Knowledge center for greenhouse horticulture
Support greenhouse horticulture sector on energy.
Belorta, Boerenbond, Coöperatie Hoogstraten,
PMV, REO veiling
Within this project, we will do the following:
- Maintain a supportive trust relationship with the sector
- Provide energy info to and translate to the sector
- Provide technical and economic advice on energy-related investment trajectories of horticulturists
- Monitoring policy objectives and translating them to the sector
- Acting as an energy expert for the greenhouse horticulture sector in working groups and bodies where policy is made or tested
- Identifying energy-related problems
- Providing simple, practically usable calculation tools
The Glasshouse Horticulture Expertise Center is a cooperative company dedicated to the glasshouse horticulture sector. Our expertise center stands to provide support in the field of energy, both to individual greenhouse horticulture companies and collectively.
Within this project we do the following:
- Maintain a supportive relationship of trust with the sector
- Provide and translate energy info to the sector
- Provide technical and economic advice on energy-related investment trajectories of horticulturists
- Follow up on policy objectives and translate them to the sector
- Act as energy expert in function of the greenhouse horticulture sector in working groups and bodies where policy is made or tested
- Identifying energy-related problems
- Maintaining website glasreg and providing simple practical useful calculation tools
Funded from
Researchers
Herman Marien
Greenhouse horticulture expert. Lecturer and greenhouse horticulture representative.
Griet Janssen
Proud of this team: bright researchers, knowledgeable staff, fine people.
Bert De Schutter
Practical application of energy technologies in buildings and greenhouses. Technical-economic evaluations of heat grids, heat pumps, etc., among others.
Fjo De Ridder
Interest in greenhouse horticulture, energy and climate control with expertise in data analysis and CO2 supply
Jeroen van Roy
Expertise in techniques for indoor farming, data analytics and smart lighting greenhouse horticulture