Gaining your edge

Energy Edge is an initiative of Greenhouse Canada magazine aimed at turning what is a liability for most growers – fluctuating energy costs – into a competitive advantage. With energy accounting for as much as 40 per cent of the operating costs of many greenhouse operations, small and steady improvements on this front can move the needle in a big way on the bottom line. Energy Edge will look at new technologies, innovative projects, case studies of growers finding their own Energy Edge.

You can read about it in each issue of Greenhouse Canada, but we’ve also created this dedicated microsite. Here you can find regular news items on the subject, new technology and products, video, and in-depth archives on the subject.

We’ll also produce a bi-weekly enewsletter to keep you up to speed on what we’re covering. It is free to all Greenhouse Canada digital subscribers. You can sign up for it here.

If you want to add to the conversation, please drop us a line and let us know about your project, technology, services, or concerns at energyedge@annexweb.com.

Incentives

The final deadline to apply for funding from the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) is March 14.

Upcoming deadlines for CAAP funding

Thursday, 24 January 2013
The Agricultural Adaptation Council is looking for short-term, innovative projects that fit the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAPP) project objectives.
With the announcement this past weekend of two Prince George businesses receiving funding for energy savings projects, now is a great time for a refresher on where greenhouses can look for their own incentive funding for programs and projects.
Sunset Pines Greenhouse in Prince George, BC has received $25,000 dollars from the LiveSmart BC 'Small Business Champion Program' to build a new bio-char furnace system to heat their greenhouse and produce a fertilization product.
Energy Edge asked FortisBC and BC Hydro in BC, and Enbridge Gas and the Ontario Power Authority in Ontario how many greenhouse operations have taken advantage of incentive programs involving energy audits or efficiency upgrades last year (2011).
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