If you keep a nursery closed , you no longer lose valued heat , water system , and CO₂. That ’s rather obvious . But if you want to keep the greenhouse climate optimum for the crop you grow , you will have to look for proficiency that make this possible without ingest to spread windows . A team of specialists affiliated with Gentle Green put their heads together to recrudesce a organization for this . And that arrangement is quick to go to market , enounce Edwin van der Knaap .
Edwin van der Knaap , a finish expert with extensive outside experience who filled the role of Chief Product Officer , recently joined the company . Gentle Green , free-base in Almere , developed an integrated mood organisation . The scheme gives the grower full ascendence over temperature , humidity , CO₂ , and air travel circulation at all metre , thus leave the best conditions for harvest production , says Edwin .
" The technology is a find technology . It assumes refinement in a unsympathetic greenhouse . Our system offer very precise climate control , completely uniform throughout the greenhouse . " Gentle Green is an applied science companionship that also direct care of the system ’s recognition . The international team is composed of specialist with extensive experience in climate and process ascendance in the build surroundings and process industry . " What we do is integrated system design , bring in use of existing technologies , " he articulate .
The glasshouse can operate with fogey fuel but does not need fossil fuel . CO₂ is purchased or extracted from the atmosphere and serves as a supplement for works uptake alone . Since the glasshouse is closed , the risk of entry of viruses , bacterium , fungus kingdom , and pollen is greatly reduced . Of course , this does not alter the fact that because of other flattop , such as seeded player and humanity , strict hygiene dominion must be followed even in greenhouses with the Gentle Green system .
Test in greenhouse AlmereThe scheme was used for the first meter in 2021 . In a greenhouse expanse in Almere , a section was converted to prove the Gentle Green system . " The system mould very on the dot and with very downhearted free energy consumption , " Edwin stresses . After all-embracing examination , a lot of time was put into economic value engineering ( reducing costs ) and making the system ready for product .
Currently , Gentle Green is in talk with cultivator of various crops . Edwin points to food market developments that Gentle Green specialists say call for invention in vegetable cultivation . " In the areas of CO₂ , piss , energy , and craw protective covering , among others , a lot is live on to shift in the Netherlands and many other body politic in terms of legislation in the nigh future . With our system of rules , cultivator are assured of a solution that is well ahead of this legislation and therefore future - test copy . "
During the exploitation of the system , growers from several countries were involved . The cultivation expert see chance in numerous crop , advert mainly vegetable crops ab initio . " We are exploit with tomatoes , lettuce , peppercorn , but also in medicinal marijuana . In addition , the system is also very useful for flowers and works . "
Storing heatFor that reason , Almere is certainly looking beyond the Netherlands . " If temperature or seasonal differences are very large , then the advantage of work with our scheme is even groovy . Suppose as a grower you may only grow for 9 out of 12 calendar month now because of summertime rut , and with our system , you may maturate for 12 months , you make interesting gains . "
The closed glasshouse deliver the precision of a upright farm without the high energy price , as sunlight and solar heat bring home the bacon PAR light and heating , Edwin explains . " Excess heat is removed and stack away effectively and efficiently . With Gentle Green ’s system , the cultivator does not debilitate vitality by opening window when cooling , but can catch the thermic energy and use it elsewhere or lay in it for a belated time . "
New buildingThe most salient thing about the exterior of a glasshouse with the Gentle Green organization is the fact that there is little or no motive for open windows . " In addition , inside the greenhouse , you will see that we are process with different technological feature than in a regular Venlo greenhouse , " he says .
With the system , the untested company is depend on both new - chassis projects and retrofit . The latter has been applied at the airplane pilot site in Almere . The organisation has also been patented . " With the start - up of the outside undertaking , a whole new phase is begin , " he say .
Edwin van der Knaap and investor Anton Klunder
For more selective information : Edwin van der KnaapGentle Green[email protected]www.gentlegreen.nl
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