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Sustainable & friendly materials
Algae are emerging to be one of the most promising long-term, sustainable sources of biomass and oils for fuel, food, feed, and other co-products. Also, have the potential to produce a volume of biomass and biofuel many times greater than that of our most productive crops.
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The glass panels are filled with micro algae and water.
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The algae convert the sun’s energy into biomass which is used to power the building.
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It helps to clean up the air pollution.
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Curtains filled with living algae which can absorb the same amount of CO2 as a mature tree.
Walls might be the next frontier for urban farming. Though rooftop gardens are common, exterior walls aren’t typically used for growing crops. A “green wall” usually means a covering of plants that won’t be harvested. But while a wall isn’t necessarily a good place for vegetables, with algae, it’s another story. One new algae-filled wall that can quickly grow and harvest micro-algae to help fight climate change and create new products.
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