Solar Heated Poultry House

The cost of heating a poultry house is majorly increasing the cost of food production; farmers tend to use fuel and gas heaters for the purpose of maintaining the required temperature for raising chicks in poultry houses [1]. Solar heated poultry house is an innovative heating system where solar water heaters are used as an alternative green energy source, considering that the solar system can provide the required temperature for the various poultry growth stages. This system uses solar water heaters and equips them with the innovative product PRO - Shield which is mounted on any solar water heater -regardless of its size, type and brand- to solve the worldwide problem of overheating it face. Furthermore, introducing PRO - Shield will ensure the solar water heaters efficiency, increasing the system lifespan with negligible maintenance and operation costs, transforming Lebanon into an industrial country with a leading innovative mentality and enhanced economic cycle through reducing the Lebanese poultry's cost. Our results have shown that the tested system had succeeded in providing the different temperatures required for raising the chicks during winter period of 2019, where temperature ranged from 32 degrees Celsius during week 1 to 18 degrees Celsius during week 6. This innovative heating system saves up to 60% of the heating costs used when applying traditional heating methods. Also, a serious reduction in health and nutrition was noticed.