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Category: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration

Green Book of Biocities

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Circular Bioeconomy & Natural Materials Innovation, Decentralized Energy Systems & Circular Water Systems, Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration, Publications & Exhibitions, Regenerative Forestry & Sustainable Food Production, Self-Sufficient Buildings, Urban Ecology, Green Governance & Citizen Engagement

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1941" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]Supported by the Europe Forest Institute (EFI) and in collaboration with a number of organizations throughout Europe and beyond, Valldaura Labs has begun co-authoring the Green Book of Biocities, a seminal text which will define the new paradigm of Biocities and the key strategies to make them a reality.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="1934" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]By synthesizing inputs from stakeholders and all of the organizations involved – whose expertise span from sustainable forest management to agriculture, circular/bio-economics, health, ecology, nature-based solutions, social issues,...

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Hacking Ecology

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1895" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Hacking Ecology provides high accuracy water monitoring systems using the most powerful open source tools. Hacking Ecology builds the most powerful and accessible open source tools for water monitoring, and a secure, unalterable, distributed and accessible database. Hacking Ecology empowers communities to find information and data to take and demand action! Hacking Ecology is a group of ecologists, technologists and environmental advocates building high accuracy and fair price systems for water monitoring and environmental data management[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Benefits:...

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Dronecoria

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration, Regenerative Forestry & Sustainable Food Production

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1862" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]The Dronecoria team believes technology can help to fight the climate crisis. One of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change and restore the health of our ecosystems is reforestation. To speed up this process we Dronecoria offers an open-source set of tools for large-scale, low-cost reforestation. The system includes everything necessary from automated seed processing to drone-powered replanting. After five years of work and successful pilot projects, Dronecoria has completed their technology and is ready...

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COACT

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Circular Bioeconomy & Natural Materials Innovation, Decentralized Energy Systems & Circular Water Systems, Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration, Regenerative Forestry & Sustainable Food Production

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1838" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]COACT is an environmental technology accelerator and innovation hub, supporting the development of early-stage solutions to the world‘s most pressing ecological and climate-related challenges. COACT was founded by a group of climate technology enthusiasts, makers and successful entrepreneurs sharing a vision for technology that serves a purpose beyond profit. COACT focuses on innovative technologies in areas that have a high impact on mitigating climate change, including: reforestation; agriculture and food supply chains; ecosystem conservation; and the circular...

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OSBeehives

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration, Urban Ecology, Green Governance & Citizen Engagement

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1913" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]OSBeehives is on a mission to technify the beekeeping industry by building a global network of beekeepers and identifying causes and solutions for colony health deterioration. This mission is founded on the principles of citizen science, open data, and collaboration between beekeepers.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]OSBeehives’ integrated hardware and software solutions make use of the latest deep neural network and digital signal processing technologies applied to beehive audio recordings and sensor measurements with the goal of detecting possible hive health problems....

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Wood Traceability and Emissions Software for Circular Biocities

25/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Circular Bioeconomy & Natural Materials Innovation, Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2065" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]To date, quantifying the amount of carbon or energy embodied in an architectural project has been a complex procedure. This was by necessity, as obtaining accurate figures requires thorough tracing of each constituent component through every transformation from raw material to finished product throughout its entire respective life cycle. So-called life-cycle analysis/assessment (LCA) methodologies are critical tools in the effort to mitigate global climate-change and environmental degradation, and therefore must be conducted with the appropriate degree of scientific...

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RAW Nature

09/03/2021
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| Research Lines: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration, Regenerative Forestry & Sustainable Food Production

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2049" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]RAW Nature was a design + build seminar combining the expertise of Bureau Chekharda, a world leader in naturalistic playscapes, with the advanced technologic and ecologic capacities of Valldaura Labs. The course began by familiarizing students with the principles of sustainable forest management and natural succession to enable them to select appropriate trees for harvest. Guided by specialists in the critical evaluation of factors such as species, age, form, accessibility, exposure, adjacent vegetation and canopy density, students identified...

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ROMI

13/12/2019
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| Research Lines: Ecological Technology & Carbon Sequestration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2020" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia coordinates the EU project Robotics for Microfarms (ROMI) under the framework H2020. IAAC is part of a consortium formed by a team of interdisciplinary experts in computer science (Inria, Sony), robotics and electronics (UBER, Sony, IAAC), plant modelling and agronomy (CNRS, INRIA), as well as microfarming (SCEA-PC, SCEA-CM) which will be in charge of developing ROMI initiative, an open a lightweight robotics platform for small farming land areas.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="2021" img_size="full"][vc_single_image image="2022"...

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