St. Joseph, Michigan. – The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named Cerise365+GreenHouseDesigner™ winner of a 2023 AE50 award.
AE50 awards honor the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or systems for the food and agriculture industries. The Cerise365+GreenHouseDesigner™ will be featured in the January/February 2023 special issue of ASABE’s magazine Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World. For more details visit www.asabe.org/AE50
Cerise365+GreenHouseDesigner™ (aka GreenHouseDesigner) is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application that enables users to design horticultural lighting systems for their greenhouses and vertical farms using only a web browser. No computer-aided drafting (CAD) experience is required, as the program automatically generates greenhouse and vertical farms models using a few basic user-specified parameters. The user selects horticultural luminaires from a list of major manufacturers, and the program calculates Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD) distributions on a two-foot grid at the plant canopy. The program can also calculate monthly Daily Light Integral (DLI) distributions inside the greenhouse, based on geographic location, building orientation, greenhouse roof style, and historical weather records.
Companies from around the world submit entries to the annual AE50 competition and up to 50 of the best products are chosen by a panel of international engineering experts. The judges select innovative products that will best advance engineering for the food and agriculture industries.
The AE50 awards program emphasizes the role of new products and systems in bringing advanced technology to the marketplace. These engineering developments help farmers, food processors and equipment manufacturers increase efficiency, enhance quality, improve safety, and increase profits.
Resource, a magazine geared to agricultural, biological and food system engineers worldwide, is produced by ASABE. The magazine is read by thousands involved in the agricultural, food and biological industries. Read more at www.asabe.org/Resource.
ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by visiting www.asabe.org.
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