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ECOLOOP | Multi-Layered Sustainable Farming System
Project Type: Self-Initiated
Project Description
• KSA’s water scarcity and climate limit traditional farming. • EcoLoop integrates fish, plants, poultry, worms, and solar in one closed-loop system. • Customer needs: easy operation, low cost, water efficiency, climate adaptability. • Design and validate a compact, climate-adaptive farming system that recycles water, uses solar power, and integrates fish, plants, poultry, and worms into one closedloop unit. • Climate model selects PF or PFPW per city/month. 15 cities in Saudi were studied.
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Project Team
Mohammad Zami
Civil Engineering
Mohammed Alzahrani
Industrial & Systems Engg.
Abdulmalik Almaleh
Industrial & Systems Engg.
Ahmed Alharbi
Chemical EngineeringTeam Coach
Dr. Asad Hanif
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Construction and Building Materials