Start Up from Lige university

(Gembloux AgroBiotech )

Jean-Patrick Scheepers ( 46 yrs ) ( Commercial engineer UCL )

Professor Haissam Jijakli ( 45 yrs) ( Gembloux Agro Biotech ULG )

Professor in Urban Agriculture A research practice directed toward the commercial exploitation.

Story-teller New food concept specialist Sustainable devpt Mmmmh cooking classes founder

Working in a ecosystem of independent experts

From the Community vegetable garden to the most technological and visionnary farm

Lets start with a first affirmation

Urban Agriculture stand alone is not a profitable business.

Urban agriculture is not about production of leeks and lettuce.

Its about production of sustainable added-value for the projects.

SOCIAL

SUSTAINABLE ADDED VALUES OF URBAN AGRICULTURE

1. Food security 2. Education to healthy food 3. Healthy diet 4. Physical activities 5. Autonomy and mobilization 6. Education/Formation 7. Intergenerational Connection 8. Community spirit 9. Esthetic/greening 10. Reconnection to nature 11. Stable in a region 12. Well-being 13. Stimulation of creativity 14. Employment 15. Motivation of employees

ECONOMY

1. Stimulation of local economy 2. Growth of employment 3. Preparation to employment 4. Affordable food 5. Building differentiation 6. Food differentiation 7. Rentability of employees 8. Decreasing of employee

turnover 9. Decreasing of cost production

ECOLOGY

1. Awareness of ecological systems 2. Buffer for rain and storm water 3. Recycling of water 4. Isolation of building 5. Recycling of energy 6. Buffer of temperature 7. Air purification 8. Decreasing of CO2 production

(transport and capture) 9. Recycling of organic matter 10. Biodiversity 11. Performances of the

building/area (BREEAM, Eco city,)

SOCIAL

Indoor plants increase the work productivity from 10 15 %

Lhor V.I. et al., 1996 ; Marchand, 1986

Henigan et Wright, 2014

Increase of 0,25 % of productivity

Decreasing of 15 % facilities and maintenance

costs >

1. Food security 2. Education to healthy food 3. Healthy diet 4. Physical activities 5. Autonomy and mobilization 6. Education/Formation 7. Intergenerational Connection 8. Community spirit 9. Esthetic/greening 10. Reconnection to nature 11. Stable in a region

12. Well-being 13. Stimulation of creativity 14. Employment

15. Motivation of employees

ECOLOGY

Maastricht University report published by RICS Research, 2012

BREEAM Certification

1. Awareness of ecological systems 2. Buffer for rain and storm water 3. Recycling of water 4. Isolation of building 5. Recycling of energy 6. Buffer of temperature 7. Air purification 8. Decreasing of CO2 production

(transport and capture) 9. Recycling of organic matter 10. Biodiversity

11. Performances of the building/area (BREEAM, Eco city,)

1. Consciences des systmes cologiques alimentaires

2. Temporisation des eaux de pluies/orages

3. Recyclage eau 4. Isolation du btiment 5. Recyclage nergie 6. Tamporisation temprature 7. Purification air 8. Diminution production CO2

(transport et capture) 9. Recyclage matire organique 10. Biodiversit 11. Performances du btiment

(BREEAM)

13 x BREEAM Certification

Taking advantage of all these benefits generated for the end-users ,

You can :

- create a marketing differentiation on the market

- attract high value and trendsetters customers

- motivate your employees

- succeed in architectural and design competition

- facilitate the planning permission process

- ameliorate BREAAM certification, eco-quartier label etc

Our mission is to identify these added-value and then create, imagine, build, deliver,

manage and animate urban agriculture projects for our clients.

Our first expertise

We work as consultants for public autorithies, real estate promotors, urbanists or architects to help them in their Masterplans,

Design competitions or smart city plannings.

Project LEO Lige (architect Dethier)

Our second expertise

We create, deliver and manage urban agriculture projects for private companies ( retail, Horeca sector ), real estate promotors or asset managers.

In this case, we work closely with public authorities, architects and landscape architects.

The Faktory Lige (architect Dethier)

Residential : Community vegetable gardens

SOCIAL ECONOMIE ECOLOGIE

Real estate promotor

End-users ( future buyers )

Public authorities

Marketing differentiation High value customers

Facilitate planning permission Architural competition

Eco-label

First integrated smart greenhouse in Europe

Office Building

The Faktory in Lige ( archi Dethier )

Project

Choux de BXL ( IBGE with Lateral Thinking Factory)

SOCIAL ECONOMIE

ECOLOGIE

Project

Catering and restaurants

Retail market

SOCIAL ECONOMIE ECOLOGIE

Real estate promotor

Customers Retail clients

Marketing differentiation Facilitate planning permission

Eco label

Local food Attract high value customers Trendsetters

In conclusion, with urban agriculture :

-You can add at relatively low cost a highly visible

component of sustainable development in your projects

-You create several important added values

for each stakeholder of your projects

Where do we work ?

BXL 15 projets

BXL 15 projets BXL 15 projects

Lige 3 projects Gent 1 project

Brabant Wallon 1 project

BXL 15 projets BXL 15 projects

Lige 3 projets Gent 1 project

Brabant wallon 1 project

Reikjavik 1 project

Stockholm 2 projects

Paris 3 projects

Bordeaux 2 projects Toulouse 1 project

Lige 4 projects

Utrecht 1 project

Rotterdam 4 projects

London 2 projects

Montpellier 1 project

Next steps

-Creation of the Urban Farm Lab in Brussels : creative and R&D ecosystem on urban agriculture with techs, agris, designer, photographs, landscape architects, social workers and why not a poet. -European expansion : Opening in London and Paris

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