Abstract Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) applications, such as vertical farms and
plant factories, have the potential to shift food production to be close to urban centers …

With growing food demand worldwide, controlled environment agriculture is an important
strategy for crop production year-round. One of the important types of controlled environment …

A reference on the development and state-of-the-art in optimal greenhouse control, this book
focuses on model-based methods to achieve the best economic result. The authors discuss …

Saving energy in greenhouses is an important issue for growers. Here, we present a method
to minimize the total energy that is required to heat and cool a greenhouse. Using this …

In a modern greenhouse there are a number of alternative systems that can be deployed to
control the climate, and the choice what to use and when is not easy for the grower. A novel …

An optimal climate control has been designed for a solar greenhouse to achieve optimal
crop production with sustainable instead of fossil energy. The solar greenhouse extends a …

G. Bot I, N. van de Braak1, H. Challa (~) l, S. Hemmingl, Th. Rieswijk2, G. v. Straten1 and I.
Verlodt3 lWageningen University & Research Centre, Dept. ofAgrotechnology and Food …

This paper summarizes the main developments achieved up to now on dynamical models of
the greenhouse climate, regarding their structure, analysis, parameter estimation and model …

The need to reduce energy consumption in greenhouse production has grown. Thermal
heating demand alone accounts for 80% of conventional greenhouse energy consumption; …

In the daily operation of a greenhouse, decisions must be made about the best deployment
of equipment for generating heat and electricity. The purpose of this paper is twofold:(1) To …