This Good Practice (GP) addresses the challenge of improving energy management of broiler farms and demonstrates that farms not having the economic strength to install a photovoltaic system on all the roofs of the farm, can still enter into contracts with specialized companies to whom the use of the farm roofs is handed over.

In 2012, the farm received free of charge the renovation and insulation of the roofs and the use of a small part of the photovoltaic system for farm use (i.e. 30 kW of the 530 kW installed capacity).

The intervention made it possible to eliminate the old  fibre  cement  sandwich  panels  with  an intermediate layer of rock wool and to replace them with corrugated galvanized sheet metal panels with a 6  cm  layer  of  polystyrene  insulation.  A  new mechanical ventilation system also was installed in 3 out of the 4 farm sheds used for broiler farming. The adoption of this GP does not entail any risks other than that of fire. It is therefore advisable to enter into an  insurance  contract that guarantees  the replacement value of the insured property.