Objective
This proposal fills a growing need for a standardized European design methodology for optimum greenhouses, taking into account the requirements of the grower, the environment, specific growing conditions and local wind- and snowloads, with the objective to preserve and strengthen the European greenhouse industry.
The technological problems to be solved through the research proposal are: - standardization of types of greenhouses and greenhouse-components; - standardization of calculation methods for mechanical detailing of greenhouse-components;
- development of indicators to optimise the eco-, crop- and
labour-requirements;
- implementation of the design methodology by design manuals, user friendly software and training on the job.
The expected results of this project are implementation of necessary environmental measures at minimum cost, increasing energy-efficiency, reduction of building costs and less damage due to storm, snow and other extreme loadings. The expected economic benefits for the European horticultural industry are estimated to be 200 MECU per year.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
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2600 AA Delft
Netherlands