Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
INTRODUCTION
Daily Harvest Aquaponics is a company that uses aquaponics to create a
controlled, diverse and sustainable environment that ensures a constant
output for locally grown crops in the Colorado Springs area. One of the
ways the company is able to do all that is by using 40 LumiGrow Pro 650™
LED lamps to provide light for the 2,700 square feet of growing space for a
wide variety of crops from arugula to kale, several kinds of lettuce and many
different herbs.
WHAT IS AQUAPONICS?
Daily Harvest Aquaponic’s grow space is located in a 9,500 square foot warehouse that is also home to a variety
of fish including tilapia, striped bass and koi. The whole operation combines hydroponics (growing plants in
water) and aquaculture (raising fish in tanks) to create a symbiotic environment for a food production system
called aquaponics.
Among its many benefits, aquaponics uses 95 percent less
water than traditional farming. Also, plants feed off the natural
fertilizer produced by the fish so there’s no need for outside
fertilizer. Cold-blooded fish don’t carry the same harmful The power of spectrum control.
©2015. LumiGrow, Inc. All right reserved. SSDH0615.
a LumiGrow success story
Daily Harvest Aquaponics
Daily Harvest AquaponicsWarehouse Aquaponics in Colorado Springs
GROWER Gavin Vitt
LOCATION Colorado Springs, Colorado
CROP Herbs, leafy greens, lettuces, fish
ENVIRONMENT Warehouse
SOLUTION LumiGrow Pro 650™ LED Luminaires
KEY BENEFIT 30% energy savings1 FIGURE 1: DAILY HARVEST AQUAPONICS FLOATING RAFTSColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Mountain View Electric. Tack on a possible monthly
reduction of up to 49% percent of lighting energy
used2 versus that used by HID lights and, as Vitt said,
“For indoor growers LEDs just makes sense. It’s the
smarter way to go.”
RESULTS“Aquaponics is a complicated system,” said Vitt.
“We have been able to focus on optimizing the fish
and nutrient part because the lights are working as
advertised. I have faith in the lighting.”
1. Daily Harvest Aquaponics uses LumiGrow Pro 650 lamps. (The Pro 650 fixtures offer more flexibility for an expanding businesses.) Users of the LumiGrow Pro 325 lamps should see an even bigger reduction in energy costs.
2. Site-specific results will vary.
organisms that warm-blooded animals do so no worry
about e-coli or salmonella contamination. The plants
provide benefits for the fish by cleaning the water before it
goes back to the fish tanks.
WHY LEDS?
When Daily Harvest Aquaponic’s owner, Gavin Vitt, put
together his business plan, he was originally going to use
high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps as grow lights. After
doing some research, Vitt saw that the long-term cost
savings made LumiGrow LEDs the smarter choice.
“It ended up being worth it for me to commit to investing
in LEDs,” said Vitt. “I like the simplicity of LEDs. Unlike
HIDs there are no ballasts, and no replacing HID bulbs
once a year.”
LumiGrow LEDs are guaranteed to last a full five years,
and are much more energy efficient than legacy lighting
systems. LEDs convert approximately 50 percent of the
energy they use to light as compared to HIDs that only
convert about 30 percent of the energy they use into
light. Because of their energy efficiency, many utilities
offer rebate programs to defray the cost of a new lighting
system. In Daily Harvest’s case, this meant a one-time 25
percent capital investment rebate from electricity provider
©2015. LumiGrow, Inc. All right reserved. SSDH0615.
The power of spectrum control.
®
Ready to see the light? Visit our website.Request more information from a LumiGrow Account Executive.
(800) 514-0487 • [email protected] • www.lumigrow.com
FIGURE 3: DAILY HARVEST AQUAPONICS FISH TANKSColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
