Course description:

1.   General considerations. Greenhouse environment (radiation, temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide).

2.   Materials (metal, wood, plastic cement).  Structural requirements (general conditions, characteristic loads, load combinations, foundation, deformations).

3.   Equipment (heating systems, ventilation systems, irrigation and fertigation systems, soil sterilisation systems, hydroponic systems).

4.   Work saving and mechanisation. Energy, energy saving and control systems.

Teaching aids: "Greenhouses" by G. Mavrogiannopoulos

Examination: Written