Letting go of your energy curtains January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021
Photo credit: Ludvig Svensson
There’s an important piece of technology suspended in the greenhouse that doesn’t receive as much attention as it deserves.
Accumulating dust, dirt and sometimes algae, energy screens are often left unchanged for far too long. As B.C.-based Tineke Goebertus of Vortus Greenhouse Consultants explains, there are two different lifespans to note. “The technical [lifespan] is when it falls apart,” she says. “The economic [lifespan] is when you have so much dust, fray, and improper closure that the advantages of having a screen are cancelled out.”