Low Carbon/Energy Greenhouse Prototype

2017年，加拿大有887家商业温室蔬菜工厂，生产了63.4万公吨蔬菜，农场大门价值14亿美元。政府预计，几十年来生产率上升的趋势将继续稳步增长。艾伯塔省温室产业占地约151.0公顷，由于其活动，每平方米生产约2547.9公斤二氧化碳，或25,478吨二氧化碳。为了减少温室气体的影响，温室产业正在寻求一种具有减少温室气体影响的全年粮食生产温室技术。加拿大气候的多样性需要进行广泛的研究，以走向可行的、可持续的蔬菜温室。 荷兰已经确立了到2050年创建碳中性温室产业的目标，在朝着这一艰巨目标努力的过程中，他们已经成为世界领导者。荷兰的碳中性温室设计包括使用穿过地面的管道空气回路进行季节性能量储存，这些回路捕捉空气中温度变化产生的热量，以及空气通过该回路冷却时产生的凝结热。季节性能源储存使温室全年运行，降低了能源成本。Scott Builders(Scott)是一家总部位于艾伯塔省的建筑公司。由于石油和天然气行业的低迷，加上新冠肺炎的影响，他们的商业建筑业务正在下滑。为了应对目前的挑战，他们希望通过设计、建造、评估并最终建立一个可行的新产品来扩大他们的产品供应，为现有的农业和新兴的加拿大蔬菜温室产业提供一种新的产品。加拿大温室蔬菜部门是加拿大园艺业中规模最大、增长最快的部分，被动式日光温室通过减少排放符合省和联邦的战略优先事项。

In 2017, Canada had 887 commercial greenhouse vegetable operations producing 634,000 metric tonnes of vegetables producing a farm gate value of $1.4B. The government anticipates a continued steady increase in an upward productivity trend for multi-decades. The Alberta Greenhouse Industry encompasses around 151.0 hectares producing about 2547.9 kg CO2e/m2 or 25,478 tons of CO2e due to its activities. To reduce greenhouse gas impacts a greenhouse technology that the Green house industry is seeking a year-round food production greenhouse with a reduced greenhouse gas impact. The diversity of Canada's climate requires extensive study to move toward viable sustainable vegetable greenhouses. The Netherlands have established a goal to create a carbon neutral greenhouse industry by 2050 and they have become the world leaders as they work toward this daunting goal. Carbon neutral greenhouse designs in the Netherlands include seasonal energy storage using ducted air loops through the ground that capture the heat from the change in temperature in the air and the heat of condensation that occurs when the air cools through the loop. Seasonal energy storage allows the greenhouse to operate year-round with reduced energy costs. Scott Builders (Scott) is an Alberta based construction company. They are experiencing a decline in their commercial construction business due to the oil and gas industry downturn coupled with the impacts of Covid-19. To address their current challenges, they want to expand their offerings by designing, constructing, evaluating and finally establishing a feasible a new product offering to the existing agricultural and burgeoning Canadian vegetable greenhouse industry. The Canadian greenhouse vegetable sector is the largest and fastest growing segment of Canadian horticulture and a passive solar greenhouse aligns to provincial and federal strategic priorities by reducing emissions.