When compared to translucent sheets, a light tract allows light to enter but it isn’t as warm underneath. Photos: Peter Roek
To continue producing for an animal welfare label, Dutch pig producer Wim Hendrickx had to make sure daylight would reach the pigs in the pig house. His solution was to apply roof lighting through special shafts. On the corrugated iron roof, Dennis de Vries is working on the finishing touch of a “daylight shaft.” This is the first set of shafts to be installed here; an additional 27 shafts are ready to be installed soon. With De Vries’ company Natuurlijk Daglicht (Natural Daylight), pig
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