Discover the features :

With Hortinergy, you can model the climate and the energy consumption of most the classic and modern equipments.

Main equipement and features:

Design:

Functionalities in the virtual greenhouse software

Weather file

Annual record on an hourly basis prepared 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 aquipment 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

Most of heat production and storage can be modelled to improve greenhouse energy efficiency.

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