Automation and cost reduction of the hardware and software components of a novel indoor sustainable vertical growing solution

新型室内可持续垂直种植解决方案的硬件和软件组件的自动化和成本降低

• 批准号: 83007861
• 金额: $ 164.35万
• 依托单位: EVOGRO LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Innovation Loans
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=83007861
• 关键词: Automation; cost; reduction; hardware; software

The applicants are leading developers of indoor "vertical" growing cabinets that enable the user to grow their own green produce in their own homes or place of work. Most importantly of all, the applicant (Evogro) produces cabinets that are intelligent enough to manage the growth process remotely for the customer. Evogro provides clients with a complete integrated system including hardware, consumables, remote monitoring and support services, which enables them to grow-their-own high quality crops with minimal effort and without needing horticultural expertise. Customers can harvest fresh green at any time and avoid significant environmental impact of conventional salad produce.Evogro are selling these cabinets to restaurants and hotels who grow high value greens on site. This is a specialist market that has enabled the business to develop but the volume of sales are too low to enable Evogro to achieve the economies of scale needed to make the business fully profitable. Evogro's vision is to automate and streamline the system software to make it less labour intensive for Evogro to operate. Furthermore, Evogro aims to develop and simplify the cabinet production process such that the cost price of the cabinet is much lower. This will then enable the growing system to be in the price range of domestic consumers and a wider range of customers in the food services sector.If Evogro is able to secure Innovate UK loan support the business project can increase growing system sales to an expectant client base in the UK and internationally.

申请人是室内“垂直”种植柜的领先开发商，这些种植柜使用户能够在自己的家中或工作场所种植自己的绿色农产品。最重要的是，申请人（Evogro）生产的机柜足够智能，可以为客户远程管理生长过程。 Evogro 为客户提供完整的集成系统，包括硬件、耗材、远程监控和支持服务，使他们能够以最少的努力种植自己的高质量作物，而无需园艺专业知识。客户可以随时收获新鲜蔬菜，避免传统沙拉产品对环境造成重大影响。Evogro 将这些柜子出售给现场种植高价值蔬菜的餐厅和酒店。这是一个专业市场，使业务得以发展，但销量太低，无法使 Evogro 实现业务充分盈利所需的规模经济。 Evogro 的愿景是实现系统软件的自动化和简化，以减少 Evogro 操作的劳动力密集程度。此外，Evogro的目标是开发和简化机柜生产流程，使机柜的成本价格更低。这将使不断增长的系统能够满足国内消费者和食品服务行业更广泛客户的价格范围。如果 Evogro 能够获得创新英国贷款支持，该业务项目可以增加对预期客户的不断增长的系统销售立足于英国和国际。