180206 modular aquaponics concept report

Modular Aquaponics MODULAR AQUAPONICS

B R I S TOL FISH PROJECT

CONCEPT REPORT: DRAFT FEBRUARY 2018

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Overview

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Architectural integration

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Indicative use

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Indicative assembly and construction

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Site integration

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Operation

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Indicative cost analysis

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System schematic

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Environmental sensing & A.I. Integration

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Overall system

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Images

Appendices

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System Diagram

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Optimisation process

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Indicative Cost Data

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Indicative technical drawings

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Team

Aquaponics Decoupled aquaponics

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01. OVERVIEW Economically Sustainable Closed Loop Aquaponic modules / pods Aims and objectives: Overview • To generate a low impact vertically stacked spatial assembly of modular units that will house a de-coupled aquaponics based agricultural development.

• The system is closed loop, and entirely self sufficient • The system uses principles of circular economy material supply chains • A core use is that of re-cladding or augmenting industrial shed elevations, but there are many other uses Structure / materials • Key components make use of modular construction typologies • Each module / pod is stackable, either bottom supported or top hung • Structure can take support of a host / existing structure, or bespoke support structure to form free standing assemblies • Modules housing fish and water are to be sited as close to ground level as possible Modular Construction • Modules to be sufficiently repeatable, but with a degree of flexibility for differing site conditions • The system works at differing scales, free standing and symbiotic with host Environmental Performance • Each group assembly is to have a degree of biodiversity • Each module will be optimised for maximum solar operation • The system will use grey water recovery • Any electrical requirements will be provided by PV cells in the skin • PV’s will also act as shading devices to curb overheating in summer • Each module will be cross ventilated • An assembly can take on waste heat / power and C02 from host structure • An assembly can output 02 into a host structure Statutory Implications • Operating within existing Permitted Development / local zoning guidelines • Can be benefical to projects in difficult planning conditions • Can add BREEAM value

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02. AQUAPONICS What is aquaponics?

Water in Feed in

Uneaten feed and fish faeces

‘Aquaponics is the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, recirculating ecosystem utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish waste to plant nutrition. This is an environmentally friendly, natural foodgrowing method that harnesses the best attributes of aquaculture and hydroponics without the need to discard any water or filtrate or add chemical fertilizers.’

The Aquaponics Gardening Community, November 2010

Recirculated water

Dissolved Gas Control

Fish Tank Solid removal captures wast e from the fish

Oxygen is added to the water and carbon dioxide is removed

Solid Removal

Composting Unit

Bio Filtration

Sump

Bio filters contain bacteria that converts ammonia into nitrate Hydroponics

Thus aquaponics is the marriage between aquaculture and hydroponics.

Essentially it is a “clean and green” method of growing fish and plants together in a closed system. The fish are reared in tanks and their water is pumped to the plants that are growing in soiless conditions. The plants take up the waste produced by fish for growth and the water is returned to the fish. The two systems actually benefit from each other.

As a result no fertilisers are required, the water is continually recycled rather than being lost in the soil and no pesticides or herbicides are used. The outcome is locally produced fish and plants that will give the customer the piece of mind that the food they are eating is healthy, free from pesticides and herbicides and importantly in our changing world - has been produced using minimal amounts of fossil fuels.

What’s more, aquaponics offers one more magic ingredient - flexibility of design.

This means that fish and plants can be produced almost anywhere, including warehouses, roof tops, basements and brownfield sites. A system has even been proposed in Antarctica.

Colin Javens: Guardian11.04.2014 Impact on the urban environment The Regenerative City – idea that our urban areas can be self-regenerating: ‘These regenerative cities are places where people, their developments and structures as well as culture are a symbiotic part of the ecosystem. Development in the city is focused on the health of the city as an ecosystem, and seeks to restore the capacity of the ecosystem and bio-geological cycles. The diversity and uniqueness of city is crucial to its design, the process of which is long-term and participatory‘ (Herbie Girardet, 2010).

