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、开发和田间试验一种用于作物生产的创新室内农场。这个拟议的可持续模块化农场，SmartGreens使用光伏(PV)绝缘玻璃和智能技术相结合，以减少大规模食品进口造成的昂贵的碳里程，从而将英国的整体碳足迹降至最低。SmartGreen还将显著减少杀虫剂、化肥和水的使用量。它将允许连续不断的作物全年生产，实现每年5-6个作物周期，而传统农业只有1-2个周期。SmartGreen农场比传统温室需要的能源要少得多，因此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板，为供暖和通风系统提供绝缘和电力。为了提高粮食产量，水培种植系统由蓄水池/养分、种植托盘和LED照明设备组成。在室内气候控制方面，SmartGreens利用由PV-DC供电的高效紧凑型热电热泵在冬季提供额外的供暖，并在极端炎热的季节利用相变材料链式装置进行被动降温。此外，还将使用二氧化碳碳捕获/释放装置，以增加植物光合作用的二氧化碳含量，从而提高产量。SmartGreens农场将生产一系列作物，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，从而促进消费者的长期健康。SmartGreens项目将对农业和整个社会有利。该项目将在粮食/农业、工程、维修和运营服务和能源部门以及国家/国际贸易企业创造新的就业机会。引入新的可持续农业技术是通过投资于当前和未来的农业产业来提高生产率的关键。随着高效温室实现全年生产，SmartGreen将能够在更小的区域种植相同数量的粮食。在英国，这将释放出可用于植树的土地来吸收二氧化碳，从而帮助英国在2050年实现零净碳排放，并为野生动物提供更多的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.