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

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 5; p. e0267431
• Main Authors: Warrington, Shelby, Layton, Astrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.05.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Carbon; College campuses; Computer and Information Sciences; Consumption; Cost control; Design; Domestic water; Ecological effects; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystems; Efficiency; Electricity; Electricity distribution; Energy; Engineering and Technology; Environmental aspects; Extracurricular activities; Food chains; Food webs; Green technology; Growth; Networks; Physical Sciences; Proprietary; Protection and preservation; Rain water; Rainwater collection; Redundancy; Renewable energy; Resilience; Solar power; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Symbiosis; Utilities; Water sources; United States; United States > US; Texas

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 rene...