The benefits of an automated greenhouse

Success in commercial growing comes down to one objective: growing the highest-quality crops at the lowest overall cost. This goal is a driving factor behind almost every operation’s decision-making process, as they try to outperform competitors and create a growing space that’s as efficient as possible.

Although the idea is simple, bringing it to fruition can be a challenge for growers. Without the right tools in place, commercial crop production can be cost and labor-intensive, and operations aren’t able to achieve the quality of harvests they need to sustain long-term success.

Getting a reliable structure with the right growing equipment is a good start, but to truly optimize their greenhouse, commercial growers need to incorporate automation. An automated greenhouse allows them to streamline nearly every aspect of their production space and gain precision control over growing conditions.

Although growers will benefit from any greenhouse automation system, they have the most to gain from regulating their irrigation, lighting and temperature. When operations run that equipment through an environmental controller as well, they can produce high-quality crops on even the largest scale, while also decreasing waste, labor and energy requirements.

STARTING WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLLER

When commercial growers plan on bringing automation into their greenhouse structure, they first need to think about how they’re going to manage the different systems. An environmental controller offers an ideal solution, because it allows them to tie all of their equipment together and manage growing conditions through one interface.

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