CUBES Circle – Closed Urban Modular Energy- and Resource-Efficient Agricultural Systems
At a glance
Plant Cultivation, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Technology
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Project description
The CUBES Circle (Closed Urban Modular Energy- and Resource-efficient Agricultural Systems) project aims to realise and optimise the sustainable, energy- and resource-efficient production of healthy food through the smart networking of different agricultural systems, exemplified by plant and insect production and aquaculture in a variable, resilient and adaptable closed-loop system. Application contexts in (peri)urban environments in industrialised and emerging countries with existing technical infrastructure are considered. The implementation of this complex, space-optimised production system across three trophic levels, whose material and energy flows are embedded in the environment and which pursues a zero-waste philosophy, represents a highly innovative approach to the sustainable production of healthy food regardless of the climate.
Topics
SustainabilityAgricultural Systems of the FutureAgrarsysteme der ZukunftAgrarische SystemeAutomatisierungAgrar-ÖkologieGartenbauAgrarökonomie und -soziologie
Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations)
Participating institutions
Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
Address
Invalidenstraße 42 (Hauptgebäude), 10115 Berlin
Cooperation partners
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Biologische Beratung
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Chemnitz University of Technology
- Cooperation partnerGreat Britain
Conviron
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung mbH
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Hochschule Geisenheim University
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Julius Kühn-Institut – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionGermany
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Rewe Group
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Step Systems GmbH
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Technical University of Berlin
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Technical University of Braunschweig
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Science