TYPICAL AQUAPONIC SYSTEM Source: Aquaponic Guidelines - Eco-innovation initative of teh European Union 4

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03. DE-COUPLED AQUAPONICS Decoupled aquaponics

Water in Feed in

Uneaten feed and fish faeces

Recirculated water

Fish Tank Solid removal captures wast e from the fish

‘Defined as two independent systems that can occasionally communicate whenever plants need a boost in nutrients or fish require reclaimed water from plants to dilute the wastes accumulating in the fish sub-unit. This solution, which is referred to as a “decoupled” system would better secure optimal environmental conditions for both the plant and fish production units and may become a cornerstone towards the implementation of large commercial aquaponic systems. The risk mitigation factor alone has increased the use of decoupled systems globally. If a problem occurs in the fish or the plant components, each section can be isolated and run as a stand-alone aquaculture or hydroponic system, while the problem is addressed.’

Aquaponic Guidelines - Eco-innovation initative of teh European Union

Dissolved Gas Control

Oxygen is added to the water and carbon dioxide is removed

Solid Removal

Composting Unit

Bio Filtration

Bio filters contain bacteria that converts ammonia into nitrate Sump 1

Nutrient in

Hydroponics

Sump 2

Nutrients are added to optimise plant growth

DECOUPLED AQUAPONIC SYSTEM Source: Aquaponic Guidelines - Eco-innovation initative of teh European Union 5

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04. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATION Abstract This report describes a joint initiative by Flanagan Lawrence, Expedition and Bristol Fish Project to develop a modular vertical farming system to ‘wrap onto’ the south facades of industrial sheds in suburban areas.

Rain water collection

Energy harvesting via PV Cells

The system is based on a spatial assembly of low impact modular units housing a de-coupled aquaponic based urban farm, closed loop design principles to turn food waste into fish feed, recover waste heat and reuse of the structural frame of disused site cabins or shipping containers.

The proposal relies on a symbiotic relationship between a host structure and the modular urban farm.

Produce to market ...

Aspirations

Hydroponic growing

Sustainable food production

Clean water ...

Nuitrent rich water ...

The aspirations of this project are to explore how food can be sustainably grown in an urban context, with minimum use of land and close to its place of consumption, in a financially viable way and with a negative whole life carbon footprint, whilst greening-up the suburban landscape and enhancing biodiversity.

Sustainable food production

De-coupled aquaponics is at the heart of the system, with nutrients generated by fishes being used to grow vegetables. Cold fish species, indigenous to the UK such as trout for example will be preferred to other warm water species often used in aquaponics system. The use of ‘speciality fish species’ such as eels will also be considered. Salads, greens and ‘micro-greens’ will be preferred to more demanding and lower yield fruit bearing vegetables.

Farmed fish is generally resource intensive and often relies on wild fish based feed.

To reduce the environmental footprint of fish farming and operational costs, we are targeting sites based close to single issue waste streams, such as bakeries ro breweries. We also considering an integrated feed generation, with larvae from the black soldier fly turning food wastes into protein-rich fish feed.

Fish for food consumption

The growing part of the aquaponic system will be hosted in a greenhouse. To maintain production yields in winter and avoid inhibition of the nitrifying bacteria, we are considering heating up the greenhouse during the winter months with recovered waste heat from the host building. CO2 rich warm exhaust air may be passed directly into the greenhouse units, or a heat exchanger will recover waste heat from machinery.

Waste heat / CO2 rich exhaust air or recovered heat from M&E Plant

The aspiration is to use no artificial lighting, and optimise the dimensions and vertical spacing of the growing beds to maximise solar exposure and yields. This limits the opportunities for installation of the vertical farms on the south facades of host structures.

Fish production

Filtered harvested rainwater will top-up the system and compensate evaporation losses.

Single point waste source

MODULAR SYSTEM

Fish food production

HOST

The modules will be cross ventilated. Ventilation rates will be finely controlled, to maintain optimal growing conditions. The assembly will be designed for natural ventilation, with a low power back-up fan if necessary.

Note: Whilst much is made of Aquaponics in this report, it should be noted that the intention of the project is to form a symbiotic ‘wrapper’ for differing agro tech methodologies, thus airoponics, hydroponics, and other systems can easily cohabit in the system.

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05. INDICATIVE USE

2.4 arable acres of land available across three typical south facing elevations...

Wembley = 256 lm

Croydon = 220 lm

Tottenham = 410 lm

TOTAL LENGTH = 265m

TOTAL LENGTH = 220m

TOTAL LENGTH = 410m

HEIGHT = 12m

HEIGHT = 8m

HEIGHT = 12m

ACRES = 0.78a

ACRES = 0.43a

ACRES = 1.2a

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06. INDICATIVE ASSEMBLY AND CONSTRUCTION Low cost low impact system The scheme utilises modular construction techniques to generate the the structur for the project.

