Dubai: How VF can work in residential buildings

Added on 23 January 2024

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Dubai: How VF can work in residential buildings

Residential buildings in the UAE are set to go green and embrace vertical farming, where smart agriculture and urban architecture will converge to transform Dubai into a greener and more sustainable city.

The concept of vertical farming in residential buildings originated from a team of students at the Canadian University Dubai (CUD) School of Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology. The team devised a project envisioning a building featuring designated floors for vertical farms, seamlessly integrating with other floors allocated for residential use.

The building, with its urban architectural design will capture sunlight from all angles adding to the sustainability factor.

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The project is the combined efforts of three computer engineering and computational science students, Yasmine Sadek, Moustafa Sherif, and Ayman Samsudeen, along with a graduate, Adel Yousefi.

Known as Agri-Connect, the technology combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and elements of urban architecture, smart agriculture, and smart cities to create an ecosystem that supports vertical farming within intelligent buildings.