Title: researcher

Association/Company: Università degli Studi di Brescia

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Farming the city

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Industrial symbiosis for greener horticulture practices

Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) enrichment under controlled environmental conditions has been shown to improve the growth and production of a wide variety of crops. Greenhouse horticulture can represent a useful opportunity among the carbon capture and utilization methods for CO₂ emissions generated by nearby production plants connected by pipeline networks. The symbiosis between industrial plants and greenhouses can allow to reduce the overall quantities of CO₂ released into the atmosphere, and to recover the waste heat of the same plants to ensure the most favorable temperatures for crop growth. The purpose of the intervention is to investigate this opportunity.