Energy

Decision Support Tools

• Carbon footprint Estimate the gross and net CO2 footprint per kg of milk produced on a dairy farm (carbon storage under grasslands and hedges is taken into account).
• USL System of environmentally compatible agriculture.
• Benchmark farming systems Regular monitoring of dairy farms illustrates different practices and farm management.
• Diaterre Diagnosis tool for energy and Greenhouse Gasses at farm level.
• MéthaSIM Web tool to assess on-farm biogas-plant projects with a liquid phase process and associated to a Combined Heat and Power unit ranging approximately...
• EDEN Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of a dairy farm by calculating the nutrient balance on dairy farms and the direct (on-farm) and indirect (due to production...
• DECIBEL Diagnosis-advice which evaluates direct energy consumptions for livestock buildings: pigs, broilers, dairy and beef cattle.