Learn How You Can Do More in Your Greenhouse With Less Energy Use
January 20, 2023 The Ohio State University is hosting a Greenhouse Management Workshop that will take place both in person (at the Shisler Center on the OSU Wooster campus) and virtually on Jan. 26-27, 2023. The theme is “More With Less Energy” and attendees can learn the fundamental and latest practices to reduce energy use for quality greenhouse crops, from the pros and cons of cool nights to lighting and temperature strategies to improve energy efficiency to research and commercial greenhouse tours.
The program breaks down into three parts:
Fundamentals
- Carbon and water footprinting benchmarks to implement energy efficient floriculture crop production strategies
- Growing crops with less energy – engineering fundamentals
- Best management practices to control insect pests in greenhouses
- Managing controlled environments to manage plant diseases
Investing in Technology
- Approaches to improve energy usage efficiency and returns on investment
- Energy conservation strategies for new construction and retrofit greenhouse projects
- Rural Energy for America Program, energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy grants and loan guarantees
Advanced Cultural Practices
- Lighting and temperature strategies to improve energy efficiency in greenhouse crop production
- Pros and cons of cool nights
- Grower’s perspective of LED vs. HID lighting
- A view from the Netherlands: Growers’ response to the energy crisis
- Virtual Grower – 4 Bet
The event also includes tours of Green Circle Growers (the subject of Greenhouse Grower’s January cover story) in Oberlin, OH, and a tour of the Wooster campus research facilities and greenhouses.
Full program details can be found here. To register, click here.
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