Discover the features:
With Hortinergy, you can model the climate and the energy consumption of classic and modern equipments.
Main equipement and features:
- Semi-closed greenhouse
- Pad and fan or fog evaporative cooling system
- Closed – sealed greenhouse
- Water buffer tank
- LED and HPS supplemental lighting system
- Sustainable greenhouse and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)
Greenhouse calculator :
- Greenhouse calculator
- Cooling calculator
- Heating calculator
- Dehumidification calculator
- Lighting calculator
- Ventilation calculator
- PV greenhouse calculator
Design tools:
- Greenhouse design in hot climates
- Data center heat recovery
- Cannabis greenhouse design
- Energy efficient greenhouse design
- Geothermal plant to heat greenhouse
- Effects of future climate change
- Carbon tax rebate in US and Canada
- Climate constrol and risk analysis
- Greenhouse configurations comparison tool
Training and consultancy:
- Training on energy calculation and greenhouse design
- Consultancy and greenhouse design support
- Greenhouse energy audit and feasibility study
You can also develop a comprehensive buisness plan including profitability assessment with Greenhouse Formula.
After construction, light management advice can be provided by ProJoules.
Functionalities in the virtual greenhouse software
Weather file
Annual record on an hourly basis based on the GPS coordinates with Meteonorm.
- Temperature
- Relative humidity
- Solar radiation (global, diffuse, normal, PAR)
- Cloudiness
- Sky temperature
- Wind speed and direction
Greenhouse covering
Most of classic, innovative and energy effcient greenhouse covering material are included.
- Orientation and dimensions
- Shape of the greenhouse: glass, gothic arch, multi-span plastic
- Roof and wall materials
- Airtightness
- Screen for each wall (quantity, characteristics)
- Summer whitening (period, characteristics)
Techniques involved
The crop library includes most of the crops
- Type of culture
- Type of growing medium
- Planting and harvesting dates
Heating equipment
Most of greenhouse energy efficient heating equipment can be modelled
- Rail pipes
- Grow pipes
- Air unit heaters
- Perimeter heating
- Low temperature pipe under bench
- Overhead heating pipes
- Pulsed-air generator
Heat production and storage
- Type of energy source
- Primary production: type and characteristics (maximum and minimum power, condenser, etc.
- Secondary production / back-up: type and characteristics (maximum and minimum power, condenser, etc.)
- Storage tank
Climate control and regulation
Climate setpoints are similar as those of a climate computer to model inner climate and optimise greenhouse energy consumption.
- Temperature: day/night at different periods of the year and morning revival
- Relative humidity control: RH or humidity deficit
- Screen: depending on the sunlight (thermal/shading) or internal/external temperature difference
- Open buffer: Water DT, CO2 production (Minimum solar radiation, required CO2 level), optimisation of the primary system (minimum power), etc
Semi-closed greenhouse
Hortinergy can model semi-closed greenhouse, closed greenhouse, pad & fan, fog systems etc… to optimise greenhouse energy consumption and inner climate.
- Semi-closed greenhouse
- Air revival maximum rate
- Air internal recirculation rate
- Fan specification
- Cooling system (pas, fog)
- Pad specification
- Cooling temperature
- Vent opening temperature
Assimilation light
Assimilation light calculations are included to design energy efficient greenhouse.
- Type of light (LED, HPS)
- Maximum power required
- Lighting efficiency
- Lighting regulation (DLI, hour)
Greenhouse gas emission
Greenhouse gas emission calculation (g CO2/m² or CO2 / kg product) are required to design energy efficient greenhouse.
- Nutriments
- CO2 injection
- Embodied energy of the greenhouse structure
- Heating