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Jan 2025

A holistic approach in a full LED tomato trial resulted in a 50% reduction in heat input

A holistic approach in a full LED tomato trial resulted in a 50% reduction in heat input
Philips Horticulture LED Solutions and partners collaborated on a trial to help tomato growers find a solution for cultivating a full-LED winter lit crop with a low heat input without impacting yield or quality.

LED lighting is an energy-efficient lighting solution that comes with a low radiant heat output. Therefore, when tomato growers switch to full-LED systems, they often find themselves requiring a different heating approach. The trial used active air dehumidification and demonstrated that controlling and optimizing all aspects in a greenhouse enables a lower heat input while enabling sufficient transpiration to support strong and healthy crop production.

Due to high energy prices and the rising importance of sustainability, growers are under ever-greater pressure to decrease their heat input. However, a switch to a full-LED cultivation system risks conflicting with this, since LEDs produce significantly less radiant heat than other lights. Therefore, growers often need to add extra heat from other sources and to adjust their heating strategies. The trial results showed that a holistic approach that optimizes all aspects of a greenhouse can help growers achieve a lower heat input while still producing strong and healthy crops.

By controlling and optimizing all aspects in a greenhouse, the trial demonstrated that a lower heat input can be achieved while enabling sufficient transpiration to support strong and healthy crop production. The results were astounding, with the heat input reduced by more than 50% compared to a typical commercial grower’s baseline gas consumption. Read more in the whitepaper below.

To learn more download the whitepaper here: https://pages.information.signify.com/Multi-Gated-Form_multi-gated-whitepaper-grodan-trial-GLOBAL.html

For further information, please contact:

Philips horticulture LED solutions by Signify

Daniela Damoiseaux – global marcom manager

Tel: +316 40578311

E-mail:Daniela.damoiseaux@signify.com

About Signify

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2021, we had sales of EUR 6.9 billion, approximately 37,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for six consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.

 

New Zealand Contact:

Graeme Neale

Business Development Manager

Specification, Systems and LED Agriculture Solutions

Mobile + 64 21 2254526

Email   graeme.neale@signify.com

Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road,

Newmarket, Auckland  1023

Australian Contact:

Aart Slobbe

Account Manager Horticulture LED Solutions

+ 61 448 881 338

Email  aart.slobbe@signify.com  

Suite 022, 44 Lakeview Drive

Scoresby, VIC 3179, Australia

About Signify

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. With 2020 sales of EUR 6.5 billion, we have approximately 38,000 employees and are present in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light with smart lighting solutions that improve quality of life, and by working towards a sustainable future. We became a carbon-neutral company in 2020, since our stock market listing, we have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for four years in a row and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.

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