The Ulaanbaatar Affordable Green Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Sector Project (AHURP) stands out for its innovative integration of housing planning with greenhouse farming, providing citizens with employment opportunities, improving their livelihood, promoting the availability of locally-grown, safe vegetables, and reducing dependence on imported food products. This integration serves as a significant advantage of the project. Within the project framework, we are diligently working towards the following outputs:
Output 1: Resilient urban infrastructure, public facilities, and social housing units in ger areas constructed.
Output 2: Long-term financing to developers for low carbon affordable housing, market rate housing, and economic facilities in ger areas and to households for green mortgages increased.
To achieve these outputs, project planned greenhouses in the eco-districts based on the interests and needs of residents for greenhouse farming along with activities to enhance knowledge and skills in vegetable farming, to promote the collective efforts through cooperative arrangements, and to make greenhouse farming a long-term livelihood activity.
The project is implementing in stages three types of greenhouses developed by the consultants.
Multi-storey greenhouse
The multi-storey detached greenhouse is an innovative model that has not yet been tested in the country. This type of greenhouse operates without the need for heating, utilizing the apartment's rear wall to accumulate heat mass and conserve energy.
Direct access from the residential area to the greenhouse will be advantageous, particularly for individuals with disabilities, as it enables them to engage in food growing. Combining multi-storey greenhouse farming with modern advanced cultivation systems such as hydroponics, aquaponics, microgreens, and multi-layer cultivation holds great potential for increasing efficiency and productivity.
Three-season passive greenhouse
The three-season passive greenhouse is a greenhouse model that relies solely on renewable energy sources for heat, eliminating the need for additional heating equipment. It features a natural ventilation system and utilizes roof water for irrigation purposes. This type of greenhouse offers good economic benefits and operation over a long period of time . It is particularly suitable for early spring seeding and cultivating frost-resistant vegetables during autumn. The utilization of three-season passive greenhouses has yielded favorable agronomic and thermal performance results in numerous regions across the country.
The Ger Greenhouse (GGH)
The Ger Greenhouse (GGH) is a greenhouse design inspired by the traditional Mongolian dwelling known as a ger. The roof of the ger greenhouse is designed with 240 degrees covered in glass, while the remaining 120 degrees consist of roof structures. During the summer, residents can utilize the ger greenhouse for recreational activities, for gardening, growing indoor flowers, and seedling, and developing hobbies around greenhouse activities. In the winter, the greenhouse is planned to be used for leasure time activities such as training and sport activities.
Links:
https://www.mofa.gov.mn/branch/gazar_tarialan/616f940a73bc4a5fc70f21fb