Greenhouse Management Articles

As a leader in greenhouse automation equipment, we are always looking to bring our growers new ideas on how to best utilize our equipment within their greenhouse. With the release of our highly coveted Universal Attachment, we are able to bring you new ideas on how to do more with less. The Universal Attachment is highly effective for attaching fans, insect mats, fans and lights. Boom lighting ...

Apr. 19, 2017

By Cherry Creek Systems

Wales System kWp: 1.08 Area: 24.96 Inverter: SMA Soladin 600 Modules Used: PS-C-901 Transparent The custom built cedar greenhouse had been designed to accept 12 of Polysolar's 90 W transparent modules. Polysolar supplied the panels and all electrical balance of system. Objective: Supply only 12 90w transparent modules and electrical system for a bespoke built ...

Feb. 2, 2017

By Polysolar Limited

Today water distribution utilities are trying to improve operational efficiency through increased demand intelligence from their largest customers. Moving to prognostic operations allows utilities to optimally schedule and scale resources to meet demand more reliably and economically. Commercial greenhouses are large water consumers. In order to produce effective forecasting models for ...

Mar. 19, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Here are some things to know about California Gov. Jerry Brown's new target for reducing carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN? Brown set a goal for the state to reduce emissions to 40 percent below what they were in 1990. Countries set that year as a benchmark for climate change when they signed on to the U.N. Kyoto Protocol, an ...

Apr. 29, 2015

By Associated Press

Have you been reviewing your annual budget and wondering if now is the right time to build a new greenhouse, or expand or renovate an existing one? Rough Brothers can help you decide if now the best time for your greenhouse project is. Rough Brothers has been in the Commercial greenhouse construction business since 1932. We have a team of ...

Nov. 18, 2014

By Rough Brothers Inc.

In the Malaysia Chronicle of 17 January 2014, Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) mentions that there is no credible ...

Jan. 27, 2014

By Wetlands International

In 2009, the Board of Waste Management for the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada (RGMRM) found a biogas purification solution through an Eco-Tec Inc. system known as BgPur, which uses a patented, high efficiency gas-liquid contacting process, allowing H2S to be absorbed and the gas purified for reuse in power generation, cogeneration and heating applications. The aim was to purify the landfill ...

Apr. 17, 2013

By Eco-Tec Inc.

Vegetation is generally considered as an essential component for a sustainable city as it helps improve its microclimate environment and reduce greenhouse gases emissions. However, there is some evidence suggesting that adverse effects may be caused by tree–planting in shallow urban street canyons. Accordingly, we intended to investigate whether similar observations are found for different canyon ...

Dec. 28, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

During its first session held in Bonn from 17.25 May 2012, the ADP agreed on its Bureau, adopted its agenda and initiated two work streams, one addressing matters related to paragraphs 2.6 of decision 1/CP.17 and another addressing matters related to paragraphs 7.8 of that same decision. IGO’s and NGOs were invited to contribute to the thinking on how the ADP can advance its work, in light ...

Jul. 27, 2012

By Wetlands International

The best way for Canadian construction to reduce its energy consumption will not necessarily be found in how it powers its work, says a leading energy research analyst. "The energy consumed in construction products is 35 to 40 per cent of the grand total of energy consumed in Canada. The ‘stuff’ that construction needs to make 'stuff is energy intensive," said John Nyboer, executive ...

Dec. 28, 2011

By Construction Resource Initiatives Council

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) will be categorized as a pollutant following the US Supreme Court's landmark notice approving the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ruling. The gases harm the environment as they have proved to increase heat trapping chemicals in the atmosphere. These chemicals, commonly taking the form of refrigerant gases, originate from a variety of systems, including ...

Apr. 30, 2009

By Verisae

Australian corporations and government bodies face the imperative to create a platform in their own organisations to tackle the complex issue of climate change through sustainability strategies. Sustainability means taking responsible action and providing solutions that improve operational resilience, commercial sustainability and environmental sustainability with the resultant environmental, ...

Apr. 16, 2009

By Telstra Enterprise and Government

To the purpose of a balanced, comprehensive approach to reducing and eliminating emissions of greenhouse gases, a list of their diminishable/removable sources has been worked out. This list cannot be complete and the authors expect it to provoke discussion in professional magazines and that this list will be expanded and modified.Keywords: carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse gas elimination, ...

Dec. 19, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialized countries with a green house gas reduction commitment (called Annex 1 countries) to invest in projects that reduce emissions of GHGs in developing countries as an alternative to more expensive emission reductions in their own countries. The most important factor of a carbon project is that it ...

Jan. 2, 2008

The Kyoto commitment by the OECD countries, involves a 28% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2010 from what they would otherwise have been. Recent analyses by the IEA point to the herculean task that is required. A combination of commandeered early retirement of one-half of all coal power plants and a coal tax that increases fossil fuel prices to far above the level experienced during the worst OPEC ...

Aug. 18, 2003

By Inderscience Publishers

In December 1997, member countries of the United Nations reached agreement to reduce their total greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. By 2005, all member countries will have to report on their progress. Such international action reflects the immediate need to tackle the issue of greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on climate change. As the world looks to the new millennium, ...

Jan. 1, 2000