Jack Griffin, peresidena o Mahiai Metropolis, ua wehe i kahi holomua hou i ka ʻenehana kukui no ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko kūloko i ka hālāwai Indoor Ag Con Philly ma Philadelphia. Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka hanana ʻOkakopa 16 e NewBean Capital.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Griffin i ka wā o ka hālāwai hoʻopau ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā, hui pū ʻia e nā panelists ʻo Russel Redding, ke kākau ʻōlelo mahiʻai o Pennsylvania, a me R. Delbert LeTang, ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o ka hui kālā SG Preston. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo LeTang i ka paepae ʻenehana ʻo Metropolis Farms "he kiʻekiʻe a hoihoi" e like me kāna i ʻike ai i loko o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike. Ua kapa ʻia kā lākou hālāwai "Pehea ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻenehana i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko."
Ma ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hōʻike ʻo Griffin i kahi prototype o kāna ʻenehana kukui adaptive hou, ʻo OneBallast, ka mea e hiki ai i kahi ʻōpuʻu 315 watt ke hana ma 110 watts, e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻemi ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 pakeneka o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu. Hiki i kēia ʻenehana ke hoʻohana i hoʻokahi ballast kukui e pono ai a hiki i ka ʻewalu i nā kukui maʻamau, e like me ka Metropolis Farms. ʻO ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka wattage e hoʻomalu i ka wela a no laila e hoʻohana ʻia ka ikehu no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka mahana ambient i nā hale ulu.
Ua loiloi ʻia a hōʻoia ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka ʻenehana hou loa o Metropolis Farms e kahi keʻena kukui kukui ma ke kula ʻenekinia nui o US me nā hopena i hōʻoia ʻia e kahi hui CPA. Hana ʻo OneBallast me nā ʻōpuʻu āpau, me nā LED. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā patent ma mua o 20 Metropolis Farms e kali ana a waiho ʻia.
"Hoʻololi hou kēia ʻenehana i ka ʻoihana o ka mahiʻai i loko," wahi a Griffin, "He mea hoʻololi pāʻani holoʻokoʻa a ʻo ia ke kī i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu pua ma ke ʻano kālepa." Ua hōʻike ʻo Griffin e hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana o OneBallast i 2018, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Philadelphia, a e hoʻolako ʻia ka ʻenehana e holomua i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa.
Wahi a ka US Department of Energy, he 279 biliona kilowatt hola o ka uila i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā hale noho a me nā ʻoihana no ke kukui ma US i ka makahiki i hala. He 7 pakeneka ka nui o ka hoʻohana uila US.