The two companies will sign a cooperation agreement this month. Green Formula develop climate intelligence. Sense Observation Systems supply an online platform for the collection and processing of large amounts of sensor data.
Together Sense and Green Formula will start up a database structure. This will offer an integrated solution for climate control in the glasshouse, powered by Common Sense. The solution collects and analysis large amounts of sensor data from all kinds of measuring systems and supplies the grower with realtime and specific advice.
Together Sense and Green Formula will start up a database structure. This will offer an integrated solution for climate control in the glasshouse, powered by Common Sense. The solution collects and analysis large amounts of sensor data from all kinds of measuring systems and supplies the grower with realtime and specific advice.
Complexity and predictability
Larger glasshouses, complex automation processes, advanced service apparatus and continually stricter demands from the market. That is building glasshouses in the 21st century. "Intuition or to have 'green fingers' is not enough" Martin van der Hout of Green Formula mentions.
“Modern horticultural companies are run by entrepreneurs, who need facts and figures to control the glasshouse and the plant in the best way possible. Plant directed cultivation is a must, especially now when the companies are becoming bigger all the time. Entrepreneurs have a direct interest by the predictability of their cultivation systems."
Data > information> insight
The online platform Common Sense, developed by Sense. collects as much information about the glasshouse climate. "Because CommonSense is an open platform all kinds of sensors may be connected" Jan Peter Larsen of Sense tells. "From cheap wireless sensors to data from the most modern climate computers of various suppliers."
By measuring various spots - up to 5 or 10 times as many measuring points than normal - the grower will for instance be able to discover that there are colder areas at the end of a path. CommonSense combine the sensor data with all kind of information from the environment, think for instance of weather forecast, various plant measurements or experiences from other glasshouses.
By measuring various spots - up to 5 or 10 times as many measuring points than normal - the grower will for instance be able to discover that there are colder areas at the end of a path. CommonSense combine the sensor data with all kind of information from the environment, think for instance of weather forecast, various plant measurements or experiences from other glasshouses.
In addition Green Formula supply climate intelligence with their Isodelta application. Isodelta formulates continual practical advices for the horticulturist. There is no space here for subjectivity; the advices are supplied objectively with facts and figures. They are based on physical regularities, plant physiological insights, practical models and algorithms together of course with Green Formula's many years of practical experience in horticulture.
A few examples of those advices:
* Condensation on the top of the plant: open the energy screen
slower and later
* Too low CO2 concentration: increase glasshouse temperature
and ventilate less
* Too high NOX-concentration: adjust CO2 concentration or
ventilate more
The advices of Isodelta assist the grower in creating a steadier climate, causing the plants to remain more homogeneous and healthier.
And a homogeneous climate offers more advantages. Van der Hout: "Our name is not Green Formula for nothing: durability is not an empty slogan with us. By more controlled stoking and airing the grower does not have to set up his system with margins on the coldest spot and he can therefore save a lot of energy."
The strength of cooperation
Growers in addition look for interactive demonstration possibilities in order to make their present durable production methods known. Sense and Green Formula together make these solutions possible. At the same time the situation models can very well be used as course material for instruction, professional training and climate training.
The CommonSense platform and the Isodelta applications can also be used separately, but the combination of the two is of great value for horticulture. "Without sensor data no insight. But the grower can also do nothing with a quantity of raw data without the intelligence to interpret these" said Larsen.
For more information:
Martin van der Hout
Green Formula
Tel: +31 (0)6 2341 2570
[email protected]
www.greenformula.com
Sense Observation Systems
Jan Peter Larsen
[email protected]
010 3030 600
www.sense-os.nl
Martin van der Hout
Green Formula
Tel: +31 (0)6 2341 2570
[email protected]
www.greenformula.com
Sense Observation Systems
Jan Peter Larsen
[email protected]
010 3030 600
www.sense-os.nl