M odules are to be sufficiently repeatable, but with a degree of flexibility for differing site conditions.

Translucent polycarbonate sheets will be preferred to glass cladding, to reduce construction costs and the embodied carbon footprint whilst achieving good levels of thermal insulation.

We are considering integrating a concrete trough within the foundations to host the fish tank, sump, pumps and aquaponic equipment. The top of the fish tank will be transparent (or open?) allowing customers to see the fishes.

The host structure will provide lateral structural restraint to the modular units.

Green and biodiverse The modular units and growing beds will provide an innovative green cladding solution for industrial and commercial sheds in sub-urban areas.

It is proposed that each assembly will have an element of non-productive planting for biodiversity enhancements.

We are also considering integrating urban drainage elements such as attenuation ponds in the system. Could a drainage attenuation pond and planted wetland be part of the fish farm?

Symbiotic relationship with host structure The symbiotic relationship between the host structure, and the modular urban farm will be based on: • • • • •

Produce from the farm can be used by the host Waste from the host can be inputted into the farm as protine rich fish food Waste heat will be recovered from the store and equipment to heat up the greenhouse in the winter months and maintain production The host structure will provide lateral structural restraint to the modular units.

The host structure can utilise surplus power from the fam, and can also provide power to farm should there be insuffuicient independant supply.

SKETCH PROPOSALS ...

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07. SITE INTEGRATION

Orientation ...

South West facing site ...

Take surface area ...

Extrude to a volume ...

Add growing zone ...

Add fish enclosure ...

Build up ...

Add services module ...

Full scheme w/ cutaway ...

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Rain Water Collection ...

08. OPERATION

Power from PV cells ....

Filtered Thermal Stack .....

Closed loop system ....

Heat exchange from host ...

Mechanics ... ...

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09. INDICATIVE COST ANALYSIS

Key Facts: Cost per Unit : £4500 inc gantry / balustrade & polycarbonate panels Basic installation : 12m long unit with full width horizontal planting pipes at a 60° slope.

Annual yield : from single Unit : £9000 (if harvesting micro greens at £5 kg)

For a typical south facing shed facade which of 80m length : 18containers on the south-facing façade (6 wide x 3-storeys high), which would yield an annual crop value in the range of £162k.

Notes: 1.

Based on 30 modular units of 12m long, 2.89m tall, 2.4m wide 2.

Crop yield based on lettuce 3.

Fish yield based on tilapia 4.

Food waste converted to fish feed via maggot farming All above based on guidance from FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Small-scale aquaponic food production: integrated fish and plant farming. 2014)

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10. SYSTEM SCHEMATIC

Photo Voltaic Array

Rainwater Collection

Lighting

Host Structure

Header Tank

Solanoids

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NFT Permaculture Batteries

Dose

Filter Wash Heat Exchange

Filter

Nutrient Sump

Fish Tank Diagram showing systemic relationship with host structure

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11. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING & ML OPTIMISATION Distributed Environmental Sensor Array: DESA The project makes use of a distributed sensor array, that gives uses are high resolution low grain reading of the environmental and systemic performance of the assembly.

This is achieved by an even distribution of low grade sensors that are spaced in close proximity. Each sensor has a tricolour LED as an out put device. This enables the performance of the modular assembly to be read visually, and as a whole.

The sensors’s are also IP addressable, and can feed data to a user anywhere where there is a phone signal or internet connection.

Key sensors are:

LIGHT

Data from the sensor array can then be added analysed on a host system to develop optimisation strategies that will generate further yeild under the prevailing conditions.

CO2

When multiple assemblies are in place, they can form a peer -to -peer network, sharing information and further optimising yeild.

