Testing a novel design for an integrated multipurpose indoor ecosystem

测试集成多功能室内生态系统的新颖设计

• 批准号: 485019-2015
• 负责人: Kolasa, Jurek
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=584657
• 关键词: Testing; novel; design; integrated; multipurpose

The project aims at building a working relationship between SRS Consulting Engineers Inc. (Markham, Ontario) and McMaster ecology team in order to design and test a novel indoor ecosystem that can be installed in a variety of spaces. SRS team specializes in "Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Buildings" and they intend to bring to market autonomous indoor ecosystems where most elements are recycled and which will grow greens and fish. The main purpose of such systems is to enhance design and functionality of indoor spaces by providing educational, recreational, health, and food benefits. Specifically, the company can enrich their portfolio and returns by strengthening a prototype design by infusing it with ecological principles and knowledge such as aquaponics and permaculture produce a beneficial synergy and a unique product. McMaster team will work with SRS Consulting Engineers Inc team to build and test two prototype indoor ecosystems that involve production of Tilapia fish and a selection of vegetables, with energy input limited to the amount needed for photosynthesis to sustain adequate growth of the fish population. The design will rely on principles of ecological energy transfers, stabilizing effects of diversity and habitat heterogeneity, modularity, nutrient recycling, and benefits of short food chains and allometry (body size effects on productivity and rates of population growth). The main novelty of the design is separation of trophic levels (primary producers, consumers, and targeted secondary consumers (Tilapia), such that each can be optimized separately. The SRS Consulting group has expertise on the engineering side of the indoor ecosystem design while McMaster will offer sound ecological foundations to this first step in the development of a new product.

该项目旨在建立 SRS 咨询工程师公司（安大略省万锦市）和麦克马斯特生态团队之间的工作关系，以设计和测试可安装在各种空间中的新型室内生态系统。 SRS 团队专注于“可持续、弹性和智能建筑”，他们打算将自主的室内生态系统推向市场，其中大多数元素都可以回收利用，并且可以种植绿色植物和鱼类。此类系统的主要目的是通过提供教育、娱乐、健康和食品益处来增强室内空间的设计和功能。具体来说，该公司可以通过将生态原理和知识（例如鱼菜共生和永续农业）融入原型设计中，加强原型设计，从而丰富其产品组合和回报，从而产生有益的协同作用和独特的产品。麦克马斯特团队将与 SRS 咨询工程师公司团队合作，建立并测试两个原型室内生态系统，其中涉及罗非鱼的生产和精选蔬菜，能量输入仅限于光合作用所需的量，以维持鱼类种群的充分生长。设计将依据生态能源原理 转移、多样性和栖息地异质性的稳定效应、模块化、养分循环利用以及短食物链和异速生长的好处（体型对生产力和人口增长率的影响）。该设计的主要新颖之处在于营养级别的分离（初级生产者、消费者和目标二级消费者（罗非鱼），这样每个级别都可以单独优化。SRS 咨询团队在室内生态系统设计的工程方面拥有专业知识，而麦克马斯特将为新产品开发的第一步提供良好的生态基础。