Let the sun manage your lights

LumiGrow have begun a pilot program for the industry’s first dynamic horticultural grow light sensor. The grow light sensor works in tandem with LumiGrow LEDs to target the precise amount of light that a plant receives. By specifying precise light levels, greenhouse crops can experience perfect lighting conditions regardless of changes in weather or other light-limiting factors.

Dr. Melanie Yelton, VP of Research at LumiGrow stated, “Our Plant Research Group has been working directly with major commercial growers and research institutions to discover new ways that light can be used to improve crop quality and production. It’s through these partnerships that we’ve come to understand how controlling light levels dynamically and specifying the length of time that crops receive illumination (known as photoperiod), can improve quality and biomass.”

The LumiGrow Grow Light Sensor works in conjunction with the LumiGrow SmartPAR Wireless Control System, a cloud-based software that empowers growers to schedule changes in light intensity and spectrum by zone. The sensor measures how much of the sun’s light enters the greenhouse, then feeds this information into the SmartPAR System to automatically adjust LumiGrow LEDs and manage precise light levels inside the greenhouse.

“Greenhouse lighting that adjusts with the sun’s intensity has potentially huge benefits towards increasing electrical efficiency and cost savings”, explains LumiGrow CEO, Shami Patel. “The LumiGrow Grow Light Sensor is really the next logical step in smart horticultural lighting. The sensor makes our lighting even more dynamic and easier to use, because there’s really nothing easier than having the sun manage your lights.”

For more information:
LumiGrow
1480 64th Avenue
Suite 150
Emeryville, CA 94608
800-514-0487
415-382-0733
info@lumigrow.com
www.lumigrow.com