Cannabis Greenhouse Designer
1. Design your cannabis greenhouse with Hortinergy
Hortinergy supports the cannabis greenhouse designer in creating energy-efficient greenhouses with optimized climate control. Simulate heating, cooling, lighting, and dehumidification to choose the best equipment setup and reduce energy costs while maximizing crop quality.
It’s easy to make your cannabis greenhouse design project online worldwide.
- Enter the input parameters: greenhouse dimensions, screens, equipment and climate settings,
- Hortinergy models the inner climate,
- Hortinergy will simulate the energy consumption.
As a cannabis greenhouse designer, you can estimate the impact of multiple variables and compare scenarios to find the most energy-efficient and productive setup.
- Climate settings,
- Supplemental lighting system,
- Heating consumption,
- Cooling system in dry climate with a semi-closed greenhouse or pad & fan,
- Cooling and dehumidification system in humid climate with a closed greenhouse,
- Type of screens: thermal, shade, blackout…
2. Climate settings and modelling in a cannabis greenhouse designer
In a cannabis greenhouse, controlling temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and air velocity is essential for maximizing plant health and yield. Hortinergy allows the cannabis greenhouse designer to set and simulate these key climate parameters with precision.
For example, as a cannabis greenhouse designer, you can input specific temperature and humidity setpoints to match your crop’s needs and simulate how different systems will perform throughout the year.
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
- located in Ontario, Canada,
- roof: transparent glass cover, blackout screen and thermal screen,
- side walls: opaque,
- assimilation lighting,
- cooling and dehumidification system.
We show the inner climate during an average day in May. The temperatures are in Celsius degrees .
3. Supplemental light design in a cannabis greenhouse designer
You can design the supplemental lighting system of your greenhouse.
Hortinergy models:
- HPS and LED supplemental lighting,
- Solar radiation transmitted through the transparent cover and reaching canopy,
- Assimilation lighting required based on regulatory set points:
- Day Light Integral (DLI),
- or a fixed monthly schedule,
- Electricity consumption,
- Impact on the inner climate and energy consumption:
- sensible heat generated by light,
- latent heat (evapotranspiration) generated by the crop due to light.
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.
4. Heating system and energy consumption with a cannabis greenhouse designer
Hortinergy simulates the energy consumption of the greenhouse. The results are the hourly heating demand and a monthly overview of the energy consumption.
5. Closed or sealed greenhouse with Cannabis Greenhouse Designer
Hortinergy simulates the latent (dehumidification) and sensitive cooling demand in a https://www.hortinergy.com/features/closed-sealed-greenhouse-design/.
The results are a table with the monthly summary and an Excel file with the hourly data.
6. Semi-closed greenhouse with Cannabis Greenhouse designer
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:
- The inner climate, including external air-flow and water consumption as shown above
- The required heating as presented before
- Electricity and water consumption: a table with the monthly overview and an Excel file with hourly data.
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:
- semi-closed greenhouse and closed or sealed greenhouse
- Supplemental lighting
- Heating consumption
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.