How to get even better results with your LED lighting?

Added on 28 March 2025

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How to get even better results with your LED lighting?

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'Passion' embodies our unlimited commitment to crops, people, and technology, driving innovation across the horticulture sector. Building on the enduring importance of personal touch, GreenTech is excited to strengthen connections and unveil new initiatives designed to inspire growth and collaboration within the industry. In a series of articles, the passion within horticulture worldwide will be highlighted from different angles. In this article, we focus on how collecting data inside the greenhouse with advanced sensors can contribute to better use of LED lighting and thus to better yields and quality.

Due to rising energy prices and the ambition of many companies to become more sustainable, more and more growers are switching to LED lighting. Although LED lamps require an investment, they also provide considerable energy savings. However, purchasing and installing LED alone is not enough to achieve maximum results, says Maarten van Bemmel of Ledgnd. The company started five years ago as an independent lighting consultant but has grown in recent years into a software company that assists growers with the integration and management of new technologies. With in-depth expertise in data integration, lighting technology, and crop cultivation, Ledgnd supports growers in optimizing their cultivation processes, improving efficiency, and enhancing harvest quality. Van Bemmel is the Product Owner of MyLedgnd, a software portal introduced to integrate and optimize the application of LED. “With MyLedgnd, the greenhouse data of users is made visible in a practical and simple way. This gives you a clear picture of the various climate factors and their influence on your crop. Based on the data that is collected and analyzed, growers can then optimize their growing strategies.”