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Lighting Design Guide: Boost LED Light Bar Greenhouse Supplemental Lighting & Indoor Farming A Lighting Design Guide for Controlled Environment Agriculture
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LightingDesignGuide:BoostLEDLightBar
GreenhouseSupplementalLighting&
IndoorFarming
ALightingDesignGuideforControlledEnvironmentAgriculture
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Table of Contents Section Page #
Greenhouse Supplemental Lighting 2
Indoor Farming 6
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Background:GreenhouseSupplementalLightingOverviewThislightingdesignguidedescribesoptimizedlightinglayoutsusingThriveAgritech’sBoostLEDLightBarforGreenhousesupplemental.Thedesignsspecify:
• NumberofBoostLightsoverthecanopy• Mountingheightofthelights• Positionandcenter-to-centerspacingofthelights
MountingMostGreenhouseshavesupportstructures(trusses)toprovidemechanicalrigidityandstability(seefigurebelow).TominimizeblockageofnaturalsunlightbytheBoostLEDlights,itisrecommendedthatthelightsaremountedtothesupporttrusses.Forthelightinglayouts,acontinuouslineoflightundereachsupporttrusswascreatedbydaisy-chainingtheBoostlightsinanend-to-endconfigurationasdescribedintheinstallationmanual.
LightIntensityTheprimaryapplicationfortheBoostLEDLightistoprovideenergyefficientilluminationforplantgrowth.ThisLEDfixturehasbeendesignedtoreplaceolder,lessefficient,lightingtechnologiesincludingfluorescentandmetalhalide.LightUniformityThelightinglayoutscreatedwithinthisdesignguidehavebeenoptimizedtoproduceuniformilluminationovertheextentofthecanopy.Non-StandardLightingDesignsThisapplicationnoteaddressesthemostcommondesignconfigurationsandintensityrequirements.PleasecontactThriveAgritech’sapplicationsengineeringteamwithlightingdesignrequirementsnotcoveredwithinthisguide.
SupportTrusses
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SummaryofLightingDesigns(Detailedlightinglayoutsareonthefollowingpages)
60’x60’IlluminationArea:SinglelineofBoostLightsforeachSupportTruss
DLI(mols/m2/day)
LightIntensity(umols/m2/sec)
MountingHeight(Feet) Spacing(Feet) Page
Number5 60 10’ 12’ 4
60’x60’IlluminationArea:DoublelineofBoostLightsforeachSupportTruss
DLI(mols/m2/day)
LightIntensity(umols/m2/sec)
MountingHeight(Feet) Spacing(Feet) Page
Number10 120 10’ 12’ 5
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GreenhouseSupplementalLightingSingleLineofBoostLEDLightsforeachsupporttrussovera60’x60’Canopy
LightingDesign• SinglelineofBoostlightsalongeachsupporttruss• MountingHeight:10’• Spacing:12’
IsometricView
TopDownView
IntensityMapon60’x60’Canopy
DLI=5mols/m2/day,PPFD=60umols/m2/sec
60’
60’
12’
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GreenhouseSupplementalLightingDoubleLineofBoostLEDLightsforeachsupporttrussovera60’x60’Canopy
LightingDesign• TwolinesofBoostlightsalongeachsupporttruss• MountingHeight:10’• Spacing:12’
IsometricView
BoostLightsSide-by-Side,EndView
IntensityMapon60’x60’Canopy
DLI=10mols/m2/day,PPFD=120umols/m2/sec
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Background:IndoorFarmingOverviewThislightingdesignguidedescribesoptimizedlightinglayoutsusingThriveAgritech’sBoostLEDLightBarforsingle-tierandmulti-tierindoorgrowfacilities.Thedesignsspecify:
• NumberofBoostLightsoverthecanopy• Mountingheightofthelights• Positionandcenter-to-centerspacingofthelights
IlluminationArea/CanopyTypicalilluminationareas(tables,shelves,etc.)forindooragriculturetypicallyincludefootprintsof4’x4’and/or4’x8’.Oftentheseilluminationareasarebuildingblocksthatarecombinedtocreatelargergrowingareaswithinacommercialfacility.Theobjectiveofthisdesignguideistospecifythelightinglayoutsforthebuildingblocks,whichcanthenbeextendedtolargerareas.LightIntensityTheprimaryapplicationfortheBoostLEDLightistoprovideenergyefficientilluminationforplantgrowth.ThisLEDfixturehasbeendesignedtoreplaceolder,lessefficient,lightingtechnologiesincludingfluorescentandmetalhalide.LightUniformityThelightinglayoutscreatedwithinthisdesignguidehavebeenoptimizedtoproduceuniformilluminationovertheextentoftheplantsurfacearea.Non-StandardLightingDesignsThisapplicationnoteaddressesthemostcommondesignconfigurationsandintensityrequirements.PleasecontactThriveAgritech’sapplicationsengineeringteamwithlightingdesignrequirementsnotcoveredwithinthisguide.
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SummaryofLightingDesigns
(Detailedlightinglayoutsareonthefollowingpages)
4’x4’IlluminationArea
LightIntensity(umols/m2/sec)
#ofBoostLights
MountingHeight(inches)
Center-to-CenterSpacing(inches) PageNumber
900-1,000 6 12” 8” 84’x8’IlluminationArea
LightIntensity(umols/m2/sec)
#ofBoostLights
MountingHeight(inches)
Center-to-CenterSpacing(inches) PageNumber
900-1,000 12 12” 8” 9
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4’x4’IlluminationArea900-1,000umols/m2/sec
LightingDesign• #ofBoostLEDLights:6• MountingHeight:12”• Center-to-centerspacing:8”
IsometricView
TopDownView
IntensityMapIntensity=900-1,000umols/m2/sec
8”
4’
4’
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4’x8’IlluminationArea900-1,000umols/m2/sec
LightingDesign• #ofBoostLEDLights:12• MountingHeight:12”• Center-to-centerspacing:8”
IsometricView
TopDownView
IntensityMapIntensity=900-1,000umols/m2/sec
8”
8’
4’
