A 50-floor Forbes-branded tower planned for Egypt's New Capital is targeting zero carbon, powered by solar and clean hydrogen. It would sit in the Central Business District with around 100,000 square metres of built-up space. The design includes smart facades, adaptive lighting, water-saving systems, and changes to materials meant to cut embodied carbon by 58%. The developer says the tower could save 1.8 million kg of CO2 annually, with much larger savings projected over 60 years. It already holds Platinum certification under Egypt's Green Pyramid Rating System. The $1 billion investment figure and the zero-carbon goal make this one of the more visible low-carbon commercial projects in the region. No performance data exists yet, so the claims should be treated as design targets. Still, the project shows how a large developer is packaging solar, hydrogen, and efficiency into a single building, and it sets a benchmark for future towers in the New Capital.
