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Editorial: why a practical guide to rooftop vegetable gardens?
Historically, agriculture has forged our societies, in terms of both their social and spatial organisation. While the development of agriculture has led to sedentarisation and so the establishment of cities, the urban
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The 6 essentials of urban agriculture on rooftops
Faced with the densification of cities, which will accommodate nearly 66% of the world's population by 2050, rooftops represent an opportunity to reclaim under-exploited areas. Roofs constitute up to 32% of the
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The first guide from the lab recherche environnement on rooftop urban agriculture
The guide by Fanny Provent and Paola Mugnier, published by Editions Eyrolles, will be available in ebook format and in bookstores.
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Energy efficiency, uses and comfort
"Technologies do not stop people from taking action" says Christophe Beslay. User practices have a considerable impact on the energy consumption of a home and are a source of uncertainty which reduces the reliability of
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Connected homes and virtual inhabitants for large-scale energy gains
The arrival of algorithms in eco-design makes it possible to analyse, understand, study and forecast user practices better and better and take them into account to optimise energy efficiency. As part of his PhD research
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