Federal program to increase energy efficiency and CO2 savings in agriculture and horticulture
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FEFTS Specifications
Financing mechanism
for Energy efficiency improvement
Suitable for
Efficient buildings
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture, Livestock, Greenhouses
Suitable for
Farmer, Producers association
Applications
Heating and cooling of agricultural constructions, Process heat/cold, Lighting, Agricultural field practices, Vehicles, Tools, Energy provision (e.g. electricity), Heat sales to district heating
Especially
Stables, Greenhouses, Farmer`s buildings, Cultivation (small scale construction), Electricity
Type of solution
Software, Hardware, Methodology, Procedure, Complete solution
Details
Applicability: Country level
Investment type: National funding
Offerings: Facilities, Equipment, Material
Relevant Files and Videos
Files
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:- Buildings electricity consumption
- Buildings heat use
- Buildings cooling needs
- Tractors and vehicles fuel consumption
- Tools and equipment electricity consumption
- Tools and equipment fuel consumption
- Tillage reduction
- Seed reduction
- Fertilizer reduction
- Pesticide reduction
- Lime reduction
- Manure reduction
- Feed reduction
- Medicine reduction
- 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.