Ecosystem guidance for the incorporation of renewable utilities in a multi-use campus network.

ABSTRACT: Configuring the network connections in industrial, power, and water networks to mimic the structural patterns of ecological food webs has been shown to improve the resilience of human networks. This work investigates the ability of food web inspiration to specifically guide the incorporation of renewable energy and water sources for resilience. Feasibility is tested using the water and electricity networks of the Texas A&M University main campus, demonstrating the potential of university campus case studies as analogies for other multi-use networks, such as cities or industrial-commercial regions, due to the variety of functions met within the system boundaries. Ecological robustness, the unique and characteristic behavior of ecosystems to slightly favor redundancy over efficiency, is used

SUBMITTER: Warrington S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119446 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature