Hydroponics Garden Blog

Through my years of maintaining multiple hydroponic gardens, I’ve seen many benefits of growing hydroponically, but I never would have thought that a hydroponics garden could be used to insulate a house or building!

Alyssa Danigelis, from Sustainable, a Discovery Channel blog focused on a clean and green world, published an article called “Hydroponics Comes Out of the Closet” that talks about how architects are working on plans to build the entire external wall of a building out of a massive hydroponics system.

Here is what she says about using the wall of hydroponics as insulation for a building:

“Not only does the system look nifty, but the plants would act as a unique insulation barrier, absorbing light and heat to keep the building cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Linsley says international engineering firm Arup was able to show that the system would indeed improve a building’s energy efficiency. Currently the team is constructing a small stand-alone prototype that I hope catches a developer’s eye. Eating strawberries grown on-premises at the end of a long work day? Sign me up!”

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It’s amazing how human beings have the ability to come up with such wild ideas! Why can’t I be this creative? Oh well… I will just stick to what I’m good at… Growing plants!

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