Lighting

GLASE to Offer CEA Benchmarking Webinar

The Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium will present a free webinar on a new CEA database and benchmark tool for growers. The webinar will take place Oct. 22, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT.... more »

Signify Expands North American Team

Lighting supplier Signify has expanded its horticulture team in North America to support business development efforts in the region. Henry Olson has taken on the commercial leadership of the U.S. team and Dominic Bouchard has stepped into... more »

GLASE to Present Indoor Propagation Webinar

GLASE (Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering) will present a free webinar on "Stakeholder Needs Relevant to Indoor Propagation" on July 23, at 1 p.m. EDT. The presenter will be Dr. Celina Gomez from the University of... more »

Indoor Propagation

We use greenhouses primarily to regulate the environment inside, creating conditions suitable for plant growth most or all of the year. However, greenhouses are still subject to weather conditions and daily and seasonal changes in... more »

New DLI App Available

A new web app is available to calculate the light intensity and photoperiod required to achieve a certain daily light integral for plant growth for an electric light source, such as LEDs (light-emitting diodes). In... more »

How Much Could Hemp Benefit from Supplemental Light?

While hemp may not be the cash crop many growers initially thought it would be, there are growers who are looking for ways to make it a profitable one. Numerous universities across the country are... more »

New Online DLI Calculator Available

SunTracker Technologies has developed a web-based free online calculator to predict monthly daily light integral (DLI) values for anywhere in the world, based on climate-based Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather records from over 2,100 weather stations worldwide.... more »

GLASE to Present Lighting Webinar

"Lighting Approaches to Maximize Profits" will be the subject of the latest webinar from Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE). Mark can Iersel, professor at the University of Georgia, will present the free one-hour webinar on April... more »