1. ‘Greening the Greenhouse’ at The Living Rainforest: From Biomass to EC Flagship? Low Carbon Buildings Programme 2, Opening Event, BRE Watford, 2 June 2008

2. Creating a sustainability experience, connecting global and local issues & promoting sustainable ways of living to safeguard future communities and ecosystems

3. Integrated Greenhouse Project Phase 0 (2003/4) SEEDA 2003 Seed funding - £40k GreenSys 2004 Established partnerships with Professor Gerard Bot and team at Wageningen University, and the renewable energy team at TV Energy

4. EC Life Environment Unit 2.3m € funding Integrated Greenhouse Project

5. Integrated Greenhouse Project Phase 1 (2005/6) Human Impact Building Purpose: To demonstrate sustainable low-carbon design, operation and use

6. Our Heating Journey … from oil to local wood chip... the first public indoor rainforest garden to convert to wood chip heating CO2 emissions per unit of energy supplied 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Grams of CO2 per kWh Woodfuelled heat Wind power Solar PV m-si Solar PV p-Si Natural gas heating Light fuel oil heating

11. Integration, part 1: biomass & oil –continuity of supply? –put all heating devices ‘behind the heat storage bunker’? Integration, part 2: ground source heat storage & biomass Some Lessons

12. Integrated Greenhouse Project Phase 2 (2007/8) Green Greenhouse / Vertical Soil Heat Exchanger (VSHE) The Problem Unsustainable food (crop) production in energy-wasteful greenhouses, using non-renewable energy Lack of integration of greenhouses with other buildings Lack of investment in low-carbon design Confusion about what is ‘best practice’ among growers and government

13. Download presentations at www.livingrainforest.org/seminardownloads.htm www.livingrainforest.org/seminardownloads.htm

14. Direct energy expended by various sectors of agriculture in the UK by use in 2005 (from: Warwick HRI 2007).

15. Horticulture 101 Fruit & vegetables account for 2.5-3% of UK greenhouse gas emissions (Garnett, 2006) UK horticulture accounts for about 28% of all energy used in UK agriculture UK protected crops covering 749 ha used 3,318 GWh / year (Warwick HRI, 2007)

16. Integrated Greenhouse Project Phase 2 (2007/8) Green Greenhouse / Vertical Soil Heat Exchanger (VSHE)

17. Let’s build a sustainable future together Blue sky thinking is needed Boldness or bust Beyond immediate CO 2 reductions to potential for long term behaviour change (production methods, consumption patterns)

18. Good Luck! The Living Rainforest www.livingrainforest.org Integrated Greenhouse Project www.livingrainforest.org/ig T: (01635) 202444 Karl Hansen karl.hansen@livingrainforest.org karl.hansen@livingrainforest.org