Food & AgriculturePilot

Insect-protein loop (heat-fed)

Uses waste heat to raise insect protein that feeds livestock, with frass as fertilizer — a closed nutrient loop.

Open planner →Cost bandMediumIllustrative Example

Where it applies

Applicability of Insect-protein loop (heat-fed) across climate, water stress, land context, and community scale.
ClimateColdapplicableTemperateapplicableAridnot applicableTropicalnot applicable
Water stressLowapplicableMediumapplicableHighapplicable
Land contextGreenfieldapplicableDegradedapplicableBrownfieldapplicableUrbanapplicable
Community scaleRuralapplicableTownapplicableMetronot applicable

Five Capitals contribution

  • Natural2
  • Human1
  • Social1
  • Built1
  • Financial1

0–5 illustrative weighting of how this intervention builds each capital. Illustrative Example.

PrecedentPilot

Documented pilot / research deployment.

RISE mealworm→chicken→fertilizer loop documented

Case studies1

RISE insect-protein loop

Pilot

RISE · Sweden

FigureValueSource
Loopmealworm → chicken → fertilizermedium conf.Insect-protein loop (citation)

The RISE pilot documents a heat-fed mealworm-to-chicken-to-fertilizer loop beside a data center.

How it maps herePILOT-tier; heat-fed circular food system.

Sources

  • RISE insect-protein loopRISE

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