Greening the Greenhouse: Designing a Carbon Neutral Future Wednesday 2nd April, 2008 The Living Rainforest, Berkshire

The Living Rainforest and Trust for Sustainable Living, in co-operation with the Horticultural Development Council

Agenda

Explore practical innovations in low-carbon design which promise to reduce energy costs and remove the unwanted environmental costs of heated greenhouses today.

10am
Registration & Coffee

Greening the Greenhouse - In Theory

10.35am
Welcome

10.45am
Professor Gerard Bot, Wageningen University, The Netherlands: Greening the Greenhouse - general considerations

11.10am
Professor Gareth Edwards-Jones, University of Bangor, Wales: The lifecycle of horticultural food production - horticultural carbon emissions in context

11.35am
Dr Feije de Zwart, Wageningen University, The Netherlands: Greening the Living Rainforest

12.00 noon
Lunch

Greening the Greenhouse - In Practice

1pm
Andrew Logan & Karl Hansen, The Living Rainforest: Integrating issues - so much for the theory, what about the practice? Followed by Glasshouse Tour

2pm
Chris Plackett, FEC Services Ltd., UK: Alternative energy sources and their applications - What are the options for the UK grower?

2.25pm
Richard Harnett, Kernock Park Plants, Cornwall: A grower’s experiences with wood-chip heating for glasshouses

2.50pm
Coffee

3.10pm
Afternoon Workshops (A. Seasonal heat storage, or B. Wood-chip heating)

4pm
Summary & Closing Remarks: Neil Bragg, Chairman, Horticultural Development Company

4.15pm
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