– by AUA
The RES4LIVE Final Conference was held on Tuesday, September 3rd, as part of the 75th EAAP Annual Meeting in Florence, Italy. This event marked the culmination of the project’s research and development efforts toward achieving fossil-free livestock farming. The conference showcased key findings and technological advancements to stakeholders, with a focus on sustainable energy solutions for intensive livestock farming.
The presentations covered a wide range of innovative approaches aimed at enhancing energy sustainability in the livestock sector, including:
- A review of energy use in the EU livestock sector, highlighting recommendations for energy efficiency measures and the adoption of renewable energy sources
- The role of energy auditing in intensive livestock farming facilities
- A simulation model for renewable energy systems in livestock barns, with insights from three case studies
- The AgEnergy platform – a tool designed to search for and evaluate fossil-energy-free technologies and strategies
- Strategies for ensuring a sustainable livestock sector amid climate transition
- An integrated renewable energy system for de-fossilizing a commercial swine nursery barn
- A heat Pump HVAC system as part of an integrated renewable energy solution for climate control in a laying hen house
- Geothermal energy concepts for livestock applications, including analysis of energy savings, life cycle costs, and animal welfare considerations
- Life Cycle Impact Assessment of an integrated PVT-BTES-Heat Pump system for a commercial swine farm in Italy
- Modelling thermal conditions at the animal level, with a review focusing on swine and cattle
- Experimental investigation of how renewable energy transition affects thermal comfort at the animal compartment level in pig farms
- Compact Bio-CNG farm fuel production from anaerobic digestion: A look at hollow fibre permeation and hybrid compression for technically and economically viable small-scale biofuel production
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The abstracts of these studies can be found here.
