Energy Conservation in Greenhouses
Supplementary heating of glasshouses and conservatories enables gardeners to grow exotic plants that are susceptible to low temperature, especially frost, and to raise plants for early cropping. The Royal Horticultural Society recommends ways of designing, equipping and managing glasshouses and conservatories to minimise fuel consumption by means consistent with providing good growing conditions. Not only do these measures reduce costs, but they also limit the production of gases that promote climate change, while conserving precious energy resources.
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A summary of RHS policy
1) The Royal Horticultural Society encourages interest and enthusiasm for growing plants that need a warm glasshouse regime. In doing so, the RHS supports the conservation of natural resources through economy in the use of heat in glasshouses and conservatories.
2) The RHS promotes and demonstrates through its gardens and advisory services the importance of fuel conservation in heating garden structures. It emphasizes methods by which energy consumption in glasshouses can be reduced by choice of structure, siting, screening, mode of heating, and supplementary insulation.
3) The RHS practises energy conservation in the glasshouses and ancillary buildings at its own gardens.