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T EN M VE O M

D.E.S.A

Temperature : air & water Humidity Air flow VOC’s Water Alkalinity Vibration Light level CO2

Machine Learning Optimisation

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WATER ALKALINITY

E UR AT ER MP TE

VIBRATION

• • • • • • • •

Image : DESA Flanagan Lawrence / Cinimod / UST

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12 OVERALL SYSTEM

Hydroponic rowing tubes Modular structure

Polycarbonate panels Host building

Access gantry

Fish enclosure

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13. IMAGES

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APPENDICES 1.0

System diagram

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Optimisation - Planter configuration

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Optimisation - Solar gain

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Indicative cost data

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Indicative technical drawings

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Team

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0.1 System diagram Header tanks for gravity feed of NFT tubes within each module

Hydroponic NFT tubes planted with micro greens / salads / hops / herbs. 380m2 total equivalent growing surface On 7m high inclined plan across three units vertically. 20 rows of tubes. 1,080m total length, in typ.

6m long segments. Assumes 3m at each end for services / stairs / etc.

Hydroponics Greenhouse: 5 x 3 ship container frames (12L x 2.4W x 2.89H each) clad with polycarbonate sheets.

Fan coil units supplied from waste heat from mechanical plant in host building.

To condition space for optimum growing temperatures in winter and within nitrifying bacteria of 17-34deg C.

PV panels on roof of host structure for power to pumps, treatment plants and optional complemtary UV lighting

High level ventilation outlets

Host

Harvested vegetables to restaurant in host or to market Nutrients dosing

Hydroponic loop

Low level ventilation inlets

3-way valve one way only

Water quality and dosing control panel and water quality sensors (Dissolved Oxygen, Ammonia, pH, electrical conductivity and temperature).

Water top up from harvested rainwater

Aquaculture loop

Fish feed 17kg/day (1) Assume 50% from black soldier fly pupae

Black soldier maggots farm approx 6m2 sealed and well ventilated daylit enclosure

Rainwater harvesting tank Nutrient rich feed

Hydroponics recirculation sump + pumps

Notes: 1. 40-45g per m2 planting per day (FAO 589). Conservatively assumed 45g/ m2.day.

2. Fishes eat 1-2% of their weight (FAO 589). Assumed 1.5% to estimate peak fish biomass.

3. 10-20kg/m3 for Tilapia (FAO 589), up to 50kg/m3 for trout (Aquaponics Guidelines). Assumed 20kg/m3.

Heat exchanger from waste heat To maintain temperature for trouts of 10-18degC in winter Aquaculture recirculation sump + pumps

20kg/day exclusively vegetarian food waste or spent grains from host or local community / brewery

Harvested fish to restaurant in host or to market Other food wastes from host or local community

Mechanical drum filter with automatic backwash.

Removal of fish faeces and uneaten fish feed.

Biofilter: Moving bed bio-reactor. Converts ammonia into nitrites and nitrates, water oxygenation and reduction of CO2

Waste from mechanical / electrical plant within host to supply fan coil units and fish tank heating unit

Fish tank with rainbow trouts • Peak biomass 1,200kg.

• 60m3 tank, 40m long x 1.8m wide x 0.85m water depth. Total depth 1.10m. RC tank with liner.

• Water cascades and water movement for aeration / mimicking water stream environment as much as possible.

• Cover may be needed in winter.

Shading in summer by vegetation

Micro Anaerobic Digestion plant (Optional). Alternative options from handling of sludges from fish stank include: • Low cost composting, and use of compost as fertiliser • Anaerobic remineralisation of sludge and nutrient recovery for use in hydroponics

Biogas for use by host or local community

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2H x 4V 7H x 1V

70.00

Area Normalized Crop Value (£/m2)

Modular Container Planter Configuration - Optimisation

MODULAR CONTAINER PLANTER CONFIGURATION - OPTIMISATION

3 Horizontal x 4 Vertical

Normalized Crop Value vs Total Crop Value per Portacabin

75.00

0.2 Optimisation - Planter configuration

(The following assumes a SW facing assembly in Northern Europe: London) 4H x 2V

Modelling Assumptions:

2H x 5V

3H x 3V 65.00

5H x 2V

• Recover waste heat from host building to maintain suitable growing conditions year-round.

3H x 4V

60.00

4H x 3V

6H x 2V

• Double-layer ETFE cushion cladding with Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) of 80%.

3H x 5V 7H x 2V

55.00

5H x 3V 4H x 4V

50.00 £1,100.00

£1,200.00

£1,300.00

£1,400.00

£1,500.00

£1,600.00

£1,700.00

£1,800.00

£1,900.00

Optimum arrangement which balances total crop value and area normalized value

£2,000.00

• Crop productivity of 23 MJ (incident solar radiation) to grow 1 kg of biomass1.

