AI can slash indoor farming energy use by 25%

Added on 12 September 2024

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AI can slash indoor farming energy use by 25%

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Integrating artificial intelligence into today’s environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed the world as its population rises, Cornell engineers have found.

“If we incorporate AI into agricultural plant factories – large-scale indoor farms with complete lighting and climate control – all around the world, we can facilitate crop photosynthesis, transpiration, and respiration in these buildings,” said Benjamin Decardi-Nelson, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in Cornell Engineering.