As analysts were calculated, on average, the lighting accounts for almost 38% of the total electricity consumption by an enterprise producing greenhouse products.
One of the world leadership market leaders is Heliospectra AB, the Lighting Supplier for greenhouses and controlled plant growth environments announces the release of two new guides (for users in the USA and Canada) with an emphasis on energy saving, benefits and discounts. Free manuals provide a detailed overview of the types of discounts and expected payback in 2021.
A splash of electricity consumption in certain geographic regions forces utilities to propose discounts for one simple reason: cheaper to reduce energy consumption on their territory than to create new generation. Such discounts may be significant, often from 25 to 50% of the cost of buying new technology and from 25 to 100% of the cost of upgrading lighting.
This means that it is possible to achieve savings through the introduction of energy-efficient lighting decisions. Compared to traditional HPS lamps, the LEDs are distinguished by high initial investments, but in the long run, they are much more efficient and more economical.
The installation of LEDs also brings indirect savings. Since the LEDs do not emit so much heat as HPS, this leads to a reduction in drainage needs, and, moreover, higher daylight lighting of plants allows many manufacturers to reduce the total number of hours during which the light will be enabled. These two factors make it possible to reduce the power consumption in the room by 25-56% in addition to direct decrease in electricity consumption by LEDs compared to traditional methods.
Other benefits are less maintenance, less water consumption, less consumables, as well as improved harvest.
Heliospectra AB manuals are designed to provide farmers with information and resources that they are needed to determine the best way to implement energy efficient technologies, general performance indicators and advice, how to navigate in a complex system for providing discounts.
(Source: www.hortidaily.com. Photo: www.heliospectra.com).