CoolFarm – The intelligent and flexible system that provides to plants what they need, when they need it!

Informations projet

CoolFarm

N° de convention de subvention: 729112

DOI

10.3030/729112

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 21 Juin 2016

Date de début 1 Juillet 2016

Date de fin 31 Decembre 2016

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

COOLFARM SA
Portugal

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CoolFarm (CoolFarm – The intelligent and flexible system that provides to plants what they need, when theyneed it!)

Période du rapport: 2016-07-01 au 2016-12-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

CoolFarm brings disruptive technology that helps on the control and optimization of crop production in greenhouses or warehouses.
The objective of this project was to demonstrate the breakthrough system - SaaS based B2B Greenhouse Artificial Intelligence Control System, a high-tech product to solve real world problems in agriculture. This resulted in a go-to-market strategy with a well-validated product worldwide.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

Main activities to achieve this:
- Presentation in international trade shows to understand market needs, and to create client engagement.
- Understanding daily operations on a vertical farm and realistic production indicators.
- Technical and economical tests at CoolFarm labs.

With this, we expanded our original control system in/control:
- Less cost effective activities in vertical farms operations were identified. CoolFarm then designed a turnkey solution to grow food all year round with minimum waste and maximum safety at work. CoolFarm In/store is a closed climatized fully automatized, and vertical space managed by vertical and horizontal lifts and with all CoolFarm Technology. It is under tests and it is expected to increase production, reduce costs in transportation, waste, etc.
- A Profit Calculator was built, allowing potential clients to design a farm with maximum profitability.
- Due to client demand, the CoolFarm Eye it is now being commercialized as a standalone sensor. The CoolFarm Eye is the optical sensor that will give information to CoolFarm in/Control on the plants health and size.

CoolFarm is finally composed of the following sub-products that are market validated: CoolFarm in/Control; CoolFarm in/store – turnkey growing system; CoolFarm Eye – plant optical sensor. More details at www.cool-farm.com.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Main results:
- Better understanding of the vertical farm functioning which resulted in a product that brings several advantages to the existing growing systems – CoolFarm in/Store;
- CoolFarm in/Store also holds great socio-economic impact. We are now able to grow fresh, nutritious and delicious food all year round with minimum waste and maximum safety. Cities now can become producers of local, healthy and tasty food;
- CoolFarm Eye as a standalone version allows the grower to finally have access to an innovative smart sensor at a competitive price that reduces the error at the farm;
CoolFarm starts commercialization in the beginning of 2017.

CoolFarm in/Store

CoolFarm labs – system

Participation at international trade shows

CoolFarm hardware

CoolFarm software

CoolFarm Eye

CoolFarm Labs – overview