This session will highlight a carbon-centric framework for assessing building-integrated agriculture (BIA) systems within urban design. It's an approach that enables architects to advance sustainability goals and meet emerging standards in urban agriculture. Join us to discover how to evaluate BIA's environmental impacts—energy, water, and carbon emissions—by aligning agricultural metrics with building performance standards. Through case studies, you'll gain practical tools to integrate BIA into sustainable building design, supporting resource-efficient, resilient urban environments.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze—and learn how to apply—a carbon-centric framework for evaluating BIA within building performance assessments.
- Discover how to identify and quantify the environmental impacts of BIA on energy, water, and carbon emissions, aligning these metrics with conventional building standards.
- Evaluate resource recovery strategies within BIA systems, which can enhance sustainable practices by utilizing waste heat, water, and other building resources in agricultural production.
- Find out how to integrate BIA-related metrics into project planning and design, supporting sustainable and resilient urban environments that meet emerging policy standards.