{"id":140914,"date":"2024-09-24T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/smart-lighting-might-make-vertical-farming-more-affordable\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T09:33:13","slug":"smart-lighting-might-make-vertical-farming-more-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/smart-lighting-might-make-vertical-farming-more-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Smart lighting\u2019 might make vertical farming more affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fiddling with the dimmer switch might help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: soaring electricity costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing crops in stacked rows indoors under fixed-intensity artificial lights can produce more food per square foot while using less land and water than traditional outdoor farms. But this vertical farming<\/a> technique is also energy intensive and expensive (SN: 9\/26\/08<\/em>). Now, researchers have designed a computer program that controls lighting to optimize both photosynthesis and electric bills<\/a>. Described September 24 in Frontiers in Science<\/em>, the computer program adjusts the intensity of grow lights hourly based on the changing cost of electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n