Energy Smart Livestock Farming towards Zero Fossil Fuel Consumption

Resultado final

Report on the analysis of energy demand/consumption and RES availability in typical livestock farms

Assessment of the existing situation on typical livestock farms, estimations on the consumption and distribution, identification of the most promising RES for each livestock farm type, and determine the renewable energy potential in local farm areas.

Report with the results obtained on energy and production performances of RES and energy efficiency solutions

Provision of tests results from a full year operation of the RES based technologies in the pilot farms.

RES4LIVE Best practices handbook

Elaboration of a handbook outlining the best practices evolved from RES4LIVE project, aiming to act as a complementary to D6.5: Inventory of RES4LIVE best practices, and disseminate the knowledge gained during the project to the general public.

Integration schemes of RES4LIVE adapted technologies with commercial solutions

Elaboration and assessment of existing techniques and technologies in livestock buildings. Adaptation of the use of the most promising/suitable energy efficiency technologies.

Technical assessment and validation of the numerical platform

Technical assessment and validation of the numerical platform, based on the results obtained from the RES based technologies in the pilot farms.

Report on scientific conferences, publications and final conference

Report on scientific conferences, publications and final conference implelented by the consortium members.

Case studies report

Examination of different combinations of solutions and evaluation of the primary energy reduction, based on the predictions of the validated numerical tools for 15 existing farms at different locations.

Second set of practice abstracts

"The resulting innovative knowledge and easy accessible end-user material from this project will feed into the EIP-AGRI (The agricultural European Innovation Partnership) website for broad dissemination. The end-user material to be produced contains a substantial number of summaries for practitioners in the EIP common format (""practice abstracts""), including the characteristics of the project (e.g. contact details of partners, etc). A full package of practice abstracts will be produced by the project, containing all the outcomes/recommendations which are ready for practice.A practice abstract is a short summary of around 1000-1500 characters (word count no spaces; see below) which describes the main information/recommendation/practice that can serve the end-users in their daily practice. Guidance and templates for these practice abstracts are available on the EIP-AGRI web site: http://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/eip-agri-common-format .A total target number of 30 practice abstracts is foreseen for the project. 20 will be delivered in this second batch"

Report on co-design process

Report on the developed and adapted solutions that are needed by a wide range of farmers and exactly address their needs, without interfering with their everyday practices based on user friendliness, as well as maintenance needs playing a vital role in their investment decision.

Social assessment report

Social assessment based on the UNEP/SETAC Guidelines, 2009 and the Social Hotspots Database which cover five Endpoint impact categories, called Social Category: Community infrastructure, Governance, Health and Safety, Human Rights and Labor Rights.

Report on policy recommendations

Incorporating concrete policy recommendations towards facilitating the adoption RES based technologies in livestock farms.

Environmental assessment report

Implementation of environmental assessment through a life-cycle (LC) model with site-specific data collected from the conventional and optimized livestock farms.

First set of practice abstracts

The resulting innovative knowledge and easy accessible enduser material from this project will feed into the EIPAGRI The agricultural European Innovation Partnership website for broad dissemination The enduser material to be produced contains a substantial number of summaries for practitioners in the EIP common format practice abstracts including the characteristics of the project eg contact details of partners etc A full package of practice abstracts will be produced by the project containing all the outcomesrecommendations which are ready for practiceA practice abstract is a short summary of around 10001500 characters word count no spaces see below which describes the main informationrecommendationpractice that can serve the endusers in their daily practice Guidance and templates for these practice abstracts are available on the EIPAGRI web site httpeceuropaeueipagricultureencontenteipagricommonformat A total target number of 30 practice abstracts is foreseen for the project 10 are expected to be delivered in the first batch

Economic assessment report

Elaboration of economic assessment of the adapted RES technologies/solutions based on LC-Costing.

Report on clustering activities

Report on clustering activities with (i) other projects of the same call and of similar topics; (ii) Farmers associations; (iii) Innovation brokers; (iv) Equipment manufacturers associations, etc.

