Greenhouses & Technologies
CPUT’s new greenhouses
Go high-tech
By Candes Keating, CPUT
Photos courtesy CPUT
A
dvanced automatic heating and cooling
systems, sterile foot baths and automatic
solar screens are just some of the impressive
features of CPUT’s (Cape Peninsular
University of Technology) six new greenhouses.
Constructed at the nursery premises on the Bellville Campus, the
greenhouses are a welcome addition to the department, which is
the only one in the Western Cape institution offering a course that
focuses specifically on ornamental horticulture
The high-tech greenhouses opened for business in 2016 when
students of the Department of Horticultural Sciences started
their academic year.
Head of programme, Dr Chris Daniels says the greenhouses will
play a central role in practical teaching and learning activities and
serve as the department’s laboratories.
State-of-the-art
“These are state of the art, world class facilities and all systems are
on par with national and industry requirements” he says.
The greenhouses have automatic heating and cooling systems,
rain water harvesting systems, artificial lighting systems, automatic
solar screens, propagation systems and sterile foot baths.
ADVANCING RESEARCH: Head of programme, Dr Chris Daniels takes a look
at some plants in one of the new greenhou
Each greenhouse came at a price tag of just over R700 000 with
the biggest greenhouse measuring well over 270 square meters.
Daniels says each of the greenhouses have a specific function,
with two dedicated for research, while the other four are being
utilised by undergraduate students for various propagation and
cultivation processes.
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