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  2. Greenhouse - Wikipedia

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    Greenhouses can range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings and enormous glasshouses. The smallest example is a miniature greenhouse known as a cold frame, typically used at home, whereas large commercial greenhouses are high tech production facilities for vegetables, flowers or fruits. The glass greenhouses are filled with ...

  3. Green roof - Wikipedia

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    Green roof at the British Horse Society headquarters. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. [1]

  4. Building-integrated agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Building-integrated agriculture. Building-integrated agriculture (BIA) is the practice of locating high-performance hydroponic greenhouse farming systems on and in mixed-use buildings to exploit synergies between the built environment and agriculture. [1]

  5. Green building - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable energy. Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance ...

  6. Roof garden - Wikipedia

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    Roof garden. A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors [1] for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and in large scale it may even have ecological benefits.

  7. Straw-bale construction - Wikipedia

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    Straw-bale construction. Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (usually wheat [2] straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building or "brown" construction projects. Research has shown that straw-bale construction is a sustainable method for ...

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