Jack Griffin, purezidhendi we Metropolis Mapurazi, yakafumura budiriro nyowani muhunyanzvi hwekuvhenekesa kune iri kusimukira indoor vertical indasitiri yekurima paIndoor Ag Con Philly musangano muPhiladelphia. Chiitiko chaGumiguru 16 chakatsigirwa neNewBean Capital.
Griffin akapa panguva yemusangano wekupedzisira wemusangano, akabatanidzwa nevanyori venhau Russel Redding, munyori wezvekurima wePennsylvania, uye R. Delbert LeTang, sachigaro uye CEO wekambani yezvemari SG Preston. LeTang akadana Metropolis Farms 'tekinoroji chikuva "yepamusoro uye inoshamisa" sezvaakaona mumakore makumi maviri echiitiko. Chikamu chavo chaive chakanzi "Machinjiro anoita tekinoroji mabhizinesi ekurima ekurima."
Pamusangano Griffin akaratidza mufananidzo wehunyanzvi hwake hutsva hwekuvhenekesa, OneBallast, iyo inobvumira 315 watt girobhu kushanda pa110 watts, inomiririra kuderera kunodarika 60 muzana mukushandiswa kwesimba. Iyi tekinoroji inoita kuti ballast imwe yekuvhenekesa ishandiswe panodiwa kusvika masere mukuvhenekesa kwakajairika, sekureva kweMetropolis Farms. Kudzikiswa kwemvura kunodzorawo kupisa uye nekudaro simba rinoshandiswa kune ambient tembiricha kutonga munzvimbo dzinokura.
Kuita kweMetropolis Farms ichangoburwa tekinoroji yakaongororwa uye yakasimbiswa nerabhoritari yekuvhenekesa pachikoro chikuru cheinjiniya chekuUS nemhedzisiro yakasimbiswa nekambani yeCPA. OneBallast inoshanda nema bulbs ese, kusanganisira LED. Pakazere, Metropolis Mapurazi ane anopfuura makumi maviri patents akamirira uye akaiswa.
"Tekinoroji iyi inosandura zvachose hupfumi hwekurima mumba," akadaro Griffin, "icho chinochinja zvachose uye ndiyo kiyi yekukura zvirimwa zvinotumbuka zvine hupfumi pamwero wekutengesa." Griffin akaratidza kuti kugadzirwa kweOneBallast kuchatanga mu2018, iri muPhiladelphia, uye kuti tekinoroji ichaitwa kuti iwanikwe kusimudzira indasitiri yese.
Sekureva kweDhipatimendi reMagetsi reUS, huwandu hwakabatanidzwa hwe279 bhiriyoni kilowatt maawa emagetsi akashandiswa mukugara uye nekutengesa kwemwenje muUS gore rapfuura. Izvi zvinosvika 7 muzana yemagetsi ese eUS anoshandiswa.