Total Annual Crop Value (£) 7 Rows

6 Rows

5 Rows

4 Rows

3 Rows

2 Rows

• Crop value of 1£/kg.

Modelling Assumptions • Recover waste heat from host building to maintain Normalized Crop Value vs Total Crop Value per Portacabin suitable growing conditions year-round.

• Double-layer ETFE cushion cladding with Visible Light 95.00 Transmittance (VLT) of 80%.

90.00 • Crop productivity of 23 MJ (incident solar radiation) to grow 1 kg of biomass 1.

85.00 • Crop value of 1£/kg.

80.00 • Container dimensions: 12m long, 2.89m tall, 2.4m wide

3 Horizontal 4 Vertical Total Annual CropxValue Note:at 30° slope

Area Normalized Crop Value (£/m2)

100.00

1.

75.00 70.00

Total crop value calculated assuming wholesale price of 1£/kg. Wholesale prices for microgreens can vary from 1£/kg to £5/kg. Sale price of crop has considerable influence on Total Annual Crop Value.

Results shown for one container.

3H x 4V @15° Sl ope

I. Burns, K. Zhang, M. Turner, R. Edmondson. 2010. Isoosmotic regulation of nitrate accumulation in lettuce Expedition

3H x 4V @ 30° Sl ope

• Container dimensions: 12m long, 2.89m tall, 2.4m wide

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3H x 4V

65.00 60.00

1. I. Burns, K. Zhang, M. Turner, R. Edmondson. 2010. Iso-osmotic regulation of nitrate accumulation in lettuce

Total Annual Crop Value Note: Total crop value calculated assuming wholesale price of 1£/kg.

Wholesale prices for microgreens can vary from 1£/kg to £5/kg. Sale price of crop has considerable influence on Total Annual Crop Value.

Results shown for one container.

55.00

50.00 £1,100.00

£1,300.00

£1,500.00

£1,700.00

£1,900.00

£2,100.00

£2,300.00

£2,500.00

Total Annual Crop Value (£) 7 Rows

6 Rows

5 Rows

4 Rows

3 Rows

2 Rows

Increased total crop value and area normalized value compared with horizontal arrangement

Modelling Assumptions Normalized Crop Value vs Total Value per Portacabin • Recover waste heat from host building to Crop maintain suitable growing conditions year-round.

• Double-layer ETFE cushion cladding with Visible Light 110 1.75m Transmittance (VLT) of 80%.

60° Slope 2.0m • Crop productivity of 23 MJ (incident solar radiation) to 65° Slope 100 grow 1 kg of biomass 1.

2.25m 67° Slope • Crop value of 1£/kg.

•90 Container dimensions: 12m long, 2.89m tall, 2.4m wide

Total Annual Crop Value1.75m Note: length at 60° slope Continuous Arrangement,

Area Normalized Crop Value (£/m2)

120

Total crop value calculated assuming wholesale price of 1£/kg. Wholesale prices for microgreens can vary from 1£/kg to £5/kg. Sale price of crop has considerable influence on Total Annual Crop Value.

Results shown for one container.

3H x 4V 80

3H x 4V

1. I. Burns, K. Zhang, M. Turner, R. Edmondson. @15° 2010.

Sl oIso70 osmotic regulation of nitrate accumulation in lettuce 60

Expedition

50 £1,100

£1,300

£1,500

£1,700

£1,900

£2,100

£2,300

£2,500

Total Annual Crop Value (£) 6 Rows

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5 Rows

4 Rows

Modelling Assumptions

3 Rows

2 Rows

£2,700

£2,900

Increased total crop value and area normalized value compared with sloped arrangement

Continuous Arrangement

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Monthly Yield

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0.3 Optimisation - Solar gain

3,000 2,000 1,000

Monthly Total Incident Solar Radiation

0 Jan

Monthly Yield (kg) Monthly Yield (kg)

8,000 7,000

100 January

Jan 700

Monthly Yield (kg)

70 60

600 500 400 300 200 100 0

Mar

Apr May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Indicative Fish Yield Indicative Fish Yield

Dec

700

Monthly Yield (kg)

80

600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Jan

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

40

Sep Oct Nov Dec Aug Sep Oct Nov

Dec

Monthly Consumption (kg)

