Dubai – Mubasher: Dubai Municipality’s General Projects Department on Sunday announced that the construction of solar-powered Al Barsha South Park (Smart Park) has been completed.
With a total cost of AED 15 million ($4 million), the project consists of 150 parking spaces with rows of solar panels sitting on top of a flower-shaped canopy to protect parked cars from the sun.
With 260 megawatts of electricity per hour from the solar panels, renewable energy will power the lights in the car park, the irrigation system, and the public toilets in the Al Barsha South Park.
The first smart park includes two children's play areas with rubber flooring, a child's cycling track, benches, outdoor fitness equipment, an 800-metre running track for adults, and public toilets.
“The park was designed taking into consideration all the standards of sustainability and quality that are the basis of the design of parks,” Marwan Al Mohammed, Dubai’s General Projects Department director, said.
