000126230 001__ 126230 000126230 005__ 20241125101134.0 000126230 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/s23073502 000126230 0248_ $$2sideral$$a133707 000126230 037__ $$aART-2023-133707 000126230 041__ $$aeng 000126230 100__ $$aMorella, Paula 000126230 245__ $$aVertical farming monitoring: how does it work and how much does it cost? 000126230 260__ $$c2023 000126230 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000126230 5203_ $$aClimate change, resource scarcity, and a growing world population are some of the problems facing traditional agriculture. For this reason, new cultivation systems are emerging, such as vertical farming. This is based on indoor cultivation, which is not affected by climatic conditions. However, vertical farming requires higher consumption of water and light, since in traditional agriculture those resources are free. Vertical cultivation requires the use of new technologies and sensors to reduce water and energy consumption and increase its efficiency. The sensorization of these systems makes it possible to monitor and evaluate their performance in real time. In addition, vertical farming faces economic uncertainty since its profitability has not been studied in depth. This article studies the most important variables when monitoring a vertical farming system and proposes the sensors to be used in the data acquisition system. In addition, this study presents a cost model for the installation of this type of system. This cost model is applied to a case study to evaluate the profitability of installing this type of infrastructure. The results obtained suggest that the investment made in VF installations could be profitable in a period of three to five years. 000126230 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000126230 590__ $$a3.4$$b2023 000126230 592__ $$a0.786$$b2023 000126230 591__ $$aCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL$$b34 / 106 = 0.321$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT1 000126230 593__ $$aInstrumentation$$c2023$$dQ1 000126230 591__ $$aINSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION$$b24 / 76 = 0.316$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT1 000126230 593__ $$aAnalytical Chemistry$$c2023$$dQ1 000126230 591__ $$aENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC$$b122 / 353 = 0.346$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT2 000126230 593__ $$aAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics$$c2023$$dQ1 000126230 593__ $$aInformation Systems$$c2023$$dQ2 000126230 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2023$$dQ2 000126230 593__ $$aBiochemistry$$c2023$$dQ2 000126230 593__ $$aElectrical and Electronic Engineering$$c2023$$dQ2 000126230 594__ $$a7.3$$b2023 000126230 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000126230 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1401-6495$$aLambán, María Pilar$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000126230 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0692-5982$$aRoyo, Jesús$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000126230 700__ $$aSánchez, Juan Carlos 000126230 7102_ $$15002$$2515$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri.$$cÁrea Ing. Procesos Fabricación 000126230 773__ $$g23, 7 (2023), 3502 [12 pp.]$$pSensors$$tSensors$$x1424-8220 000126230 8564_ $$s1747587$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126230/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000126230 8564_ $$s2697657$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126230/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000126230 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:126230$$particulos$$pdriver 000126230 951__ $$a2024-11-22-12:00:15 000126230 980__ $$aARTICLE