Vertical Greenhouse Built in Vancouver Parking Garage

Valcent plans to launch an innovative high-tech greenhouse in Vancouver, by transforming a parking garage into a modern urban garden.

The company wants to revolutionize farming techniques, giving residents unlimited access to healthy food, CleanTechies informs.

The VertiCrop system relies on suspended four-meter-high stacks of trays placed on a moving conveyor system, so that plants can capture a maximum amount of sunlight. Because the system is very efficient, there is no need to use risky herbicides or pesticides.

This concept represents a new step towards water preservation, since its developers say that VertiCrop can display great results after using only 8% of the amount of water requested by traditional farming techniques.

The construction of the innovative house will start at the beginning of next year. The first harvest is expected in April 2012. In order to minimize the overall carbon footprint, developers think about a bicycle-based food delivery system.