Pleasant livelihood , athletics and learning with warmth from greenhouse horticulture . That is possible , those in nursery horticulture are win over . As part of Earth Day ( April 22 ) , Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands gave the floor to Leon Ammerlaan , honour - winning geothermic vitality pioneer with his companionship The Green Innovator from Pijnacker .
The repute of the progressive potted plant company now extends far beyond its own sector . The company supplies hotness to a school , a sports centre , homes and fellow growers in the immediate vicinity .
foundation and sustainability go hired man in hand with the comrade Menno ( right in the pic ) and Leon Ammerlaan ( left ) . This corporate vision realise them the prestigious EZK Energy Award at the offset of this year . “ nursery gardening can assist the Netherlands to become more sustainable , ” says Leon Ammerlaan hard .
Compliments and teething problemsAs part of World Earth Day , on Thursday 22 April , the climate is literally and figuratively put in the public eye . Ammerlaan TGI knows all about this . As a forerunner , it has received legion wish over the past ten years for the sustainable course the company is taking , but it has also experienced the impact ( and damage ) of teethe troubles .
That has not hindered Leon Ammerlaan in his ambitions . But look at the major energy changeover - which both caller and consumer will have to realise in the coming geezerhood - he is realistic : “ The idealist are in the nonage . For both entrepreneur and soul , money is the most important motivation to sustain this transition , you have to be dependable about that . But the same consumer , on the other paw , more and more necessitate sustainable products . A wish that is translated to our customers . In this fashion , sustainability will finally become a " license to produce " , let in for agriculturalist . "
Powerful clustersParticularly in the field of study of vitality , considerable progression is being made in sustainability in nursery horticulture . part under the impulse of Kas als Energiebron , the innovation and legal action course of study of the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality and Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands . Initiatives that the Netherlands can benefit from . “ Every greenhouse horticulture area in our country has disembowel up a RES , a regional vim strategy . It describes plans varying from geothermal projects and solar panel , to solar boilers and flatus energy .
Therein dwell the foundation for heat up dwelling house with energy from greenhouse horticulture and that is the hereafter of the sector . This requires that herculean clusters are work . This is already getting off the ground through agriculturalist ' heat cooperative . Residential centre must be realised in these clump , because heat tape transport is expensive and energy is lost during each conversion . The closer to the source the better . cluster can also work together in unlike areas , which is really a win - profits situation for nursery horticulture . ”
DirectorThe melodic theme are there , the possibilities are increase , but it is still going too slow , read Leon Ammerlaan . “ The heat roundabout has been talked about for years in this part . Now things are at long last getting started . The first hot water is to fall through the pipeline in 2024 , but that too will take another three years . Only when the main social organization is in piazza can the heat base be substantiate and the clusters can be join , with input from the high temperature co-op . ”
The role of the theatre director and specially who will fulfil that function will become essential . “ In my persuasion , this is a task for greenhouse horticulture and not for the get-up-and-go companies . As a sphere , we have to make agreement about the complex changeover we are face up together . ”
grant to Leon Ammerlaan , this complexity lie of the combination of old and New zip sources . “ There is solar and wind too , but in my judgment we are not go to get rid of flatulence wholly . The gasoline - fired CHP from greenhouse horticulture is a beautiful and sustainable way to generate energy . Moreover , it is a stable component in the sometimes planetary supply of fleeceable energy . And if we only use 5 % of the current amount of gas , we can proceed to move frontwards in a sustainable way for years to occur . ”
MotivationIn political relation and the media , 2030 and 2040 are mentioned as benchmarks of the energy transition and the global climate correspondence . accord to Leon Ammerlaan , it is still uncertain whether glasshouse horticulture and the Netherlands will achieve those objectives . “ Efficiency , change legislating , lift zip prices and subsidies collectively determine the pep pill of change . In my opinion , that is a greater motivation than apotheosis for many companies . However , it is important in accomplish the objectives that the front blue runner cover , but the rest of the police squad does not give up . ”
In the interim , Ammerlaan TGI has prefer for the pioneer role . The company operates CO2 - neutral , has a electropositive placement in the market , work constructively with the municipality and province and sees that scheme rewarded by crucial entrepreneurial honour . “ glasshouse horticulture can take pregnant steps in the sphere of sustainability and can become an vigour supplier , where we have been known as a large - weighing machine consumer for many years . The step - by - step plan for the coming year is clean : save energy is step 1 , then sustainability will come . As glasshouse horticulture , we can play an of import part in that footmark . Not individually , but as a powerful collective . ”
