Manages light, temperature, relative humidity, water, nutrients and CO₂ levels
Fully automated Growth Tray systems support all these variables
100% robotic handling if required
IoT-enabled remote monitoring and control of all systems
Controls enabled at farm/tower/tray/LED strip level 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Dynamic lighting utilised on each Growth Tray
Humidity harvested from air
CO2/ O2 continuously balanced
Data capture direct to SaaS platform
Radical cost savings: power, installation, maintenance
Supports LED dimming, pulsing and colour-mixing to impact crop growth and quality
Significantly greater food productivity: yield, quality, consistency
IoT-enabled remote monitoring and control of all systems
In-tray ventilation delivers +/-1.5°c variation across the crop
AI-enabled recipe experimentation and optimisation for food production
Designed to operate anywhere globally
No pesticides, no crop washing required
Plants monitored for reaction to recipe changes
Grow multiple crops or varieties per tray
30-50% faster crop cycles
To solve the problems of appropriate light intensity and light pulse width modulation (PWM), IGS has developed a patented 3 phase technology for LED lights that varies intensity and PWM infinitely in .01% increments over all wavelengths simultaneously. Our platform achieves this while maintaining a 90%+ electrical efficiency from the power source to LEDs.
As we have worked to develop our technology, LEDs have become increasingly cheaper and more efficient, helping to reduce overall costs.
We’ve recently filed two patents to support our supplementary lighting system and have shown an increase in lighting efficiency by up to 50%.
Increasing the efficiency of the lights was step one. Ultimately, we wanted to conceive an ecosystem that supported smart energy use.
We’ve developed a blend of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to smartly control light and minimise energy consumption. The system provides multi-modal control of lighting including spectrum (via linear or PWM control)delivers the light plants need to grow with optimised efficacy, helping vertical farmers to achieve maximum yield. Our patented technology features zero flicker, further improving growing conditions for an indoor environment.
IGS’s supplementary lighting system can work alongside our broader vertical farming technology platform to an indoor farm with scale, efficiency and reliability.
IGS’s smart power and communications system ensures a smooth, constant flow of power to lighting and maintains control over HVAC systems for delivery of appropriate air temperature and humidity. The result is steady, predictable crop growth.
Delivers very large volumes of slow-moving air across the crops
Avoids disturbance of crop canopy giving even, consistent growth
Optimized interaction of ventilation and lighting
Turns unwanted, excess heat into a benefit
No more than +/-1.5°C variation across a growth tray of 6.25m2
Ensures very consistent growth across a range of crops
Supports a variance 6-7°C between trays only 25cm apart
Enables huge variety of crops to grow in close proximity
Plants absorb CO2, convert the carbon into energy and release oxygen creating an imbalance in the mix of gases in the air within a closed environment
IGS background ventilation remixes this air to avoid “drowning” plants higher in the Growth Towers
Allows us to stack Growth Trays up to 12m high, reducing footprint
Warm, humid air is captured, cooled and the humidity condensed
Allows us to clean and recirculate the air mass
Allows us to capture the condensed humidity, clean it and recycle it within the watering system
Closed-loop water and air management inside an insulated shell
Minimises energy consumption
Minimises water consumption
Each tray supports plants in a number of formats, including plugs or pots, and is irrigated by a central lift mechanism. Cameras monitor growth activity recording time-lapse photography and use reference images to predict and monitor crop health.
Underneath each tray, ventilated LED light strips illuminate on the growth tray below. There are approximately 1,100 LEDs per tray.
Our trays use ebb and flood hydroponic technology to deliver the required nutrients to each plant, recycling the dissolved nutrient solution back through the irrigation system to reduce water consumption.
The tower ecosystem, in concert with the facility’s HVAC controls, is calibrated to achieve ideal humidity for plant growth and helps to further reduce water usage. Humidity is condensed, captured, cleaned and recycled.