Calendar of Events
2003 OSU/OFA Ohio Poinsettia Trials
Open
Houses. The 2003 OSU/OFA Poinsettia Trial open house dates have been set:
- Bostdorff Greenhouse Acres
December 8, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
18882 North Dixie Highway
Bowling Green, OH 43402
- A.J. Rahn Greenhouses
December 9, from 1:00 to 3:30 PM
4944 Gray Rd.
Cincinnati, OH
45232
- Dill's Greenhouse
December 10, from 1:00 to 3:30 PM
5800 Rager Rd.
Groveport, OH
43215
- Barco & Sons, Inc.
December 12, from 1:00 to 3:30 PM
6650 Branch Road
Medina, OH 44256
At 3:30
PM, There will be a brief educational program. Presenter: Dr. Luis
Canas, OSU Entomology.
Greenhouse
Engineering Workshop
Energy Management
Date: 1/21/04 - 1/22/04
Location: Wooster, OH
Workshop
description
The workshop is designed
to provide the latest information on energy management for efficient
greenhouse heating operations. Major topics to be included are: energy
conservation, heat delivery, alternative fuels, and management strategies
to increase greenhouse profitability. Information will be delivered
through presentations and interactive ìAsk the expertsî sessions to
address general and specific needs of the workshop
participants.
Send in your
specific questions
Workshop participants are
encouraged to send in specific energy related questions that will be
addressed during the workshop. Please send in your questions before
1/14/2004.
You Will
Learn
How to reduce heat loss
- How to deliver heat to
plants where it counts most
- Feasibility of using
coal, wood, or shelled corn as an alternative fuel
- Improvements to boiler
technology and efficiency
- Energy management
strategies to improve profit
- Solutions of operation
specific problems
Who Should
Attend
- Greenhouse and nursery
owners, managers, and growers
- Extension agents and
research workers
- Industry technical
representatives and consultants
Tour
Highlights
- Fluidized bed coal
burner (a DOE demonstration project)
- Energy conservation
devices
- Heat delivery systems
- Energy efficient
growing systems
Agenda
Wednesday,
1/21/04
9:00
AM Registration and coffee
9:20 AM Welcome (OARDC Director) and announcements (Ling)
9:30 AM Energy conservation: stop that invisible energy loss (Brugger)
10:40 AM Break
10:55 AM Improve energy efficiency for crop production: heat source, heat distribution, and heat control (Zylstra)
12:05 PM Introduction of exhibitors
12:10 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Product updates/Trade exhibits/ posters/ campus tour
2:00 PM Energy conservation: heating control strategies, economics of energy management in greenhouse (Vietas)
3:10
PM Break
3:25 PM Can I grow quality crops while saving BIG on heating costs? You bet you can! (McMahon)
4:35
PM Break
4:50
PM Planning for renovation and expansion (Hoogeboom)
6:00
PM Leave for dinner (not included in
workshop registration)
Thursday,
1/22/04
8:00
AM Coffee
8:30
AM Alternative energy: shelled corn, wood, coal, and others (Short and Bonk)
9:40
AM Break
9:55
AM Coal burning technology and environmental regulations for greenhouses (Bonk and Brown)
10:55 AM Break
11:05 AM Ask the experts (All speakers)
12:30
PM Lunch
1:00
PM Leave for greenhouse tour
4:00 PM
Adjourn
Instructors
- Dr. Don Bonk,
Department of Energy
- Dr. Bob Brown, Ohio
Coal Development Office
- Dr. Mike Brugger, Food,
Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department, OSU
- Mr. John Hoogeboom,
Rough Greenhouses
- Dr. Peter Ling, Food,
Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department, OSU
- Dr. Robert McMahon,
Horticultural Technologies, ATI/OSU
- Dr. Ted Short, Food,
Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department, OSU
- Mr. Bill Vietas, Rough
Greenhouses
- Mr. Al Zylstra,
Trueleaf Technologies
Registration
Early Bird Fee $100 On or before January 9, 2004
On Site Fee $120 After January 9, 2004
(Fees include lunches on Wednesday
and Thursday)
Course
Coordinator
Dr. Peter P. Ling, OARDC/OSU
Extension Specialist in Controlled Environment Plant Production
Ling.23@osu.edu
Phone: 330-263-3857
Fax:
330-263-3670
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