Butterfly Orchids is switching from HPS to LED after the summertime . Phalaenopsis grower Gerben van Giessen has prefer Oreon ’s water - cooled LED fixture for this , in particular because of the huge energy savings . In add-on to high efficiency , the water chill applied science will also relieve on energy cost for chill and heating his greenhouse . “ The switch to LED was inevitable and the piss cool options beseem our harvest and polish strategy dead , ” says Van Giessen .
Stable climate with less energyPhalaenopsis refinement is energy intensive , because with flower inductance pass at 19 ° carbon ( 66 ° degree Fahrenheit ) and cultivation at 21 ° C ( 70 ° F ) , you need a lot of cooling . genus Phalaenopsis is a CAM plant that is aboriginal to warm region . The stomata near during day to prevent dehydration , so the flora transpires very little during the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , and radiant heat from the lights causes the plant to heat up . This makes pee - cooled LED ignition for Phalaenopsis even more attractive . direct lighting releases less radiant hotness than HPS , and the heat released from these mending is take from the top of the nursery by the water cool organization . That means less temperature reduction and ventilation is call for on blistering twenty-four hour period . The water transport the estrus to the under judiciary heating system , where it can be used much better . This saves vigor on cooling and heating , resulting in a more balanced climate .
Efficient lightingThe plant life will be illuminate by Empress fixture ( 710W ) at the vegetative point , while Monarch fixtures ( 1000W ) will be used for the procreative stage . On average , 50 % more light is being establish compared to the former situation with HPS lighting . Installation will be done by Indagro Lighting , using the existing C - profiles and cable . Despite the new higher light storey and the custom-make spectrum , a lot of muscularity will be saved . Because of these savings , Van Giessen will receive an EG subsidy for his investment in lead light . Butterfly Orchids will illuminate with Oreon ’s dimmable LED fixtures . Thanks to the dimmer function , the light source can be dip at any time of day , either severally , by group , or as a whole . This insure the greatest tractability : you’re able to arrange for extra wakeful exposure when it is cloudy or dark , and energy can be save if there are high-pitched muscularity prices at sure prison term of day .
Managing heatThe nursery in the township of Andel , in the Dutch state of Brabant , covers about 3.5 hectares ( 8.7 Akko ) . This is where the flora develop from cuttings into full - grown works in just over a year . Every week , around 50,000 plants leave the nursery an go to , among others , wholesale and retail terminus . The greenhouse has 3 CHPs , a boiler and a hotness heart , and also stores the heat / insensate in the earth . The grower used to get rid of that residuary heat by open up the vent-hole . Not only was that not sustainable , it also meant that the much - needed CO2 was lost . The orchid grower now harvests the heat from the greenhouse and append the low - gradation heat ( water of about 50 ° C/122 ° F ) to the municipal swimming pool across the route . Van Giessen : “ Oreon ’s weewee - cool down light-emitting diode fixtures are therefore a perfect fit and the next footstep in our sustainable finish strategy . Initially , the residuary heat from the lights will be reused directly in the under bench system , but in the future it can also be stored underground . ”
Peter Barentsen , Sales Manager at Oreon , is very much looking forward to this unexampled collaborationism : “ Butterfly Orchids is the first orchid grower to illuminate with 100 % LED . We are convinced that the craw benefits of LED lighting , combined with the power to keep energy and reprocess heat with water cooling , make this an extremely successful convention . The means Gerben is handling his energy fit out dead with our vision . And the grant subsidy , is the frosting on the bar . ”
For more information : OreonLorentzlaan 63401 MX IJsselstein , Netherlands+31 30 760 0660[email protected]www.oreon - led.com
