Marjoland invests in energy screens with vertical fans

Added on 01 February 2025

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Marjoland invests in energy screens with vertical fans

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The transition from SON-T to LED lighting provides significant savings on energy costs for many horticultural companies, but also leads to new challenges. After all, the climate in the greenhouse changes under full LED, as is the case at rose nursery Marjoland. A Luxous 1147 FR energy screen, vertical fans from ClimaFlow and an extra growth tube at the top of the greenhouse are used to better manage the radiation, moisture balance and heat distribution.

Marjoland mainly grows Red Naomi and nine other cut rose cultivars (total 20 ha) in Waddinxveen and is considered one of the best rose growers in the Netherlands. The switch from SON-T to LED lighting started twelve years ago and is expected to be completed next year. “We are now fully in that transition process. Now that we have been working with full LED for a few years, we see that the product quality is increasing, compared to SON-T. Twelve years ago we started with LED as interlighting. In 2018 we started linearly on 1 ha, from 2020 we started investing heavily in LED. We have now replaced 75% of the SON-T lamps with dimmable LED. This switch to full LED means a different greenhouse climate. Hence our investments in insulation and dehumidification”, says Daniel van den Nouweland, General Manager.