Indicative Food Waste Consumption

30 20 10

2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

2,000

tion (kg)

ption (kg)

Jan

August

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Feb

May

Oct Nov Dec

0

90

50

Aug Sep

Indicative Fish Yield

Monthly Yield (kg)

2

Jul

Indicative Leafy Greens Crop Yield Indicative Leafy Greens Crop Yield

8,000

7,000 6,000 6,000 700 5,000 5,000 600 4,000 4,000 500 3,000 3,000 2,000 400 2,000 1,000 300 1,000 0 0 200 Jan 100

(kWh/m )

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

1,500

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep

Oct

Nov Dec

Indicative Food Waste Consumption Indicative Food Waste Consumption

2,000

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COSTS

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No.

Quantum

Item

1

£4,500.00

Cost per unit

2

£9,000.00

Yield per unit

3 4

80 m 9m

Length of installation Height of installation

5 6

6 3

Units long Units high

7

18

Total Units

8 9 10

£81,000.00 £283,500.00 £396,900.00

Cost of units Construction cost of installation Project cost of installation (+4%)

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£162,000.00

Average yield

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£20,000.00

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0.4 Indicative cost analysis

(inc. All hardware)

Running costs (1 full time caretaker)

Cumulative yearly cost analysis ‐£254,900.00 ‐£112,900.00 £29,100.00 £171,100.00 £313,100.00

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

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05. Indicative technical drawings 3 UNIT HIGH ELEVATION / SECTION A

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Check all dimensions on site before fabrication or setting out. This document is copyright and may not be reproduced without permission of the owner.

Ordnance Survey data contained herein is for use on this project only.

Third parties involved in this project wishing to reproduce this data,for the purposes of said project, may do so on display of the following: Š Crown Copyright All rights reserved 2010 License No 0100031673 Notes: Areas have been calculated in accordance with the RICS/ISVA code of Measuring Practice (6th edition, 2015) using the stated options NIA, GIA, GEA (ground floor GEA excludes external cycle and refuse stores) and IPMS International Property Measurement Standard (1st edition 2014) and it’s stated option GIFA. Any decisions to be made on the basis of these predications, whether as to project viability, pre-letting, lease agreements, conveyances and the like, should make due allowance for fluctuations arising from the following: design development, accurate site survey, site levels and site dimensions, construction method and building tolerances, Local Authority and Statutory consents

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Flanagan Lawrence - Architects Flanagan Lawrence is an award-winning, design-led practice of architects, masterplanners and interior designers based in London.

Whilst gaining a reputation for acoustic work, the practice has an impressive collective expertise across a broad range of public and private sectors and building typologies including large-scale commercial projects and high-end residential schemes, as well as cultural, hotel and leisure, education, infrastructure, logistics, business parks and major masterplanning projects both in the UK and internationally.

Flanagan Lawrence has worked with a diverse body of clients in both the private and public sectors.

Public sector work has included performance space as well as office space and regeneration schemes. Clients have included the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the Royal College of Music, Sadler’s Wells Theatre Trust, Soundforms plc ,The Sage Gateshead, Live Theatre, Riverside Studios as well as tertiary education client bodies such as Magdalen College Oxford, Imperial College London, and Manchester City Council.

Paul Bavister - Architect Paul joined Flanagan Lawrence in 2007 and made Associate Director in 2010. In 2016 he was promoted to Senior Associate Director R&D, where he is responsible for leading the practice’s research and design.

Paul has been project architect for several of the practice’s award winning public schemes including the Acoustic Shells in Littlehampton; Soundforms, the first-ever mobile acoustic shell with the capacity for a full orchestra; and the award winning Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He was also involved in the redevelopment of the foyers at Sadler’s Wells theatre, and a modular acoustic panelling system for the Royal College of Music.

Having graduating as an architect from the Bartlett School of Architecture in 1999, Paul’s career began in restaurant and retail, with work evolving over the years since to specialise in the public sector, in particular acoustic and performance spaces. His work has been published in the RIBA Journal, Building Design, AD: Hypersurface Architecture and the AD Tom Kovac monograph. Paul is an active member of sound art group Audialsense, and has given lectures on the relationships between sound art and architecture at universities across London. Paul is both a design tutor, and PHD candidate, at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

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Useful Projects Useful Projects is a sustainability consultancy for the built environment. We work on major urban development projects, and with organisations, to develop sustainability and circular economy strategies, and to identify opportunities for innovation. We help our clients find added value in delivering sustainable development, by providing expert independent insight in an engaging manner.

