CUBES Circle – Closed Urban Modular Energy- and Resource-Efficient Agricultural Systems

The CUBES Circle (Closed Urban Modular Energy- and Resource-efficient Agricultural Systems) project aims to realise and optimise the sustainable, energy- and resource-efficient production of healthy food through the smart networking of different agricultural systems, exemplified by plant and insect production and aquaculture in a variable, resilient and adaptable closed-loop system. Application contexts in (peri)urban environments in industrialised and emerging countries with existing technical infrastructure are considered. The implementation of this complex, space-optimised production system across three trophic levels, whose material and energy flows are embedded in the environment and which pursues a zero-waste philosophy, represents a highly innovative approach to the sustainable production of healthy food regardless of the climate.