Key Takeaways:
- Innovative Lighting Solutions: Vertically Urban (Profile) introduces Horti-Blaze Tunable and Odyssey Tunable, advanced lighting systems designed for vertical farms and glasshouses.
- Customizable Light Spectra: These products offer unprecedented control over light spectra, allowing growers to customize lighting according to each crop’s specific needs.
- Enhanced Plant Growth: The tunable lighting systems enable sophisticated lighting schedules and the utilization of far-red wavelengths for optimized photosynthesis.
- Energy Efficiency: Dynamic spectrum adjustment based on energy prices promotes energy savings, reducing operating costs without sacrificing crop quality.
- Technological Advancement: The launch signifies a leap in indoor agriculture technology, providing flexibility, efficiency, and control over the growth environment.
Vertically Urban is proud to announce its latest breakthrough in horticultural lighting – the Horti-Blaze Tunable and Odyssey Tunable. Engineered at their UK-based factory, these state-of-the-art products are set to transform the vertical farming and glasshouse sectors by offering an unparalleled level of customization in light spectra control.
Introducing Horti-Blaze & Odyssey Tunable Spectrum
The Horti-Blaze Tunable, part of the esteemed Horti-Blaze family, is optimized for vertical farms and space-constrained growing environments. Its design features a wide beam angle and high-power output, effectively reducing the number of fixtures needed for optimal coverage. An innovative ‘data-over-power’ system enables individual control of each luminaire through a single cable connection, streamlining the installation process.
Meanwhile, the Odyssey Tunable is tailored for greenhouse settings, merging dynamic spectrum technology with a ‘high bay’ top light configuration. This combination offers unmatched versatility and robust performance across greenhouse sizes, setting a new industry standard for lighting solutions.
Enhanced Lighting Capabilities for Optimal Growth
Each lighting system comes equipped with four independent control channels, granting growers the ability to fine-tune wavelengths and output spectrum proportions. This tunability surpasses traditional fixed spectrum lighting by permitting specific light spectrum customization for different plant types. Additionally, the technology supports advanced lighting schedules, adjusting spectrum and intensity throughout the day and across plant growth stages.
Vertically Urban’s tunable spectrum luminaires also boast enhanced far-red capabilities, fully leveraging the photosynthesis-boosting effects of longer wavelengths while avoiding potential over-exposure issues.
Energy Saving and Sustainable Technology
Beyond promoting optimal crop growth, these tunable lighting systems offer significant energy savings. By dynamically adjusting the light spectrum in response to energy prices, growers can use energy-efficient spectra during peak demand times, thus lowering operational costs without compromising on crop yield or quality. This approach not only enhances profitability but also contributes to sustainability by reducing energy consumption overall.
A New Era in Indoor Agriculture
Andrew Littler, CEO of Vertically Urban, commented on the growing interest in tunable spectrum products, highlighting their ability to maximize facility versatility while minimizing energy usage. “The ingenious technology packed into Horti-Blaze and Odyssey Tunable ensures unparalleled spectrum control with important enhanced far-red capability,” said Littler.
Dr. Phoebe Sutton, a plant scientist at Vertically Urban, emphasized the benefits of tunable lighting, including the implementation of sophisticated lighting schedules tailored to plant needs and the optimization of plant growth through the Emerson effect. “The additional Far Red (FR) capabilities of the Tunable spectrum luminaires allow full exploitation of the Emerson effect to optimize plant growth, and the ability to control the timing of flower and fruit production,” Sutton added.
Vertically Urban Latest News
Vertically Urban’s Horti-Blaze: Redefining Efficiency in Lighting (2023/06/13)
Horti-Blaze is a new lighting system developed in the UK that uses advanced LED technology. It has three unique spectra with high efficiency and a fully tunable spectrum version coming later in the year. It requires fewer luminaires and drivers compared to other alternatives, making it cost-effective and easy to install. Horti-Blaze has a higher PPF, wider beam angle, extended maximum run lengths, and reduced energy consumption. It’s fully recyclable, reducing waste at the end of its life cycle. Customers who tried pre-release samples of Horti-Blaze have reported positive feedback. The official unveiling will happen at the GreenTech Amsterdam event, and personalized demonstrations are available upon request.
Vertically Urban Launches Horti-Blade™ HE (2022/12/16)
Vertically Urban’s ever-popular Horti-Blade™ family of luminaires is set to welcome a new member. The new model represents a leap forward in output and energy efficiency. This innovation consumes up to 26% less energy to achieve a given PPFD when compared to a standard installation. There are now four different models in the family, with output optimized for lower mounting heights and less intensive growing conditions. Four individually controlled and fully dimmable channels allow precise tuning of each section of the output spectrum to the needs of the crop.
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