Inventory of RES4LIVE best practices

Technical validation and ranking of the most promising solutions and practices for each livestock farm type (dairy, pigs, poultry), according to the test results and their processing, the case studies, the co-design and economic and environmental evaluation

Project Management Handbook

Elaboration of the project management handbook to facilitate consortiums project management

Inventory of market available RES technologies, machinery and energy efficiency solutions, and practices

ElaborationProvision of the inventory with market available RES technologies machinery and energy efficiency solutions and practices

Report on measured current energy demand/consumption and distribution in the pilot farms and comparison with the estimations of D3.1

This report will contain the energy consumption and distribution of all 4 pilot farms for a full year period using data derived from the sensors installed in Task 33 This data will be compared with the estimations on the energy consumption and distribution from D31

RES4LIVE newsletter

The RES4LIVE newsletters created.The first will published at month No. 4 and then once per semester

RES4LIVE final video

Production of public video of the RES4LIVE project demonstrating its objectives, functionalities, evaluation and use.

Web Site and social media presence

The RES4LIVE web page and social media posts

RES4LIVE promotional material

It will include the promotional material generated for RES4LIVE project

The installed pilot systems

The installation of the RES based systems in the pilot farms, according to the designs results

Publicaciones

Thermodynamic assessment of heat stress in dairy cattle: lessons from human biometeorology

Autores: Sepehr Foroushani, Thomas Amon
Publicado en: International Journal of Biometeorology, Edición 66, 2022, Página(s) 1811-1827, ISSN 0020-7128
Editor: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-022-02321-2

Verifying the reliability of CFD domain decomposition technique on modelling the airflow field inside a naturally ventilated cattle barn

Autores: Guoxing Chen, Guoqiang Zhang, Li Rong
Publicado en: Biosystems Engineering, Edición 248, 2025, Página(s) 156-161, ISSN 1537-5110
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2024.10.001

Evaluation of a solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system in a dairy farm in Germany

Autores: Sahand Hosouli, João Gomes, Alexander Loris, Ivan-Acosta Pazmiño, Adeel Naidoo, Gunnar Lennermo, Hadi Mohammadi
Publicado en: Solar Energy Advances, Edición 3, 2024, Página(s) 100035, ISSN 2667-1131
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.seja.2023.100035

Experimental assessment of a solar photovoltaic-thermal system in a livestock farm in Italy

Autores: Damu Murali, Iván P. Acosta-Pazmiño, Alexander Loris, Abel Climente García, Stefano Benni, Francesco Tinti, João Gomes
Publicado en: Solar Energy Advances, Edición 4, 2024, Página(s) 100051, ISSN 2667-1131
Editor: Elsevier Ltd. and International Solar Energy Society
DOI: 10.1016/j.seja.2024.100051

Mitigating PV cell cracking in solar photovoltaic thermal collectors with a novel H-pattern absorber design

Autores: Sahand Hosouli; Siddhi Bagde; Muhammad Talha Jahangir; Shabahat Hasnain Qamar; Nathan Formosa; Joao Gomes
Publicado en: Crossref, Edición 1, 2024, ISSN 1359-4311
Editor: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122516

Thermodynamic assessment of heat stress in dairy cattle: lessons from human biometeorology

Autores: Sepehr Foroushani; Thomas Amon
Publicado en: Crossref, Edición 1, 2022, ISSN 1432-1254
Editor: International Journal of Biometeorology
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-022-02321-2

Assessment of the biochemical methane potential of in-house and outdoor stored pig and dairy cow manure by evaluating chemical composition and storage conditions

Autores: Julio E. Hilgert; Christiane Herrmann; Sren O. Petersen; Federico Dragoni; Thomas Amon; Vitaly Belik; Christian Ammon; Barbara Amon
Publicado en: Hilgert , J E , Herrmann , C , Petersen , S O , Dragoni , F , Amon , T , Belik , V , Ammon , C & Amon , B 2023 , ' Assessment of the biochemical methane potential of in-house and outdoor stored pig and dairy cow manure by evaluating chemical composition and storage conditions ' , Waste Management , vol. 168 , pp. 14-24 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.031, Edición 1, 2023, ISSN 0956-053X
Editor: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.031

Energy Use in the EU Livestock Sector: A Review Recommending Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Sources Adoption

