by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 23, 2023 | The climate game
The climate footprint of pig production is mainly from the feed. The pig is not a ruminant and does not produce much methane as cattle do. Handling of fertilizer can mean a lot, both storage and spreading will affect the loss of nitrogen and the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. One of...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 23, 2023 | The climate game
In working with the game for the students, we first think that they need to get a little familiar with navigation and pages. The students can then change and see what is happening in relation to the climate footprint on the farm. As a final task, they can immerse themselves in one or more of the measures to...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 22, 2023 | The climate game
In most buildings there is some form of steam lamps, fluorescent tubes or halogen, and even if there is a good light output from them, LED has gradually become so much better. Changing light fixtures from old types to modern LEDs can save approx. 50% of the energy. New fittings are often...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 22, 2023 | Energy measures, The climate game
The milk must be cooled and this heat energy can be recovered and used to preheat drinking water and tap water. Requires some more equipment and thus additional investment. For new milk tanks, this is common equipment The temperature must be cooled from 38°C to 3.5°C and this heat...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 21, 2023 | Energy measures, The climate game
Diesel consumption on the farm comes from driving tractors or combines. In addition, it can be used for heating, but we are not looking at that here. Biodiesel is an alternative, but the price has so far been too high. Economical driving Several tests have shown that you can manage...
