Roof insulation and electricity from photovoltaics
The BroilerNet project involves a bottom-up approach to identify challenges and innovation needs for broiler farmers in Europe, and to collect promising and already successfully implemented Good Practices to meet the challenges in questions. The top Good Practices selected by experts within the three thematic areas (animal health management, animal welfare and sustainability) have been summarized in factsheets. This good practice (GP) addresses the issue of improving the carbon neutrality of a broiler farm producing about 380.000 medium-heavy broilers per year, that installed in 2012 a 50kW power photovoltaic system, 90m2 large, on the shed roof. The shed roof was renovated too with new corrugated sandwich panels, including 15mm thick polystyrene layer in between. Size, location and exposition of the photovoltaic system must be considered carefully to maximize the energetic and economic benefits. There is no risk involved in adopting this good practice; however the farmer recommends a fire insurance policy that guarantees the replacement value if the insured property.
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- 01-04-2024
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NANOCELLULOSE MEMBRANES FOR NUTRIENT RECOVERY
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