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Ras Al Khaimah. Satish Kumar / The National -
Al Bidya mosque in Fujairah. Leslie Pableo for The National -
Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Fujairah. Pawan Singh / The National
