GRID FARM || PARK

Our Loca&on

500,000 sq ft!

Key Ac&vi&es

Food
Produc&on

Stormwater
Management

Phytoremedia&on

Educa&on

Social Performance

Educa&onal
Opportuni&es

LEED Innov. Design

Incubator Urban
Agr. (Local
Businesses)

Carbon
Sequestra&ons
15 mTCO2e

Local Jobs &

Materials

Health &
Well-Being

Open/Green spaces
Walking/biking trails
Access to aordable/nutri9onal food
Wednesdays Local Market
Provide space for community events

Our Topology

Our Partners
Land & U&lity

Educa&on

Distributors

Key Resources
Human Resources

Farmers

Educators

Management

Distributors

Key Resources
Land

Refrigerated Truck

LEED Warehouse Retrot

& Green Washing Sta&on

Phytoremedia&on Species

Physical Resources
Tile Drain System

GuLer Connect Greenhouse

NFT Hydroponics System

Geodesic Greenhouse

Our Produce

Cucumbers
Zucchini

Tomatoes

Leafy
Greens

Peppers

Herbs

Customer Segments

Students

Educators

Private
Hospitals

Neighborhood
Residents

The Breakdown
15%

29%

15%

Intensive %le-drain phytoremedia%on: 100,000 sq 4

$3.02 sq Q 2011 Greenberg, Phytoremedia9on of
petroleum and salt impacted soils
=$297,000

Constructed Wetland / Water Management Pond + Public Park

7.00 sq Q 2014 Greenvalues Stormwater Toolbox, Rain
Garden and Bioswales
=$1,225,000

33%

8%

Exis%ng Structure (9,000 sq 4), parking, frontage, road access- 100,000 sq 4

9,000 sq Q footprint = 30,000 sq Q useable space
$200 sq Q 2014 Florencia Costa

Produc%on Greenhouse: 200,000 sq 4

$67 / sq Q for guYer connect GH structure
$15 / sq Q for NFT hydroponic system
= $16,400,000

Teaching greenhouse: 50,000 sq 4

$4,100,000

Revenue Streams

Financial Resources
USDA loan- Direct Farm Ownership
$300,000 New structures & renova&ng
exis&ng ones
!

NY State New Farmers Grant Fund

$50,000 For new farmer ventures
!

NY Farm Viability Group - $150,000

!

NYC Oce of Environmental Remedia&on

$25,000+ help with the phytoremedia&on
!

Venture Capitalists

Environmental Performance
Smart Loca9on
&
Linkage

Transporta9on

Redevelop
Browneld site

Near public transit: 14

minutes walking distance
to subway (Graham Ave L
Train Sta&on) - 0.7 miles

!
Neighborhood
PaLern and Design

!
Provide Community
Connec&on

Stormwater
Management

Heat Island
Eect

Cover parking lot and

roofs (solar panels)

Site Management

Prevent light pollu&on

Bike paths/racks

Reduce storm water runo

by porous pavement

!
Cool pavements

(&le drain)

Landscaping Na&ve
plants/remedia&on plants

EV car sharing program

!
Minimum parking lot
(zoning)
!

!
!

Open-grid pavement

!
!

Water Eciency

Indoor Strategies

Outdoor Strategies

Harves9ng rainwater (barrels + 9le drain)

High-Eciency toiles

Stormwater/gray-water (Stormwater pond)

Waterless Urinals

Outdoor Water Reduc9on Prac9ces (9le drain)

Wastewater Treatment & Reuse (living

machine)

Phytoremedia&on

Energy Eciency

Hea9ng/Cooling: Geothermal
LED ligh9ng

Solar Panels (roof + Parking Lot)

Outdoor Strategies
Geothermal

ENERGY STAR appliances

Two wind towers

Building automa9on system

Site Orienta9on (Passive Hea9ng/Cooling)

Reuse local
construc&on
materials

Use Cer&ed
Wood

Zero Waste
&
Compos&ng

Resource
Eciency

Resource
Eciency
!

Increase ven&la&on
in building
!

Dayligh&ng
!

Temperature
& light controls

Systems
Diagram

Stormwater

Na7onal.Grid.
Gas

Greenhouse
s

Phytoremedia7on.
&.
Park.Space

Retro,ed.
Factory
Event.Space

Bookings /
Catering

HVAC

Educa7onal.
Space

Education &
outreach

CO2

Kitchen.and.
Produc7on.
Warehouse

Institutions
& Partners

Teaching

Commercial

Nursery

Seeds.&.Germina7on

Thank
You.