We provide a range of strategic and technical consultancy services and take pride in our ability to provide practical advice which is tailored to client needs. Our approach is holistic across a set of environmental, social and economic themes.

Our challenge, in which we delight, is to work with clients to understand this complex arena, to identify new opportunities and to develop practical approaches for implementation.

We are part of the Useful Simple Trust group of companies. The mission of the Trust is to blaze a trail in the integrated, intelligent and ethical provision of the human environment. Our sister companies are Civil and Structural Engineers (Expedition), Communications Designers (thomas.matthews), Architects (Useful Studio) and Engineering Educational Resource Designers (ThinkUp).

Our current and recent clients include: UCL, Grosvenor, BAM Construct UK, EDF Energy, London Olympic Delivery Authority, Hammerson, University of Bristol, LSE, Milton Keynes Council and HS2.

Fred Labbe - Senior Sustainability Consultant Fred is an experienced designer with a background in the design of sustainable water infrastructures and environmental planning. Strong technical skills, an inquisitive mind and some creative flair put together could perhaps best describe Fred.

He has a history of developing bespoke tools help understand tricky questions and support strategic decision-making. Fred is also known for his ability to represent eloquently complex problems and technical issues through simple diagrams.

Fred is a chartered engineer. He has also completed an MSc at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, focusing on bio-climatic design and advanced optimisation techniques .

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BRISTOL FISH PROJECT Bristol Fish Project CIC (est 2011) is an inventive local community business that applies a community-centric alternative approach to mainstream corporate food production and consumption.

Through our community-supported facility in an income-deprived area of Bristol we seek to demonstrate, develop and share the application of circular economics to ecologically regenerative community-food.

Our model, run by the community for the benefit of the community, integrates community food waste into food production and conservation through innovative, hi-tech farming methods.

We centre on aquaponics (growing Eels and Watercress in a recirculating water based system), but also approach insect production and applications of artificial intelligence for precision growing.

Our production methods interact in a symbiotic manner with the natural environment -unlike conventional food production practices, and seek to enhance the lives of people and the welfare of livestock.

The profit-centric food-value-chain is not going away. The evidence is that for communities and environment, this value-chain does not meet their needs with severe, and generation-transcending repercussions in health and wellbeing of people and places.

This is why we anchor our agri-innovation in the hands of the community, and why we have centred our efforts on bringing futuristic, integrated production and regeneration methods into a community setting with a view to giving over decision making and ownership of knowledge and technologies to communities.

We combine this with community resilience development and re-skilling and implementing ecological regeneration. We are starting now to be part of the future we want for our food system.

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LettUsGrow LettUs Grow are a Bristol-based start-up designing irrigation and control technology for vertical farms. Our unique aeroponic hardware, with integrated farm management software, delivers higher crop yields and makes farmers lives easier.

The company has developed a proprietary aeroponic grow bed for the growth of leafy greens and small fruiting vegetables. This technology has demonstrated significant yield benefits. LettUs Grow are now scaling up operations and are building Europe’s first commercial aeroponic farm in Bristol, UK, during 2018.

Mission: Our mission is to reduce the waste and carbon footprint of fresh produce by enabling anyone to grow fresh produce near its point of consumption.

We Aim: To provide vertical farmers with technology that produces consistently high crop yields, automation of menial tasks, and accessible data on how to optimise their farm.

How: Our aeroponic hardware delivers a nutrient-dense mist directly to the plants’ root systems, this facilitates improvements of up to 50% in growth rate versus commercial hydroponic equivalents. It is easy to use, with a user focused design, reduces system complexity, and delivers far greater control over plant growth.

Using this exciting new technology, we are helping vertical farmers globally to begin sustainable production of food, and reconnecting the crowded city with the tradition of locally grown produce.

Involvement: LettUs Grow have consulted upon the technical and operational factors that need to be considered when building a vertical farming facility.

Software and hardware are also being provided to assist in the pilot project.

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LettUsGrow 66 Porchester Road London W2 6ET

The Clove Building 4 Maguire Street London, SE1 2NQ

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