Cooling Up Indoors – How Fluence LEDs Solve Overheating and Environmental Control
Many indoor and vertical growers are switching from their legacy lighting systems to LEDs simply because LED technology provides tremendous ROI benefits with fewer costs, complications, and liabilities. It is […]
Switching Up Indoors – Why Growers World-Wide are Upgrading to LEDs
They say a penny saved is a penny earned, but why not do both? 52% of commercial growers reported using LEDs as of 2020–an increase from 25% in 2016. This […]
Funding the Future: Enhancing LED Investment
Cultivators recognize the ever-increasing importance of using LEDs to grow healthier, more flavorful, and more consistent crops while lowering energy use. Yet, the journey from evaluation to implementation to payback […]
Predicting Lighting ROI like a Pro
The ROI for LEDs relies on a variety of critical factors such as location and climate, the type of crops grown, environmental conditions, facility design and much more. A manufacturer […]
Choosing the Right LEDs for your Greenhouse Part II: Fixtures
In Part I, we discussed the spectral output of LED lights and the impact that various spectra can have on crop yield and output (as well as on all life […]
Webinar – Mythbusting! Horticultural LED Lighting
Making the Jump: Experts Share Faith that White Light LEDs are the Future A panel of experts busted a pantheon of myths surrounding LED lighting in a recent webinar that […]
Lighting and HVACD Part 2: Key Lighting and HVACD Decisions for Facility Retrofits
In a recent webinar co-produced by Fluence and climate-control company InSpire Transpiration Solutions, one overriding message resounded: Do Your Research. This means you should collect all the data, know your […]
Lighting and HVACD Part 1 with InSpire
Robbie Batts, Chief Tech Officer, Inspire Transpiration SolutionsThe relationship between lighting and HVACD is complex and can have a significant impact on the financial performance of a farm. Smart, up-front […]
Choosing the right LEDs for your Greenhouse
Part I: Spectra LED systems are designed to emit a wide variety of wavebands. For growers considering an LED retrofit, the added functionality—and potential—of broad-spectrum lighting strategies can be intimidating. […]
Hybrid lighting strategies: Advantages, disadvantages and getting started
Research on the ideal lighting for greenhouse cultivation reveals a fundamental truth: LED systems are far more efficient and effective than their HPS counterparts. However, not all cultivators can afford […]