Signify is celebrating 15 class of Philips LED lighting solution for gardening . The Philips Horticulture LED Solutions team was formed in 2007 and has demonstrated the advantages of LED solutions to the diligence .
LED as a product tool"In the other 2000s , LED technology was make grow rapidly . We knew it had a lot of potency , " says Udo van Slooten , Business Leader of Horticulture LED Solutions . " Compared to high - pressure sodium lighting , the prevalent engineering at the time , LED lights used substantially less Department of Energy . So , we started looking at practical software where the efficiency of LED could help our client transform their business . At the very beginning , the efficacy of the LEDs was n’t in effect enough , but it has improved drastically over the retiring 15 years . We expected from the beginning that this would be the display case , hence why we get in the market early and started develop products to improve crop growth . "
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This led to the formation of the LED Horticulture Solutions squad in 2007 . The squad began by discussing with agriculturist the opportunities useable to them , which evolved to field testing , look at how light-emitting diode technology could improve the operational costs and commercial enterprise framework of greenhouses . " It required a mindset change for us , " says Udo . " Growers were using brightness level as a output tool . For us , that was a totally fresh direction of thinking about light . We had to hear how to optimize product development for that role and develop light formula accordingly . "
organise projection around the growerTo bring such revolutionary engineering to market , Philips develop its unique ' trigon ' approach , which supports client with a set of dedicated competencies that help them apply the benefits of LED light . The three areas of expertness in the ' triangle ' are the fundamental account manager , who select the LED solution that fits the cultivator ’s business organisation typeface , the industrial plant specialist , who decide on a custom - made unclouded formula that correspond the crop , and the app applied scientist , who delivers the concluding lighting design for the secure develop weak solution .
" This is the golden compounding , " says Udo . " We not only tender the best , most strictly tested technology on the market – measured and tested accord to external standards – but our customer also incur expert advice on how to grow their specific crops with our light-emitting diode lights , such as how to achieve optimum taste for their Basil the Great or tomatoes or the longest stems for their roses . We help them make the best choices for their job . "
enquiry and technologyPhilips ’s research into the effect of lighting on plant increase began almost 90 years ago . In 1933 , the troupe localise up field into the use of neon Light Within to support plant growth . By 1936 , it was testing neon light tube in nursery .
Since 2007 , Philips has pass the way in the race for efficient and in high spirits - output LED gardening lighting . " In the early 2000s , light-emitting diode lights were characterized by cold , white luminosity , " says Udo . " But our engineering science teams developed fresh ways to improve the quality of light level , spectrum , and uniformness . " This has resulted in more than 150 dedicated light recipes , which are tailor - made instructions for lighting that help growers achieve the good consequence for their specific crop and condition .
Knowledge , cooperation , and communityPhilips light recipes and other such knowledge is the effect of hundreds of trial and project among grower , researcher , and mean plant specialists to enquire how LED develop light affect various crops and the grow phase of industrial plant under different cultivation methods .
In 2015 , investment funds into building LED knowledge leave in the hatchway of the Philips GrowWise Center in the Netherlands . It ’s the largest research facility of its form for vertical farming production . Here , Signify team uprise more sustainable approach path to growing healthy and tastier fruit and vegetables , regardless of where in the world the production facility is located . Potential investor and builders of vertical farms can visit the quickness to see demonstration of unlike grow systems , technology , and crop .
Cooperation and residential area are cornerstones of the Philips horticulture program . " We have create a internet of partner and top university research teams , " says Udo . " For the key crops , we organize annual events where growers from around the world meet up to exchange ideas and experiences with each other and our partners and to visit grow facility . These result are crucial for our program growth and very much appreciated by the growers , many of whom give each twelvemonth to look for more ways to improve their business . They also become crucial ambassadors for our solutions . "
The greener side of LEDSeveral global trends are increasing demand for high - tech LED gardening installations . The COVID-19 pandemic increase consumer awareness about diet and wellness and exposed our dependency on logistics supply concatenation . This produce a demand to grow fruit and vegetable closer to house , as oppose to shipping them around the world . It adds to a growing consumer preference for locally produced products . " slim logistics mean less energy consumption , " says Udo . " That ’s good because governments and consumers are postulate more locally produced products that are grown in more sustainable ways . "
In improver to vim efficiency , gardening LEDs volunteer some other surprising sustainability benefit , such as reduce water consumption . " It takes 200 liters of water to produce a head of pelf in the open airfield , " says Udo . " Thanks to water recycling in a vertical farm , light by Philips LED develop lights , that same header of lettuce can be grown with 1.5 liters of water . That ’s an awesome level of efficiency . "
affiliated and data point - drivenEach year , the number of Philips LED installations worldwide increment . This is in line with a global drift toward more high - tech gardening , in which brightness level is a all important element . Part of the ' triangle ' approach is that , after installation , it offers growers specialist support for their specific plants to maximise the result of their investment in light-emitting diode produce lights .
To serve this exposit residential area of growers , Signify is apply smart new techniques to keep its stance . " We are digitizing our spheric plant specialiser support by giving cultivator who make purpose of this service remote access to data , wherever they are located , " says Udo . " Using artificial intelligence , we break down the data to supply them with advice and to continuously improve our solutions in general . "
Join us in celebrationSignify serves client with light-emitting diode gardening solutions for vegetables , fruits , and flowers for greenhouse , vertical farms , and other indoor facilities . Thanks to Philips light-emitting diode raise light solution , producer around the humankind achieve better business solution thanks to better control condition of their harvest ontogenesis .
intend will be celebrating 15 days in LED gardening light at GreenTech in Amsterdam from 14 - 16 June . Join us at the Signify kiosk on Tuesday or Wednesday at 16:30hr for a small celebration .
For more information : SignifyDaniele Damoiseaux , Global Marcom Manager Horticulture[email protected]www.philips.com / horti
