Manual for Energy Audits in livestock facilites
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Information -
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Material -
Assessment
FEFTS Specifications
Training material
for Energy efficiency improvement
Suitable for
Precision livestock farming
Agricultural domain
Livestock
Suitable for
Farmer, Producers association, Advisory services, Policy makers, Companies, Industry
Applications
Agricultural field practices, Tools
Especially
Energy audits manual
Type of solution
Methodology, Other
Details
Developing organization: IDAE
Location: Spain
Material type: Manual
Additional info
The manual includes the following content:
1. Legal framework
2 Energetic balance in livestock facilities
3 Mesures for energy saving and efficiency energy improvement
4 Renewables Energies implementation
5 Energy recovery from livestock waste
Case studies
Key rules
Relevant Files and Videos
Assessment
This section contains a brief assessment of the FEFTS described.
There are 3 basic categories: General, Environmental and Socioeconomic assessment.
The purpose of this assessment is to give a quick overview to the potential FEFTS user of its application benefits.
For each question, the Likert scale is used with the following possible answers:
Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree (Neutral)/non applicable, Agree, Strongly agree
General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Depending on the action taken
- Animal healthcare
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
All registered users are asked to evaluate each FEFTS and when an adequate number of reviews is gathered the results depicted here are updated. Each review is screened in order to avoid malicious practices.
FEFTS providers who do not agree with the assessment results, can send their inquiry to info@agrofossilfree.eu and a direct action based on their petition will be taken.