LED lighting assist, Scotland's first vertical farms to reduce energy consumption

The deployment of LED lighting in the agricultural activity, caused wide attention worldwide. It can be, where the environmental conditions in the local can provide food and reduce the transportation distance. The birth of the vertical farm, with higher efficiency and less waste of resources of food production.

recently, in Scotland, Intelligent agricultural technology company Growth Solutions ( Smart growth solutions company, hereinafter referred to as IGS) Introduced the first vertical farm in Scotland, and claims that it is the world's most advanced indoor farm, with the company's patent power and communication technology.

the IGS vertical farm is located in the James Hutton institute, researchers and IGS team to explore the growth of different lights to improve crop yield and quality.

according to IGS, vertical farms can be a platform for monitoring. Compared with other indoor environment, the solution will help to reduce energy consumption by 50%.

at the same time, in Las Vegas, a start-up Oasis Biotech a vacancy of industrial land into one of the largest indoor vertical farm. Since the opening last month, vertical farms have been provided food for restaurants in Las Vegas. Because of the installation of LED lighting system and controlled indoor environment, farm can grow fresh vegetables all the year round.

vertical agriculture's ultimate goal is to reduce the waste water, to eliminate the use of pesticides and reduce food miles, through the local and according to the demand to grow fresh vegetables, to reduce 90% of food waste.