Cluster C: Climate & Energy
Project C1: Climate: design and control of air treatment systems
Dr. Twan van Hooff
TU Eindhoven | Project Leader
Dr. Luyang Kang
TU Eindhoven | Postdoc
In this project, we aim to optimise the environmental conditions (Ta, RH, CO2 , air velocity) in vertical farms to increase crop yield and quality, while reducing energy use, which plays an important role with respect to the energetic, and economic performance of vertical farms.
Project C2: Energy saving and optimisation of environmental performance
Prof. Andy van den Dobbelsteen
TU Delft | Project Leader
Dr. Andy Jenkins
TU Delft | Postdoc
Tess Blom
TU Delft | PhD Candidate
This project aims to explore, design, elaborate and assess the options of energy and environmental performance optimisation of vertical farming by improving the conditions for food production, by integrating it into the energy system of buildings and by connecting it to the urban energy system. The overall goal is to reduce the energy use per unit product to a level below that of greenhouse horticulture.