North American approval for Dutch greenhouse heating equipment
Source: VFD.com
Big Stuff HVAC also serves as a North American service representative for Zantingh, a Dutch burner manufacturer, with Kuivenhoven commissioning his first Zantingh system in 2006. © Big Stuff HVAC Burner performance and CO₂ production The package incorporates Zantingh burner technology used for greenhouse heating and controlled CO₂ production.
"We have a couple of variations in our burner to be NOx compliant to generate quality CO2 for the growing process so that we're delivering monitored, controlled flue gas into the greenhouse for CO2 enrichment." The package is designed around the two primary outputs required from the system: heat and CO₂. The company expects the approval package to be operational in fall 2026.
"So it's interesting to try to build something that meets all requirements." Big Stuff HVAC will be attending the Canadian Greenhouse Conference, taking place October 7–8, 2026, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. After that, you can only respond to it" "We capture the CO2 at night, bind it with an amine, and release it the next day when there's sunlight" "There is never an absolute magic bullet where you just press a button, and everything goes perfectly" "Climate control is driven more by evolving plant requirements than by the external environment" "Ten times less cost than you would have with liquid CO2" US (CA): Smarter HVAC strategies help growers improve efficiency and climate control New generation of sensors introduced US (NY): Harlem's shipping containers are more than steel boxes Related Articles North American approval for Dutch greenhouse heating equipment Vertical air movement in a climate chamber improves grafting results in tomatoes "Your entire growing environment is built by the covering you choose.
Why this matters: For operators, this is a water-management story. The useful signal is that direct substrate measurements can help cut drain loss materially without giving up yield or fruit quality, which is exactly the kind of controllable efficiency gain a facility can build on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does substrate sensing matter in free-drain strawberry systems?
Because drain percentage tells a grower what already happened, while substrate moisture and EC data show root-zone conditions directly. That makes it easier to cut water loss without guessing.
What is the operator takeaway from this trial?
If the thresholds are understood well enough, growers can reduce drain water materially while protecting yield and fruit quality, which makes sensing an operational tool instead of a reporting tool.
