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.