Innovative Energy Saving and Climate Control System for Greenhouses

该项目的主要目的是通过提出低成本的节能和气候控制系统，为温室保护种植业的固有问题提供可持续的解决方案。该项目提出了一种创新的综合方法来提高温室的能源性能，提高各种受保护作物的产量，除了利用隔热太阳能玻璃作为温室玻璃，自然通风捕风器和创新的LED灯外，还采用了季节性地下热能储存和创新的真空隔热板。提出的解决方案改善了温室的室内条件，提高了生产力，减少了对传统燃料的依赖，以提供能源需求，从而减少了碳排放和高运行成本。项目的成功实施将使整个社区受益，包括受保护的种植户和产业、客户和英国经济。

The project main aim is to provide a sustainable solution to the inherent problems of the greenhouse protected cropping industry through proposing a low-cost energy saving and climate control system. The project presents an innovative integrated approach to enhance the energetic performance of greenhouses and improve the yield of various protected crops through employing a seasonal underground thermal energy store with an innovative vacuum insulation panels in addition to utilizing heat insulation solar glass as the greenhouse glazing, natural ventilation windcatchers and innovative LED lights. The proposed solution enhances the glasshouse indoor conditions, improves the productivity and reduces the reliance on conventional fuels to provide energy needs and thus reducing the carbon emissions and the high running costs. Successful project implementation will benefit the whole community including the protected cropping growers and industry, the customers and the UK economy.