Autores: Bas Paris; Foteini Vandorou; Dimitrios Tyris; Athanasios T. Balafoutis; Konstantinos Vaiopoulos; George Kyriakarakos; Dimitris Manolakos; George Papadakis
Publicado en: Applied Sciences, Edición Αppl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2142, 2022, ISSN 2076-3417
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12042142

Optimizing photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector selection: A multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach for renewable energy systems

Autores: Sahand Hosouli, Nachiket Gaikwad, Shabahat Hasnain Qamar, Joao Gomes
Publicado en: Heliyon, Edición 10, 2025, Página(s) e27605, ISSN 2405-8440
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27605

Evaluation of a solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system in a dairy farm in Germany

Autores: Sahand Hosouli; Joo Gomes; Alexander Loris; Ivan-Acosta Pazmio; Adeel Naidoo; Gunnar Lennermo; Hadi Mohammadi
Publicado en: Solar Energy Advances, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100035- (2023), Edición 1, 2023, ISSN 2667-1131
Editor: Solar Energy Advances
DOI: 10.1016/j.seja.2023.100035

Development of a Pilot Borehole Storage System of Solar Thermal Energy: Modeling, Design, and Installation

Autores: Francesco Tinti, Patrizia Tassinari, Dimitra Rapti, Stefano Benni
Publicado en: Sustainability, Edición 15 (9), 7432, 2023, ISSN 2071-1050
Editor: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su15097432

Mitigating PV cell cracking in solar photovoltaic thermal collectors with a novel H-pattern absorber design

Autores: Sahand Hosouli, Siddhi Bagde, Muhammad Talha Jahangir, Shabahat Hasnain Qamar, Nathan Formosa, Joao Gomes
Publicado en: Applied Thermal Engineering, Edición 242, 2024, Página(s) 122516, ISSN 1359-4311
Editor: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122516

Assessment of the biochemical methane potential of in-house and outdoor stored pig and dairy cow manure by evaluating chemical composition and storage conditions

Autores: Julio E. Hilgert, Christiane Herrmann, Søren O. Petersen, Federico Dragoni, Thomas Amon, Vitaly Belik, Christian Ammon, Barbara Amon
Publicado en: Waste Management, Edición 168, 2023, Página(s) 14-24, ISSN 0956-053X
Editor: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.031

Performance Evaluation of Novel Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collector under Quasi-Dynamic Conditions

Autores: Sahand Hosouli; Joo Gomes; Muhammad Talha Jahangir; George Pius
Publicado en: Solar; Volume 3; Edición 2; Pages: 195-212, Edición 1, 2023, ISSN 2673-9941
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/solar3020013

Optimizing photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector selection: A multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach for renewable energy systems

Autores: Sahand Hosouli; Nachiket Gaikwad; Shabahat Hasnain Qamar; Joao Gomes
Publicado en: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 6, Pp e27605- (2024), Edición 1, 2024, ISSN 2405-8440
Editor: Heliyon
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27605

Performance Evaluation of Novel Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collector under Quasi-Dynamic Conditions

Autores: Sahand Hosouli, João Gomes, Muhammad Talha Jahangir, George Pius
Publicado en: Solar, Edición 3, 2025, Página(s) 195-212, ISSN 2673-9941
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/solar3020013

Thermal and electrical performance evaluation of a hybrid solar system for a livestock farm in Belgium

Autores: Tegenaw, Petros Demissie; Everaert, Manon; Pazmiño, Iván P. Acosta; Loris, Alexander; Lecompte, Steven; Maselyne, Jarissa
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: AgEng 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075288

Heating strategies in farrowing compartments : Exploring configurational options and the feasibility of solar systems integration

Autores: Put, O. I., Everaert, M., Lecompte, S., Maselyne, J.
Publicado en: ECPLF2024: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, 2024, ISBN 9791221067361
Editor: 11th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming

Evaluation of the Use of Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors (CPVT) in a Dairy and Swine Farm in Europe

Autores: Alexander Loris, Sahand Hosouli, Gunnar Lennermo, Manali Kulkarni, Yannis Poursanidis, João Gomes
Publicado en: Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2021, 2022, Página(s) 1-12
Editor: International Solar Energy Society
DOI: 10.18086/swc.2021.29.05

