An Environment-MJ inc division





Energy optimization and development
of integrated solutions
Customized consulting engineering
Joey Villeneuve studied at Université Laval in Engineering. He subsequently completed a Masters degree on methods of reducing energy consumption in greenhouses. Joey Villeneuve has developed expertise in the area of greenhouse cultivation over the years; his expertise enables him to identify effective solutions that improve the energy consumption of the greenhouse.
He has been working for more than 9 years in greenhouses, whether in technological innovation, energy efficiency and developing new equipment to improve production and automation of greenhouses.
Joey holds the title of CMVP (Certified Measurement & Verification Professional by AEE (Association of Energy Engineers)).
If you use natural gas as an energy source for your business, we are able to implement improvements for your business that are eligible for incentive programs from Gaz Metro. Our company is certified by Gaz Metro.
We are able to guide you in choosing your equipment, regardless of the size of your business.
If you use fossil fuels other than natural gas as an energy source for your business, we can guide you and suggest solutions that are eligible for various funding agencies to reduce greenhouse gases.
To reduce the energy intensity per kg produced, Genika has worked on the development and deployment of a tray culture system that allows the filling, moving, and automated harvest of the crop. The development of this technique can double the production capacity without increasing the workforce and reduce the energy intensity of the greenhouse by about 100 000m³ of natural gas per year while increasing the incomes of the greenhouse.
At an ornamental producer new technology has been developed to recover CO2 from high efficiency condensing unit heaters of natural gas. The use is based on an operation protocol that reduces the energy consumption and maintains the product quality by reducing the overnight temperature (it acts as a growth regulator). By injecting CO2 in the morning in the greenhouse, this encourages growth all awhile maintaining 24 hour average temperatures identical to the standard practice; the strategy allows a significant energy consumption reduction in the greenhouse.
In order to stimulate the growth of vegetables maintaining high CO2 levels in the crop and optimal growing conditions for the plant, Genika has developed control algorithms and operating method for keeping greenhouses cool all awhile maintaining the rooftops of the greenhouse closed.