Green Quarter projects for EXPO 2017 presented to Kazakh Prime Minister
12:16, 27 May 2013
ASTANA. May27. KAZINFORM Projects on the construction of "Green Quarter" for the international exhibition EXPO 2017 were presented to Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, primeminister.kz reported.
A special commission held the international competition on the development of the concept and preliminary feasibility study of the Green Quarter construction project.
Five projects of UK, French, Portuguese, German and Kazakh companies were selected as a result of the voting.
It is supposed to allocate more than 100 ha of land for the Green Quarter, which will include residential blocks, parks, cultural and social facilities. The Green Quarter will get energy from wind generators and solar farms.