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. 18, 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. 1, 2017

By Polysolar Limited

In order to investigate the performance of Iris wilsonii in high-salinity wastewater, seven microcosm submerged beds were built with rectangular plastic tanks and packed with marble chips and sand. Each submerged bed was transplanted with six stems of I. wilsonii. The submerged beds were operated in a 7-d batch mode in a greenhouse with artificial wastewater for three 42-d ...

Aug. 26, 2016

By IWA Publishing

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. 18, 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. 28, 2015

By Associated Press

Scarcity of water, major critical concern in arid areas, has led to the use of low–quality irrigation water in agriculture in most of arid climate areas. The quality of water used for agriculture has to be reduced to a sustainable level that is also adapted to the environment. This paper presents the performance of a pilot condensation irrigation (CI) solar system in Tunisia under arid ...

Dec. 16, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 18 per cent this year, according to official government figures, but some experts are surprised by the news and fear the true trend remains upward. The estimated area of forest cleared in the 12 ...

Dec. 4, 2014

By SciDev.Net

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. 17, 2014

By Rough Brothers Inc.

Founded in 1932, Rough Brothers’ original business focus was greenhouse maintenance and repair. But, things are far different today. Company growth has been steady in recent years as the breadth of Rough Brothers’ services and products has far exceeded what the original five ‘Rough’ brothers could have ever imagined. Today Rough Brothers and its sister companies cover the ...

Nov. 17, 2014

By Rough Brothers Inc.

Project Name: Aquaponics Greenhouse Garden – San Bernadino County Museum Products: Gravelpave2 Applications:  Flooring for Greenhouse  City: Redlands State/Province: California ...

Aug. 11, 2014

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

News of California’s epic drought continues to reverberate around the nation. Not only have millions of Californians been cut off from their usual water supply, but the drought is threatening the state’s multi-billion-dollar agriculture and tourism industries. To learn about the ...

Feb. 12, 2014

By World Resources Institute WRI

Assessing the real-world impact of new agronomic practices depends on good economic studies, says David Spielman. A new narrative is slowly taking hold of today's collective thinking about productivity, growth and poverty reduction in developing-country agriculture: the concept of ...

Oct. 15, 2013

By SciDev.Net

An in situ technology for mitigating diffuse agricultural pollution using catch crops was developed for simultaneously preventing nitrate groundwater pollution, reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) gas emissions, and removing salts from the topsoil. Seasonal changes in the performance of a catch crop were investigated using lysimeters in a full-scale greenhouse experiment with 50 d ...

Aug. 28, 2013

By IWA Publishing

May 6, 2013 By Claus Conzelmann GLOBE-Net, May 6, 2013 - The food production chain uses a large share of the world's limited resources, which is why as the world's ...

May 5, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

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. 16, 2013

By Eco-Tec Inc.

Greenhouse gases covered by the UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol include amongst others, three groups of fluorinated greenhouse gases (the so-called 'F-gases'): hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). These F-gases typically have very long lifetimes in the atmosphere and high global warming potentials (GWPs). The European Union Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 on ...

Aug. 31, 2012

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

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. 27, 2011

By Construction Resource Initiatives Council

International negotiations on climate change have recognized the importance of enhanced national action on mitigation, and of finance, technology, and capacity-building support to developing countries. Since 2009, a growing number of developed and developing countries have pledged mitigation targets and actions, and developed countries have committed to provide financing to developing countries, ...

Jun. 13, 2011

By World Resources Institute WRI

Sweet sorghum [SS; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a potential biofuel crop for the Great Plains. Sweet sorghum was compared with corn [Zea mays (L.)] and grain sorghum for potential ethanol yield, energy use efficiency, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at seven dryland site-years in Nebraska. Seasonal rainfall ranged from approximately 340 to 660 mm. Soils were deep with medium texture at all ...

Dec. 31, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Five different N sources were compared with null N treatment to evaluate their performance for N-rich reference plot establishment in corn (Zea mays L.). The sources, including calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN), urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), polymer-coated urea (PCU) and environmentally smart nitrogen (ESN) in 2007 and 2008, and urea (URE), were broadcast or in-soil banded at the rate of 225 kg N ...

Dec. 31, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)