Building-integrated agriculture: A new approach to food production

Metropolitan Sustainability: Understanding and Improving the Urban Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 147-170

  Gould, D ^a   Caplow, T ^a  

^a New York Sun Works Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural pollution; Building integrated agriculture; Double skin facade; Energy efficiency; Green building; Green roofs; Hydroponics; Urban agriculture; Vertical farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FACADES; FOOD STORAGE; FOSSIL FUELS; POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; BUILDING INTEGRATED; DOUBLE-SKIN FACADES; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN ROOF; HYDROPONICS; URBAN AGRICULTURES; VERTICAL FARMING;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 84902555308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857096463.2.147     Document Type: Chapter

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