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SUMMARY:Building integrated agriculture - a physics-based simulation appro
 ach for optimisation of environmental conditions - Rebecca Ward (PhD stude
 nt)
DTSTART:20210521T140000Z
DTEND:20210521T150000Z
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CONTACT:Agriforwards CDT
DESCRIPTION:The growth of building-integrated agriculture as one potential
  solution to reducing food miles for city-dwellers brings with it disparat
 e problems that present new challenges to the agriculture industry.  \nThe
  dual aim of keeping energy costs to a minimum while maximising crop growt
 h is particularly challenging.   Extensive monitoring provides valuable in
 formation and statistical analysis of historic conditions can be used to g
 enerate forecasting models.  But practical trials to vary conditions may b
 e difficult to carry out in a commercial environment.  This is where physi
 cs-based simulation can help\; by simulating the interaction of the vegeta
 tion with the surrounding environment\, ‘what-if’ scenario tests can b
 e performed efficiently and the impact of potentially sub-optimal conditio
 ns explored.  We are fortunate to work closely with the operators of Growi
 ng Underground\, a farm located in previously disused tunnels in Clapham\,
  London.  As part of a long-running project encompassing both monitoring a
 nd simulation\, a digital twin is being developed which will enable the op
 erator to both visualise current and forecast farm conditions\, and to exp
 lore future scenarios.   In this talk the foundation of the physics-based 
 simulation component of the digital twin will be presented and the wider a
 pplicability of the approach to other building-integrated agriculture conf
 igurations will be explored.\n\nhttps://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/growingunder
 ground
LOCATION:This talk will happen virtually via Zoom
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