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LeBio magenta light adjusting nets series
Our neighbor , who runs a bio-farm, using LeBio magenta light adjusting nets series. Which fulfill the plants needs for executing photosynthesis, red light, blue light are what plants need. The specialty of magenta light adjusting nets series is that it create lots of diffused light. In the meantime, it also adjust the ratio of red light and blue light. It adjust and reduce the green light ...
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Hygroscopic dehumidification with salt
More closed growing requires a different way of dehumidifying the greenhouse air. Growers in various places throughout the world have gained experience with 'hygroscopic dehumidrfication* in the past few years. Also in the Netherlands, the first greenhouse horticulture companies will be working with this system. A pilot is being performed with a new variation. "If you want to save energy in ...
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Australian greenhouse reporting act amended to aid flexibility
The Minister for Climate Change, Senator Penny Wong, and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet, has released an amendment to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 that increases flexibility and lowers costs for businesses that are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions and energy information. Industry stakeholders have highlighted that ...
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Greenhouse Humidity Control
The best defense against fungal infection for high-value, susceptible greenhouse crops is to create environmental conditions that promote a healthy, dry crop that is also hostile to fungal proliferation. This means controlling temperature and humidity such that water is not accumulating on the surface of the plant tissue. Ideal conditions are those where the vapor pressure deficit is sufficiently ...
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Horticoop Technical Services becomes exclusive dealer for AGAM Energy Systems
As of June 1,2015, Horticoop Technical Services is the exclusive dealer for AGAM Energy Systems' products in the Netherlands and neighboring German state Lander (Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia). AGAM Energy Systems, headquartered in Hod-HaSharon. Israel, develops and manufactures energy-saving, environmentally-friendly dehumidification systems for the horticulture industry. Like ...
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Los Angeles port agrees to monitor greenhouse gases
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Thursday approved an agreement with the Port of Los Angeles to 'identify and reduce' some of the greenhouse gases generated at the port at the same meeting that it approved a proposal to increase ship calls by 30 percent at one of the West Coast's largest shipping terminals. The increase will add 1,800 daily truck trips to an overburdened neighboring area ...
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New Greenhouses Boost Research, Competitive Edge
The new Williams Hall greenhouse complex on the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center’s Wooster campus is much more than a replacement for the greenhouse lost to a tornado almost five years ago: It’s a state-of-the-art facility that will help advance plant research and strengthen Ohio agriculture. The original Williams Hall greenhouse complex was leveled by a September ...
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Using ventilated latent heat converters to reduce botrytis pressure
Controlling the humidity insfcle a controled environment e one of the most discussed concerns amongst greenhouse growers. A solution that is more often notic ed by growers are the so c aled VentJated Latent Heat Converters (VLHC); These units extract humid air from inside the greenhouse and convert water vapour into water and heat by blowing the air through a matrix of desiccant-filled elements ...
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Combatting diseases in the greenhouse before they become visible
A camera that maps photosynthesis, a DNA test that can measure the slightest traces of pathogens, or a precision spray system that only affects the plant and not the surrounding air… The Gezonde Kas (‘healthy greenhouse’) project has, over the last four years, allowed for the development of a sophisticated system of monitoring and disease control. It is now ready for practical ...
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A New Era in Agriculture: Crop cultivation with Negative Carbon Footprint
A New Era in Agriculture: Crop cultivation with Negative Carbon Footprint Brite in cooperation with Tsantalis. the largest winemaker in Greece, developed an experimental greenhouse for viticulture cultivation using Brite's Solar Glass. This fully automated greenhouse has a cultivation area of 1,200 m3 and operates all year round due to its heating and cooling systems. The cultivated crop is a ...
By Brite Solar
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A New Era in Agriculture: Crop cultivation with Negative Carbon Footprint
Brite in cooperation with Tsantalis, the largest wmemaker in Greece, developed an experimental greenhouse for viticulture cultivation using Brite's Solar Glass. This fully automated greenhouse has a cultivation area of 1,200 m3 and operates all year round due to its heating and cooling systems. The cultivated crop is a grape variety native to Greece, called Asyrtiko, and used for making white ...
By Brite Solar
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Environment Agency: Waste materials used as fuel will reduce greenhouse emissions
Waste materials used as fuel for generating electricity and heat could play an important role in meeting the UK’s renewable energy and greenhouse emissions targets, a new report suggests. Biomass – carbon sink or carbon sinner?,a report published by the Environment Agency finds that using biomass to generate electricity can deliver very large greenhouse emission savings compared with using gas ...
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Greenhouse Gases, Not El Nino, Fueled U.S. Heat in 2006
BOULDER, Colorado, August 28, 2007 (ENS) - Greenhouse gases probably accounted for more than half of the widespread heatwave felt across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study that will be published September 5 in 'Geophysical Research Letters,' a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Led by meteorologist Martin Hoerling at the National Oceanic And Atmospheric ...
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Simulating Agricultural Climate Change Scenarios using Controlled Growth Chambers
Extreme weather, believed to result from climate change and increased atmospheric CO2 levels, is a concern for many. And beyond extreme events, global warming is also expected to impact agriculture.1,2 Although it is expected that climate change will significantly affect agriculture and cause decreases in crop yields, the full effects of climate change on agriculture and human food supplies ...
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Symposium `MODEL-IT 2015 on development and application of models in the horticultural supply chain
11-14 October the chair of Horticulture and Product Physiology organises the international symposium MODEL-IT 2015 at Wageningen Campus. During this symposium the latest insights will be presented in development, calibration and application of models in the entire field of the horticultural supply chain, from production over harvest to storage, retail and even consumption. The symposium is ...
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Homes responsible for one quarter of European greenhouse emissions from energy
Home energy use is responsible overall for 25 % of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU), according to a new analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report calculates emissions based on their 'end use', or the sector using the energy. Homes in the EU only emit 12 % of energy emissions directly, but this doubles when related emissions from power plants ...
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EPA awards $7.8 million in grants to combat greenhouse gases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that 20 U.S. communities, including two Indian Tribes, will receive $7.8 million in grants for projects that will reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). The funds will help Climate Showcase Communities increase energy efficiency, saving consumers money and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions. “These communities see the overwhelming ...
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Advanticsys Greenhouses monitoring and control solutions at International Fair in Chile
Epssilon Networks , one of our worldwide strategic partners, have shown ADVANTICSYS greenhouses monitoring and control technologies at the Flores y Viveros International Exhibition Fair at Quillota, Chile on the 25th and 26th November 2014. By combining our complete set of dataloggers/controllers and LED dimming/control devices and wireless indoor conditions sensors, we are able to provide a ...
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US EPA chills progress towards regulating greenhouse gases
The Bush administration has asked for public comment on a long list of options for controlling greenhouse gas emissions under existing federal law, but emphasized that it has no intention of pursuing any of them. The announcement confirms that the Bush administration will not move to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and will pass this concern on to the next president and to Congress. The ...
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Simulating the effect of climate change on agriculture
Increased atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change are believed to contribute to extreme weather conditions, which is a major concern for many. And beyond extreme events, global warming is also predicted to affect agriculture.1,2 While climate change is expected to affect agriculture and reduce crop yields, the complete effects of climate change on agriculture and the resultant human food ...
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