Cost-effective implementation of renewable energy sources in livestock barns

Autores: Faes, Willem; Lecompte, Steven; Maselyne, Jarissa
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2022
Editor: VDI-Berichte
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15065639

Simulation model for renewable energy systems in livestock barns: three case studies

Autores: Everaert, M., Tegenaw, P. D., Maselyne, J., Lecompte, S.
Publicado en: Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Edición 34, 2024, Página(s) 778-778
Editor: The 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science

Economical and Ecological Optimization of Renewable Energy Solutions for Thermal Demands of Livestock Farms

Autores: Manon Everaert, Willem Faes, Jarissa Maselyne, Steven Lecompte
Publicado en: 36th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2023), 2023, Página(s) 1530-1541
Editor: ECOS 2023
DOI: 10.52202/069564-0139

Heating Strategies in Farrowing Compartments: Exploring Configurational Options and the Feasibility of Solar Systems Integration

Autores: Put, Kathy Oi In; Everaert, Manon; Lecompte, Steven; Maselyne, Jarissa
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: 11th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15065544

Thermal and electrical performance evaluation of a hybrid solar system for a livestock farm in Belgium

Autores: Tegenaw, P. D., Everaert, M., Acosta-Pazmio, I., Loris, A., Lecompte, S., Maselyne, J.
Publicado en: Proceedings of the European Conference on Agricultural Engineering AgEng2024, 2024, Página(s) 1073 - 1080
Editor: AgEng2024: The European Conference on Agricultural Engineering

EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP AND COMPARISON OF A THERMAL LOAD MODEL FOR LIVESTOCK BARNS

Autores: Everaert, Manon; Tegenaw, Petros; Van Heule, Xander; Van Zele, Julie; Hollevoet, Robin; Maselyne, Jarissa; Lecompte, Steven
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: ECOS2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15065671

Utilizing energy auditing in intensive livestock farming activities

Autores: Moraitis, Michael; Balafoutis, Athanasios; Tyris, Dimitrios; Manolakos, Dimitris; Maselyne, Jarissa; Amon, Thomas; Benni, Stefano; Kalogridis, Stelios
Publicado en: Edición 6, 2024
Editor: EAAP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075369

Simulation model for renewable energy systems in livetock barns: three case studies

Autores: Everaert, Manon; Tegenaw, Petros Demissie; Maselyne, Jarissa; Lecompte, Steven
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: EAAP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075353

A pilot system to replace fossil energy with renewable sources in pig barns

Autores: Benni, Stefano; Ceccarelli, Mattia; Barbaresi, Alberto; Bovo, Marco; Tinti, Francesco; Agrusti, Miki; Tassinari, Patrizia; Torreggiani, Daniele
Publicado en: Edición 35, 2022
Editor: 12th International AIIA Conference
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15065752

Investigations and modelling for a practical application of borehole thermal energy storage

Autores: Tinti; Rapti; Caputo; Perez Garcia; Ceccarelli; Santolini; Benni
Publicado en: Geosciences for a Sustainable Future - Proceedings, Edición 2, 2022
Editor: SGI-SIMP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15065718

HEAT PUMP HVAC SYSTEM AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED RES SYSTEM FOR THE INDOOR CLIMATE CONTROL OF A LYING HEN HOUSE

Autores: Tyris, Dimitrios; Gkountas, Apostolos; Bakalis, Panteleimon; Goliomytis, Michael; Manolakos, Dimitris
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: EAAP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075617

The effect of renewable energy transition on the thermal comfort in a pig farm-animal compartment level experimental investigation

Autores: Everaert, M., Tegenaw, P. D., Maselyne, J., Lecompte, S., Aluwé, M.
Publicado en: Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Edición 34, 2024, ISBN 9789858810610
Editor: The 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075320

ENERGY SMART LIVESTOCK FARMING TOWARDS ZERO FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION

Autores: Dimitris Tyris, Dimitris Manolakos, Thomas Bartzanas, Stefano Benni, Thomas Amon, Jarissa Maselyne, Steven Lecompte, P. Grammelis, Athanasios Balafoutis, Guoqiang Zhang, Pantelis Bakalis, Stelios Kalogridis, Olivier Marchand, Hans Hoes, Joao Gomes
Publicado en: 2022
Editor: VDI-GERICHTE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15077064

