OPTIBARN
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Optimised animal specific barn climatisation facing temperature rise and increased climate variability |
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OptiBarn tends to develop region-specific, sustainable adaptation strategies for dairy housing, focusing on an optimised climatisation of naturally ventilated buildings (NVB). Naturally ventilated buildings are particularly vulnerable to climate change since the indoor climate strongly depends on the extremes and variability of the outdoor climate. Without sound adaptation strategies, increased climate variability will result in a sub-optimal thermal environment in many livestock buildings impairing production and welfare of animals. |
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Appropriate construction methods and management of the buildings can improve the thermal control and provide precise identification of factors affecting the thermal control capacity of the buildings under commercial farm conditions.
Start date: December 2014
End date: March 2018
Programme: FACCE ERA-NET Plus Initiative Climate Smart Agriculture
Partners in the Optibarn consortium:
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim - Coordinator
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Aarhus University
Agricultural Research Organisation of Israel, The Volcani Centre
BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
Universitat Politècnica de València
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland (Australia) - Associated partner
Key people involved in BC3:
Dr. Agustin del Prado
Dr. Elena Galan
OptiBarn website: www.optibarn.atb-potsdam.de/en/optibarn.html
This project is funded by the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA).