Ua hui pū ʻo Michigan State University (MSU). ʻO ke kukui Philips e hōʻano hou i nā kukui hoʻonui ʻana i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke kula ʻo East Lansing, Michigan, ka pā kula.
ʻO nā kukui sodium kiʻekiʻe (HPS) ka maʻamau o ka ʻoihana horticulture no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, akā ua piʻi nui nā kukui-emitting diodes, i kapa ʻia ʻo LED, no nā kumu like ʻole. Hōʻike nā LED i ka ikaika o ka ikehu a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā kukui HPS.
ʻO ka huina, 264 Philips LED toplighting modules, me ka hohonu ʻulaʻula/keʻokeʻo, medium blue spectrum, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o 11 mau ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻohana ʻia no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma MSU. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hopena o ka pilina ma waena o Philips Lighting a me kekahi mau hui ma MSU.
Ma muli o ka hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻana o ke kukui hoʻohui - a hiki i 16 mau hola i kēlā me kēia lā - mai ʻOkakopa a ʻApelila i kēlā me kēia makahiki, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu. Ma muli o ka emi ʻana mai ka 440 watts me nā kukui HPS a i ka 200 watts me nā LED, hoʻolālā ʻo MSU i kahi mālama ola makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o $15,000.
"Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Michigan State University ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻoihana horticulture alakaʻi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia ke kumu i hauʻoli ai mākou iā MSU i koho ʻia ʻo Philips Lighting LEDs e kākoʻo i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻenehana LED," wahi a Ron DeKok, Luna Hoʻokele Horticulture ʻoihana ma Philips Lighting.
Ke hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻokō a Philips Lighting e kākoʻo i ka hoʻonaʻauao horticulture a me ka noiʻi ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho LED kekahi o nā mea nui loa ma kekahi kulanui ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Nā lālā o ka Oihana Mahiai i loko o CANR - me ʻO Roberto Lopez, kokua polopeka, a Kristin Getter, loea hoʻonaʻauao - ua ʻimi i nā hui kālā no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻano āpau o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo aʻo.
"Mahalo nui mākou iā Philips, a mahalo mākou i kā lākou hui pū ʻana i ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā hale hoʻonaʻauao ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou a me nā hale hana hoʻolaha," wahi a Getter. “Hoʻohana mua ʻia kēia mau hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ke aʻo ʻana, a me ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu no nā māla hoʻāʻo horticultural ma ka pā kula. Hoʻoulu pū ka Hui Horticulture Student i nā mea kanu i kēia mau hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kūʻai aku i mea e loaʻa kālā ai kāna mau hana.
Hoʻohana kekahi mau papa i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke ʻano he mea koʻikoʻi o ka papa hana lima. He 123 mau haumāna i ka 'Oihana Horticulture i kēia manawa ma ke kula nui ʻehā makahiki, he 28 mau haumāna e ʻimi ana i kahi keiki liʻiliʻi a me 39 mau haumāna i ka papahana ʻelua makahiki.
"ʻO Michigan ke kūlana kolu ma ka ʻāina i ka hana floriculture," wahi a Lopez. “Alakaʻi mākou i ka lāhui i ka waiwai o ke kūʻai aku no nā mea kanu floriculture. Hāʻawi nā LED i kahi mea hou i makemake nui ʻia, a me nā hana hou ʻē aʻe i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ke hāʻawi nei mākou i kā mākou mau haumāna i nā lako a me nā lako e hiki ai ke hoʻomākaukau iā lākou e hoʻololi mālie i kā lākou ʻoihana.
Ma luna: ʻO Kristin Getter lāua ʻo Roberto Lopez i kekahi o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo aʻo ma MSU.