Energy Use for Climate Control of Animal Houses: The State of the Art in Europe. (November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costantino, Andrea; Fabrizio, Enrico; Biglia, Alessandro; Cornale, Paolo; Battaglini, Luca
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 101(2016)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 191
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Subjects: livestock houses energy consumptions -- literature review -- indoor environmental control for animal production -- broiler -- laying hen -- swine and dairy cow breeding.; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: Animal rearing is done into houses where heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting are adopted to control the indoor climate, however there are not reference values for the energy performance of such enclosures. In this paper, a first analysis on the energy use for climate control of animal houses that can be found in the technical and scientific literature is done for broilers, hens and pig houses, deriving reference energy use values that may be used for the benchmarking of the performance of these buildings.