Building-integrated agriculture: a new approach to food production
D. Gould and T. Caplow, New York Sun Works Inc., USA
Abstract:
Every person physically consumes products made from biomass. Our lives are thus inextricably tied to the crisis facing global agricultural land and water supply. The design of truly sustainable cities must, therefore, incorporate a more comprehensive assessment of the energy, water and land consumed during food production, processing, storage, preparation, distribution and disposal. One way of doing this is building-integrated agriculture (BIA) – high-performance hydroponic farming systems located on and in buildings, using renewable, local sources of energy and water. Integrating farming into the built environment ...
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