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Harvesting heat in an urban greenhouse
2012
Proceedings of the first workshop on Urban networking - UrbaNe '12
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This article describes the first eight months of operation of a prototype rooftop greenhouse located in Helsinki, Finland. The greenhouse is heated by exhaust heat harvested from a rack of computer servers, while the servers are cooled by unconditioned outside air only. We describe which plants have thrived in this kind of a synthetic environment. Plants in the greenhouse include multiple edible species, including seven types of chili peppers. Yields, in particular for chilies, have been
doi:10.1145/2413236.2413239
fatcat:qkrdrjgkmvgc3ma4wfeip747qa