A system comprising a conditioning system with one or more cooling coils configured to allow air to pass through the cooling coils to reduce a temperature of the air as well as an extraction portion with a plurality of condensing plates configured to receive conditioned air and configured to cause a portion water vapor of the conditioned air to collect and form liquid water, and a reservoir configured to receive collected liquid water from the plurality of condensing plates.

A growing system is described where plants are grown in containers and the containers are stored in stacks. Above the stacks runs a grid network of tracks on which load handling devices run. The load handling devices take containers from the stacks and deposit them at alternative locations in the stacks or deposit them at stations where goods may be picked out. The containers may be provided with one or more of the following services: power, power control, heating, lighting, cooling, sensing means, data logging means, growing means, water and nutrients.

A plant cultivation apparatus of the present disclosure is proposed. In the plant cultivation apparatus, a machine chamber is configured to be open forward of the cabinet so that indoor air is suctioned and discharged therethrough. Accordingly, even when the plant cultivation apparatus is provided in a specific place in a built-in method, air circulation is smoothly performed.

An air flow system for a horticulture application is configured to facilitate simplified, reconfigurable air flow. Via use of adaptable and reconfigurable inlet ports, outlet ports, and a number and/or configuration of ventilation socks, the air flow system may be customizable to each respective application and/or produce increased plant density and/or health in horticultural applications.

A compact conditioning system for controlling a volume, comprises: (a) at least one light source, said light source being coupled with a replaceable focusing lens; (b) at least one fan; (c) at least one temperature sensor; (d) control circuitry adapted to receive inputs from said sensor(s) and/or from a user, and to operate said light source(s) and/or said fan(s) as a result thereof; and (e) a housing suitable to house said light source, fan and control circuitry and adapted to be positioned at the top of a structural element defining a closed space.

An apparatus for cultivating plants may include a cabinet having a cultivation space; a door that opens and closes the cultivation space; at least one bed disposed in the cultivation space and on which plants are cultivated; at least one light assembly that radiates light for photosynthesis toward the at least one bed; a water tank that stores water to be supplied to the at least one bed; a machine compartment separated from the cultivation space at a lower portion in the cabinet, that communicates with an outside of the apparatus, and that accommodates a compressor and a condenser forming a cooling cycle for controlling a temperature of the cultivation space; an air duct that connects the machine compartment and the cultivation space and guides air in the machine compartment to the cultivation space; and a return duct that connects the cultivation space and the machine compartment and guides air in the cultivation space to the machine compartment.

Disclosed are a system and method for managing a smart farm using a self-contained hydrogen power system. A system for managing a smart farm includes a self-contained hydrogen generation unit configured to purify intake-water, generate clean hydrogen through water electrolysis, generate energy through a fuel cell by using the generated clean hydrogen, and store the energy; and a growing condition control unit configured to receive, from the self-contained hydrogen generation unit, energy for driving a plurality of sensors and a camera and control an environment for growing agricultural produce.

A plant growth monitoring system comprises an image capture system for capturing images over time of a plant being monitored. The images are used to derive successive time instants corresponding to predetermined growth states of the plant. A temperature exposure parameter is obtained between the successive time instants, based on a monitored temperature vs. time function. Information relating to a plant health is derived from the temperature exposure parameter.

A greenhouse-linked air conditioning system includes a first greenhouse through which sunlight is transmitted and in which plants are grown, a second greenhouse through which sunlight is not transmitted and in which plants are grown, an indoor space excluding the first and second greenhouses in a building, a sunlight panel formed outside the first greenhouse and generating power using the sunlight, an auxiliary light source connected to the sunlight panel to provide light to the second greenhouse, and an air conditioning unit configured to connect the first and second greenhouses and the indoor space and selectively exchange air, humidity, and energy between the first and second greenhouses and the indoor space.

The invention is an autonomous wall garden system containing removeable trays, a water delivery system, a tray water level sensor system, and optional grow lights and user interface. The present invention provides a vertical plant growing environment that can be configured to monitor and, in certain cases automatically provide, the appropriate light, temperature, humidity and water for the specific plants in the garden.