Innovative Indoor Farm for Intensive Food Production Using Photovoltaic Vacuum Glazing and Smart Technologies (SmartGreens)

SmartGreens项目的总体目标是设计、开发和实地试验一个创新的室内农场，用于作物生产。这个可持续的模块化农场，SmartGreens使用光伏（PV）隔热玻璃结合智能技术来减少大量食品进口造成的昂贵的碳英里，从而最大限度地减少英国的整体碳足迹。SmartGreens还将显著减少杀虫剂、化肥和水的使用。它将允许全年连续种植作物，每年实现5-6个作物周期，而传统农业只有1-2个周期。与传统温室相比，SmartGreens农场所需的能源要少得多，从而减少了对传统化石燃料能源的依赖。创新的透明光伏真空玻璃面板提供隔热和电力，为供暖和通风系统提供动力。为了提高粮食产量，水培种植系统由水库/营养物、种植托盘和LED照明组成。在室内气候控制方面，SmartGreens采用高效，紧凑的热电热泵，由PV-DC供电，在冬季提供额外的加热，并在极端炎热的季节使用相变材料“ChainStore”设备进行被动冷却。此外，将采用二氧化碳碳捕获/释放装置，增加二氧化碳用于植物的光合作用，以提高产量。SmartGreens农场将能够生产一系列作物，包括西红柿、生菜、羽衣甘蓝、菠菜、罗勒、胡萝卜、洋葱、黄瓜、蘑菇和其他有价值的高营养作物，有助于改善消费者的饮食，从而促进长期健康。SmartGreens项目将有利于农业和整个社会。该项目将在食品/农业、工程、维修和操作服务、能源部门以及国内/国际贸易业务方面创造新的就业机会。通过投资于当前和未来的农业产业，引进新的可持续农业技术是提高生产力的关键。通过高效温室的全年生产，SmartGreens可以在更小的面积内种植相同数量的食物。在英国，这将释放出可用于植树以吸收二氧化碳的土地，从而帮助该国到2050年实现零净碳排放，并为野生动物提供更多栖息地和户外娱乐场所，从而改善心理健康。

The overall aim of the SmartGreens project is to design, develop and field trial of an innovative indoor farm for crop production. This proposed sustainable modular farm, SmartGreens uses photovoltaic (PV) insulating glazing combined with smart technologies to reduce the expensive carbon miles caused by mass food importation and therefore minimise the UK's overall carbon footprint. SmartGreens will also significantly reduce insecticide, fertiliser, and water usage. It will allow year-around crop production with continuous crops, achieving 5-6 crop cycles per year compared to just 1-2 cycles of conventional agriculture.The SmartGreens farm requires considerably less energy than traditional greenhouses, thus reducing its reliance on conventional fossil fuel energy resources. Innovative transparent PV vacuum glazing panels providing insulation and electricity to power the heating and ventilation systems. To enhance food production, the hydroponic growing system consists of a water reservoir/nutrient, growing trays and LED lighting. In terms of indoor climatic control, SmartGreens utilises a highly efficient, compact thermoelectric heat pump powered by PV-DC will be used to provide additional heating in winter and a phase change material 'ChainStore' device for passive cooling during extreme hot seasons. In addition, a CO2 carbon capture/release device will be employed to allow increased CO2 for plant's photosynthesis to increase production. The SmartGreens farms will enable the production of a range of crops including tomatoes, lettuce, kale, spinach, basil, carrots, onions, cucumbers, mushrooms, and other valuable crops with high nutritional value, helping to improve the diets and thus long-term health of consumers.The SmartGreens project will be beneficial for the farming industry and society in general. The project will create new job opportunities in food/agriculture, engineering, maintenance and operating services and energy sectors and also in the national/international trading businesses. The introduction of new sustainable farm technology is key to improving productivity by investing in the current and future agricultural industries.With the year-around production enabled by the highly efficient greenhouse, SmartGreens will enable the same amount of food to be grown in a smaller area. In the UK this will release land that can be used for tree planting to absorb carbon dioxide, thus helping the country to achieve zero nett carbon emissions by 2050, as well as providing more habitats for wildlife and places for outdoor recreation that engender improved mental health.