A project of a cannabis greenhouse design? You can simulate online closed greenhouse, cooling, dehumidification, supplemental lighting, screens…
Cannabis is a very sensitive crop. A cannabis greenhouse design is very technical. Many equipment are therefore needed to control the inner climate: lighting, dehumidification, cooling, heating, blackout screens… The investments and the energy consumption are very high.
Hortinergy assists you in designing an energy efficient greenhouse with an optimal climate. You will be able to define the best equipment configuration in order to reduce your energy cost.
It’s easy to make your cannabis greenhouse design project online worldwide.
You can estimate the impact of many parameters and compare the scenarios:
In a cannabis greenhouse, you want to control temperature, humidity, solar radiation and air velocity. Hortinergy implements these climate settings parameters:
For instance, you can fill in the temperature and humidity setpoints
Secondly, Hortinergy will simulate the inner climate on an hourly basis during a typical year.
Hortinergy models the transpiration of cannabis taking into account the development of the crop and the inner climate: temperature, humidity, solar radiation, assimilation lighting, air speed…
We show as an example a glass greenhouse
We show the inner climate during an average day in May. The temperatures are in Celsius degrees .
You can design the supplemental lighting system of your greenhouse.
Hortinergy models:
The calculations are performed on an hourly basis during a typical year.
You will estimate your electricity consumption by taking into account the different parameters of your assimilation lighting system.
Then Hortinergy simulates the solar radiation reaching the canopy and the additional assimilation lighting required.
Hortinergy also shows electricity consumption and expenses.
Hortinergy simulates the energy consumption of the greenhouse. The results are the hourly heating demand and a monthly overview of the energy consumption.
Hortinergy simulates the latent (dehumidification) and sensitive cooling demand in a closed or sealed greenhouse.
The results are a table with the monthly summary and an Excel file with the hourly data.
Hortinergy also simulates semi-closed greenhouse. The model includes air tubes, fan specifications, air re-circulation rates, pad and fan… The schema below shows the modeling principle.
The results are:
In summary, Hortinergy is an online software that enables you to design an energy efficient and climate-optimized cannabis greenhouse worldwide. For instance, you can simulate and then compare:
With Hortinergy, you can simulate screens, semi-closed greenhouse, energy consumption, sustainability, cannabis greenhouse, supplemental lighting, and calculate carbon tax rebate. We also provide trainings on energy consumption to become a greenhouse designer.
Hortinergy is an online software. You can choose your offer, create an account and start your project.
Our consulting company Agrithermic can also support you in the design and calculation.