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Integrating Systems – Forget the Theory, What
About the Practice
Greening the Greenhouse: Designing a Carbon Neutral Future – 2nd April 2008
Creating a sustainability experience, connecting global and local issues
& promoting sustainable ways of living to
safeguard future communities and ecosystems
Integrated Greenhouse ProjectPhase 0 (2003/4)
SEEDA 2003Seed funding - £40k
GreenSys 2004Established partnerships with Professor Gerard Bot and team at Wageningen University, and the renewable energy team at TV Energy
Integrated Greenhouse ProjectPhase 1 (2005/6)
Human Impact Building (ReDiscover/Millennium Commission)
Purpose: To demonstrate sustainable low-carbon greenhouse design, integrated with other buildings
Our Heating Journey… from fossil fuel to local wood chip
... the first public indoor rainforest garden to convert to wood chip heating
CO2 emissions per unit of energy supplied
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Woodfuelled heat
Wind power
Solar PV m-si
Solar PV p-Si
Natural gas heating
Light fuel oil heating
Integrated Greenhouse ProjectPhase 2 (2007/8)
Green Greenhouse / Vertical Soil Heat Exchanger (VSHE)
Integrated Greenhouse ProjectPhase 2 (2007/8)
Green Greenhouse / Vertical Soil Heat Exchanger (VSHE)
The Problem
Unsustainable food/crop production in energy-wasteful greenhouses, using non-renewable energy
Lack of integration of greenhouses with associated buildings for improved energy management
Lack of investment in low-carbon footprint greenhouses
Confusion about what is best practice for producers and consumers
Greening the Greenhouse:“so much for the theory”
• integration part I• continuity of supply• how big is your bunker?• Infinity and beyond, integration part II• No questions please, wait for the
workshop ;^)
Greening the Greenhouse:“so much for the theory”
• integration part I– If demand < capacityBiomB = happiness– If demand > capacityOilB = happiness– If demand > capB < capO = disquiet!
• put both devices ‘behind’ the buffer?• discuss…remember the workshop
Greening the Greenhouse:“so much for the theory”
• In conclusion…• We’re proud of our biomass boiler• We’re going to make it work• Bring on the GSHP!• If we knew then what we knew now …• Workshop anyone?
Thank you!Please contact us if you have any questions.
Integrated Greenhouse ProjectThe Living RainforestHampstead NorreysBerkshire RG18 0TN
Karl Hansen, Project [email protected]; 01635 202444
Andrew Logan, Project [email protected]; 01635 202444
