TCEA
Total Controlled Environment Agriculture
Control all aspects of crop production, making it possible to consistently grow quality crops year in, year out.
What is TCEA?
Crops thrive on their immediate environment – it gives them the energy, water, and nutrients they need to grow. Technology has allowed growers to optimise the environment through innovations such as polytunnels and glasshouses. This is what’s known as Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA).
We take CEA one step further with Total Controlled Environment Agriculture (TCEA), using artificial lighting, hydroponics, and other systems to completely control temperature, humidity, wind, and rain, working together to create the perfect growing environment.
Why we need TCEA
Empowering growers to reach new heights
CEA is reliant on natural light for plant production, which (in many latitudes) is not available year-round. It also requires large areas of flat land to scale production, and can be vulnerable to extreme weather events (such as flooding or hail).
The IGS technology offers a fully-productised TCEA solution empowering growers to control their growing environment with dynamic, narrow-band wavelength LED lighting, integrated heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), closed-loop fertigation and sensing with automated handling.
Benefits of TCEA
Growing in control
TCEA puts growers back in control of their output – regardless of the time of year or what the weather is like outside. This has never been more important, given the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as heatwaves and flash floods.
It also helps growers reduce operating costs with modular, scalable and resource-efficient technology, all working to ensure cost-effective, consistent produce.
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