Energy management in protected cropping is critical due to the high cost of energy use high-tech greenhouse facilities. The main purpose this research was investigate optimal strategy reduce cooling consumption, by regulating settings (opening/closing) either vents or curtains during day, at facility Western Sydney University. We measured daily changes air temperature and consumption under four...

on the meteorological site at the Experiment station, evapoEvaporation from fibreglass pans painted silver was less than ration from the metal pan was greater. from Class 'A' (metal) pans. Painting the fibreglass pans with dark paint decreased the difference in evaporation but the seasonal differences were not uniform. It was also shown that placing a screen over both types of pans decreased ev...