RES4LIVE – Progress on Pilot Systems for Energy Smart Livestock Farming towards Zero Fossil Fuel Consumption

Autores: Tyris, Dimitrios; Amon, Thomas; Wannasek, Lukas; Ammon, Christian; Benni, Stefano; Tinti, Francesco; Maselyne, Jarissa; Everaert, Manon; Tegenaw, Petros Demissie; Lecompte, Steven; Marchand, Olivie; Bartzanas, Thomas; Manolakos, Dimitrios
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: AgEng2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075528

LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PVT-BTES-HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR A COMMERCIAL SWINE FARM IN ITALY

Autores: Tyris, Dimitrios; Anestis, Vasileios; Benni, Stefano; Tinti, Francesco; Bartzanas, Thomas; Manolakos, Dimitris
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: EAAP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075582

An integrated renewable energy system for the decarbonization of a laying hens farm in Central Greece

Autores: Tyris, Dimitrios; Costantino, Andrea; Goliomytis, Michael; Bakalis, Panteleimon; Gkountas, Apostolos; Meramveliotakis, George; Manolakos, Dimitris
Publicado en: Edición 4, 2024
Editor: AIIA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075630

Modelling the energetic performance of a pig stable

Autores: Willem Faes, Jarissa Maselyne, Michel De Paepe, Steven Lecompte
Publicado en: 34th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2021), 2023, Página(s) 910-915, ISSN 2175-5418
Editor: ECOS 2021 Program Organizers
DOI: 10.52202/062738-0081

RES4LIVE - Progress on pilot systems for energy smart livestock farming towards zero fossil fuel consumption

Autores: Tyris, D,. Amon, T., Benni, S., Maselyne, J., Tegenaw, P. D.,, Everaert, M., Manolakos, D., Bartzanas, T.
Publicado en: Proceedings of the European Conference on Agricultural Engineering AgEng2024, 2024
Editor: AgEng 2024: Agricultural Engineering challenges in existing and new agroecosystems

AgEng LAND.TECHNIK 2022

Autores: Faes, W., Lecompte, S., Maselyne, J.
Publicado en: Proceedings of the International Conference on Agricultural Engineering : AgEng-LAND.TECHNIK 2022, 2022, Página(s) 245 - 251, ISBN 9783180924069
Editor: VDI Verlag
DOI: 10.51202/9783181024065

Defossilising Agricultural Structures - Solutions and Pathways for Fossil-Energy-Free Farming

Autores: Manolakos, Dimitris
Publicado en: Edición 11, 2022
Editor: CIGR
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075661

PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION OF A DUAL-SOURCE HEAT PUMP FOR A SWINE NURSERY BARN IN NORTHERN ITALY

Autores: Meramveliotakis, George; Tyris, Dimitrios; Gkountas, Apostolos; Bakalis, Panteleimon; Benni, Stefano; Tinti, Francesco; Manolakos, Dimitris
Publicado en: Edición 1, 2024
Editor: ECOS2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15075556

Experimental set-up and comparison of a thermal load model for livestock barns

Autores: Everaert, M., Hollevoet, R., Tegenaw, P. D., Van Heule, X., Van Zele, J., Maselyne, J., Lecompte, S.
Publicado en: Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Eficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Edición 37, 2024, Página(s) 4347-4357
Editor: The 37th International Conference on Eficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Decarbonizing livestock structures: retrofit of a pig barn using renewable sources

Autores: Stefano Benni, Alberto Barbaresi, Francesco Tinti, Marco Bovo, Daniele Torreggiani, Enrica Santolini, Patrizia Tassinari
Publicado en: Proceedings of the XX CIGR World Congress: Sustainable Agricultural Production - Water, land, Energy and Food, Edición 5, 2022
Editor: CIGR
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15076541

A collection of all publications, articles, and communication material that are produced in the framework of RES4LIVE project.

Autores: The RES4LIVE Consortium
Publicado en: 2024
Editor: RES4LIVE project

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