ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN URBAN AREAS BY INNOVATIVE PERMACULTURAL DESIGN

Abstract

First two paramount problems of the world are food security and energy. Permaculture isa new interdisciplinary branch of the science, which has positive synergistic effects and solves bothproblems, including environmental care. The paper analyzed the holistic principles of permaculturedesign and possible application in the flats, gardens in the suburbs and/or in the countryside, the urbanland, fields and plots, on rural estates and cottages, in commercial and industrial applications, as well asin educational institutions and in the abandoned land. Permaculture as a set of knowledge aboutdesigning sustainable human communities, is a connection of the old traditional techniques, enrichedwith new knowledge and technologies in the field of architecture, construction, agriculture and forestry,chemistry, biology, sociology, urban planning, ecology, economy, energy, water and wastemanagement. Permaculture research answers on how to simultaneously grow food, build energyefficient dwellings and improve the functionality of urban communities while preserving theenvironment. Model of positive examples from international smart practice are presented.