Building-integrated agriculture: Are we shifting environmental impacts? An environmental assessment and structural improvement of urban greenhouses

Muñoz-Liesa, Joan; Toboso‐Chavero, Susana; Beltrán, Angelica Mendoza; Cuerva, Eva; Gallo, Esteban; Gassó-Domingo, Santiago; Josa, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105526

Cited by 27 publications

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“…It is in fact a significant potential contribution to meet climate challenges touching on food, energy, agriculture and rural policies [161,162]. Moreover, it is understood-i.e., by energy developers-as a possible driver for the implementation of large-scale PV installations and buildingintegrated agriculture [163], which without the APV function, would not be successful in the authorization process due to land use concerns.…”

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confidence: 99%

Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)

2021

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As an answer to the increasing demand for photovoltaics as a key element in the energy transition strategy of many countries—which entails land use issues, as well as concerns regarding landscape transformation, biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being—new approaches and market segments have emerged that consider integrated perspectives. Among these, agrivoltaics is emerging as very promising for allowing benefits in the food–energy (and water) nexus. Demonstrative projects are developing worldwide, and experience with varied design solutions suitable for the scale up to commercial scale is being gathered based primarily on efficiency considerations; nevertheless, it is unquestionable that with the increase in the size, from the demonstration to the commercial scale, attention has to be paid to ecological impacts associated to specific design choices, and namely to those related to landscape transformation issues. This study reviews and analyzes the technological and spatial design options that have become available to date implementing a rigorous, comprehensive analysis based on the most updated knowledge in the field, and proposes a thorough methodology based on design and performance parameters that enable us to define the main attributes of the system from a trans-disciplinary perspective.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)

2021

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“…In addition, current indoor production locations are frequently located far from consumer areas [ 111 , 114 ], raising food supply prices due to transportation and contributing to CO 2 emissions. Urban agriculture using optimized greenhouses to reconcile increased food needs and urbanization has been proposed and implemented, for instance, in Montreal with the world’s largest urban rooftop greenhouse ( , accessed on 20 September 2022) [ 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 ]. Innovative indoor systems such as vertical farming with multiple horizontal or vertical growing surfaces could provide a high production yield and close proximity of food supply to consumers while decreasing environmental consequences [ 119 , 120 ].…”

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A Flashforward Look into Solutions for Fruit and Vegetable Production

Maupilé

Boualem

Chaïb³

et al. 2022

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One of the most important challenges facing current and future generations is how climate change and continuous population growth adversely affect food security. To address this, the food system needs a complete transformation where more is produced in non-optimal and space-limited areas while reducing negative environmental impacts. Fruits and vegetables, essential for human health, are high-value-added crops, which are grown in both greenhouses and open field environments. Here, we review potential practices to reduce the impact of climate variation and ecosystem damages on fruit and vegetable crop yield, as well as highlight current bottlenecks for indoor and outdoor agrosystems. To obtain sustainability, high-tech greenhouses are increasingly important and biotechnological means are becoming instrumental in designing the crops of tomorrow. We discuss key traits that need to be studied to improve agrosystem sustainability and fruit yield.

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“…Significant efforts were made post war to ensure food security in the Netherlands, including the construction of many Venlo style greenhouses for vegetable production [ 12 ]. Since the initial introduction of commercial CEA production in the Netherlands, greenhouse use has expanded across the globe [ 13 ]. Significant improvements in glazing materials, lighting sources, and growing systems have greatly increased the yield potential of greenhouse production in comparison to field agriculture.…”

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The Use of PGPB to Promote Plant Hydroponic Growth

Stegelmeier¹,

Rose²,

Joris³

et al. 2022

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Improvements to the world’s food supply chain are needed to ensure sufficient food is produced to meet increasing population demands. Growing food in soilless hydroponic systems constitutes a promising strategy, as this method utilizes significantly less water than conventional agriculture, can be situated in urban areas, and can be stacked vertically to increase yields per acre. However, further research is needed to optimize crop yields in these systems. One method to increase hydroponic plant yields involves adding plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) into these systems. PGPB are organisms that can significantly increase crop yields via a wide range of mechanisms, including stress reduction, increases in nutrient uptake, plant hormone modulation, and biocontrol. The aim of this review is to provide critical information for researchers on the current state of the use of PGPB in hydroponics so that meaningful advances can be made. An overview of the history and types of hydroponic systems is provided, followed by an overview of known PGPB mechanisms. Finally, examples of PGPB research that has been conducted in hydroponic systems are described. Amalgamating the current state of knowledge should ensure that future experiments can be designed to effectively transition results from the lab to the farm/producer, and the consumer.

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Building-integrated agriculture: Are we shifting environmental impacts? An environmental assessment and structural improvement of urban greenhouses

Cited by 27 publications

References 33 publications

Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)

Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)

A Flashforward Look into Solutions for Fruit and Vegetable Production

The Use of PGPB to Promote Plant Hydroponic Growth

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