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Fan and Pad Greenhouse Evaporative Cooling Systems

, Jonathan Watson, , , and

Release Date: 9/26/2019

Reviewed At: 11/4/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae069-2019

Agriculture

Abstract

In Florida, greenhouse temperatures can easily exceed 100°F during the summer if they are not equipped with active cooling systems. Such high temperatures reduce crop quality and worker productivity. Evaporative cooling is the most common method for reducing the temperature inside a greenhouse, but it has limitations in our hot, humid climate. Air conditioning or refrigeration systems can be used, but their installation and operating costs are usually prohibitive.

About this Publication

This document is CIR1135, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 1993. Revised September 2019. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Watson, J. A., Gómez, C., Bucklin, R. A., Leary, J. D., & McConnell, D. B. (2019). Fan and Pad Greenhouse Evaporative Cooling Systems. EDIS, 2019, 6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae069-2019

Authors

James Leary
James Leary

former assistant professor, Ph.D., aquatic & invasive plants, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Jonathan Watson
Jonathan Watson
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University of Florida

associate professor, agricultural economics and postharvest, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Celina Gómez
Celina Gómez

associate professor, controlled environment agriculture, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, former assistant professor, controlled environment horticulture, Department of Environmental Horticulture

Ray Bucklin
Ray Bucklin

professor emeritus (deceased), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Dennis McConnell
Dennis McConnell

professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture

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