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ENPOS - energy positive farm.

2013; Estonian Agricultural University; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

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Jukka Ahokas, Hannu Mikkola, Tapani Jokiniemi, Mari Rajaniemi, Winfried Schäfer, Helis Rossner, V. Poikalainen, Jaan Praks, I. Veermäe, Juri Frorip, E. Kokin,

Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control

In ENPOS (Energy Positive Farm) project possibilities to save energy on Estoni an and Finnish farms was studied. Energy can be saved easily and without large financial costs 10 -30%. The most important thing is to increase the energy knowledge of the farmers. This means advisory work and energy education. Energy bookkeeping and energy analysis are important things in energy consumption follow- up. The farm energy consumption should be followed and with this acquired knowledge farmers can notice where they consume more energy than on average and also where they are better than others. Energy consumption is not easy to follow because this would mean in most cases energy meter assemblies and this is costly. New agricultural machinery could be designed so that they include energy consumptions meters.