The primary purpose of this newsletter is to provide an aggregation of energy related information published in the past month pertinent...

There is a few things you need to know and to ask yourself before determining if CSA is right for you. CSA stands for “Community...

Sprung Instant Structures have developed a very good solution to greenhouse buildings, to replace the heavy and expensive glass and steel...

Sprung Structures offer many advantages over typical greenhouse structures, including weight, durability, opacity, height and...

America. CHP systems neatly address two main challenges: (1) the amount of thermal energy used by consumers is higher than generally...

A CHP system consists of an engine, generator, heat exchangers, and monitoring/control computers. (See Fig. 4) CHP systems can be...

The decision of any individual building owner or manager to install a CHP system will of course be based on the specific benefits...

Current greenhouse operations are very energy intensive, requiring supplemental heat and, in facilities with grow lights, large amounts...

Aquaponics is the practice of growing plants and fish in conjunction so that their inputs and outputs provide a closed loop ‘ecosystem’...

Passive solar design can potentially be integrated with aquaponics and other water features to provide benefits in terms of energy...

Particularly in northern climates, artificial lighting within greenhouses can be essential to enable 12 month growing. Until recently...

In order to make smaller greenhouses self-supporting, and maximize profits in larger operations, it is necessary to maximize growing...