TOP 20 TIPS
  • Top 20 Tips

    • Switch from incandescent lighting to T-8 fluorescent lighting in your barns
    • Use dimmers and motion sensors on your barn lights
    • Match tractor size to the size of implements
    • Ensure equipment tyres are properly inflated
    • Ensure that equipment and machinery are suitably maintained following the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance schedule
    • Make sure that the windows and doors in your farm buildings are tight fitting and well sealed
    • Insulate farm building outside walls with greater than R20 and ceilings with greater than R30
    • Consider the use of solar energy around the farmstead or on-farm (for powering water pumps and electric fences)
    • Switch to a milk pre-cooler system to cool the milk before it enters the bulk milk tank
    • Check that the timer settings for the solenoid valve on the water system of plate pre-coolers allow enough time for the milk to be cooled, but not so long as to cause water waste
    • Avoid excessive use of borehole water during parlour wash down to minimize disposal costs for dirty water
    • Use variable speed drives (VSD) on vacuum and milk pumps on your milking equipment
    • Look into adjusting lights in the dairy barn to increase milk production
    • Install a heat reclaimer
    • Investigate availability of water recycling equipment
    • Insulate hot water lines and refrigeration lines going to the milk vat
    • Use a timer on your water heater so the water is the right temperature only when you need it
    • Maximize natural ventilation in the barn
    • Clean ventilation fans
    • Look into doing an on-farm energy audit

 
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Questionnaire for Other Users

Dear GERONIMO User,

Thank you for filling in this questionnaire!
The GERONIMO Team, who administers this European Dairy Energy Website, is constantly seeking ways to improve the site, as well as the quality of its content. We value your opinion in helping us to assist dairy farmers in cutting their energy costs!

1.Please indicate your activity type below:
Dairy Association (please indicate the number of members)
Energy expert
Equipment manufacturer
Student
Other, please state:
2.How often do you visit the European Dairy Energy Website?
Regularly
Occasionally
Rarely
3.What are your main interests and motivations for visiting the European Dairy Energy website?
(multiple answers possible)
To access information that will help me to reduce my energy costs.
To find out about new developments and technologies in the field of dairy energy efficiency.
To find out about renewable energy opportunities
To find out about funding and grant opportunities.
To interact with other dairy farmers and energy experts.
Other, please state:
4.Are you satisfied with the layout and structure of their website?
Yes, I always find the information I want.
Yes, but only in some sections.
To some extent.
No, the structure and layout is overly complicated.
Would you like to suggest any improvements that could be made to the layout or structure:
5.Please rank the usefulness of the following sections of the website:
 Very usefulUsefulQuite usefulNot so usefulNot useful at all
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Tools (Calculators)
Funding and legislation
Hints and Tips
Forum
Expert Panel
6.What additional features, content or activities would encourage you to visit the website more often? Please choose from among the options below:
More web-based seminars (video seminars, etc).
More articles, papers, reports, etc.
More interviews/interaction with experts
I would like to network/interact more with other users of the site.
I would like to see more case studies, examples of best practice farms, etc..
Access to more information on funding opportunities.
The possibility to enter competitions, awards, etc.
Access to more information on the latest technology, equipment, innovations, etc.
Content in my language/mother tongue
Others, please state:
7.Do you use other sites that are similar to the European Dairy Energy Platform?
No
Yes
Please indicate sites:
8.If yes, how does the European Dairy Energy Platform compare?
It is similar
It is better than other sites
It is not as good as other sites. Please state why:
9.If you would like to share any additional comments or suggestions about the website with us, please write them here:

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