REGENERATIVE DESIGN GUIDELINE TO OPTIMIZE A GREENHOUSE INTO AN ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK BASED ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Abstract

ABSTRACT To feed our growing population, innovative solutions for increasing productivity, while lowering energy requirements for food production and provision will be required. The main objective of this study was to develop a sustainable design guideline based on ecosystems services and the concept of regenerative design, which can guide the optimization of the existing energy or low-carbon energy resources to increase the efficiency of the greenhouse integrated into an eco-industrial park (or EIP). To pursue this aim, ecosystem services have been studied to develop an understanding of the interplay between internal elements of various ecosystem and the services each provide. The term ecosystem service had been used to refer to both natural ecosystem services and those services from within human-made ecosystem(EIP and Urban) that are considered to be potentially analogous if using the lens of industrial ecology that views sustainable industrial systems as those attempting to mimic natural systems and processes. To examine the design guideline and its practical capability, the guideline was applied to an actual case of the Port Hawkesbury Micro-Eco Industrial Park (MEIP). The results revealed the applicability of the guideline for facilitating sustainable design with an emphasis on increased efficiency of the greenhouse and reduced overall energy consumption