What do thermal and shade screens actually do?
Thermal screens reduce night heat loss and can cut heating demand; shade screens reduce peak radiation and heat load; some screens do both, and diffuse or blackout screens serve light-quality or photoperiod purposes. Screens interact with humidity control, so screen strategy and dehumidification are specified together.
Where this sits in fertigation equipment procurement
Fertigation equipment covers injection (venturi, dosing pump or dosing unit), stock tanks, EC/pH control and the dosing channels needed for the crop recipe — the channel count and injection accuracy required drive most of the cost difference between offers.
Typical procurement searches this answers: fertigation equipment · fertigation system for greenhouse · dosing unit vs venturi injector · EC pH control fertigation · greenhouse cooling system · pad and fan vs fogging
Inputs that change the answer
- Night heat loss and heating cost
- Peak radiation and crop light saturation
- Humidity strategy
- Photoperiod requirements
What this answer does not settle
Screen savings claims are product- and climate-specific; treat manufacturer percentages as unverified until tested data is provided.
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