The Greenhouse Energy Guide Simulator is an online tool for calculating the effects of different (combinations of) renewable energy sources on the environmental foodprint, expressed in energy consumption, crop performance, variable costs and CO2-emission according to the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
Users can create a digital twin of an existing greenhouse or future greenhouse, for a range of different geographical locations and crops, where they can fully customize greenhouse configuration and energy sources to their own insights.
The simulator can be used in 2 different modes:
Anonymous mode
Registered user mode
The anonymous mode is available without registration and allows anyone to create and simulate scenarios, with an overview of the results of the last and previous previous simulation. Anonymous users are able to change the basic scenario parameters where defaults are used for the advanced parameters.
Registererd users can create, save and compare multiple scenarios and have access to the advanced scenario parameters.
Anonymous mode
In the anonymous mode the initial screen shows drowdown lists where a crop and location can be selected for creating a scenario.
Registered users
Registered users must logon first with the “lock” button at the top right and enter. By checking the remember option, logon for a next session is done automatically.
Once logged on, the main screen appears with the saved scenarios list on the left. Next step is to create a new scenario with the ADD button.
A dialog appears where a crop and location can be selected.
