Amplified Farms Success story: Custom Incentives Program
Steve Squaglia, tus tsim thiab cog qoob loo ntawm Sacramento-based cannabis tsim, Amplified Farms piav qhia tias "Txoj kev uas peb pom kev lag luam cannabis hloov zuj zus tam sim no yog ntau ntxiv txog kev ua tau zoo," Nrog rau cov phooj ywg tus thawj tswj hwm Zach Goodin thiab Greg Hartnett, lawv tau rov hais dua li cas SMUD's Custom Energy Efficiency Incentive program tsis tsuas yog txo lawv cov nqi ntawm kev ua haujlwm, nws pab ua kom cov khoom tsim tawm los ntawm lawv qhov chaw.
Co-founders Greg Hartnett, Steve Squaglia thiab Zach Goodin
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“SMUD tau nthuav tawm thaum lub sijhawm; Kuv xav tias lawv lub hom phiaj yog nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom tau raws li qhov kev xav tau ntawm hluav taws xob loj hlob sai vim tias peb txoj kev lag luam muaj qhov xav tau siab ntawm daim phiaj. Yog li, thaum peb ntsib nrog lawv, lawv tau npaj siv lub teeb pom kev zoo LED. Peb tos tos thaum xub thawj. Peb tau ua qee qhov haujlwm me me nrog LEDs ua ntej tab sis yeej tsis nyob ntawm qhov ntsuas no, tsis tau 'paj' nrog lawv. "
"HPS (siab siab sodium) fixtures yog tus qauv kev lag luam thiab lawv ua tau ib txoj hauj lwm zoo" Zach, uas tswj xyuas cov chaw ua haujlwm. "Tab sis HPS cov khoom siv tau ntub dej ntau lub zog ntau dua li cov LEDs thiab tsim kom muaj cua sov me ntsis ntxiv uas yuav tsum tau ua kom txias dua. Nws los rau kev siv ob qho 1000 watts nrog HPS piv rau 660 watts nrog LEDs."
Txhawm rau kom tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm SMUD qhov kev txhawb nqa, Amplified Farms tau pom zoo muab tag nrho chav loj hlob rau LED teeb nkaus xwb, nrog SMUD muab $300 rov qab rau ib lub teeb rau txhua HPS fixture hloov nrog LED.
Tab sis qhov ntawd tsuas yog qhov pib ntawm cov txiaj ntsig Amplified Farms tau ntsib nrog txoj haujlwm. Txij li cov khoom siv LED ua kom muaj cua sov tsawg, lawv tsim qhov chaw ua haujlwm zoo dua thiab xis nyob rau Amplified Farms cov neeg ua haujlwm. Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, thaum LEDs txo qis kev siv hluav taws xob, lawv HVAC system suav txog 36% ntawm tag nrho cov nyiaj khaws cia piv rau HPS chav tsev uas muaj tib lub teeb thiab cov nroj tsuag.
Ua tiav qoob loo hauv LED loj hlob chav npaj rau kev sau qoob loo. |
Nyob rau hauv ib lub voj voog paj, chav LED tau txuag Amplified Farms 9,407 kwh piv rau HPS chav. Thaum kawg, nruab nrab ntawm LEDs 'kev siv hluav taws xob qis dua thiab kev siv HVAC qis dua, Amplified Farms pom tau tias muaj 25% kev txuag ntawm lawv chav HPS hauv ob qho tib si nqi thiab lub zog. Cov nroj tsuag hauv chav LED kuj ua tiav THC ntau dua thiab terpene profiles.
Greg, uas yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev muag khoom, tau txaus siab rau cov txiaj ntsig. "Lub teeb ua tau zoo tshaj qhov kev cia siab, uas yog qhov tseeb."
Steve kuj pom lwm qhov zoo dua LEDs muaj tshaj HPS teeb. "Peb tus neeg sawv cev SMUD tau piav qhia yuav ua li cas peb tuaj yeem txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev mus rau ' ntsug'. Nws tau qhia peb cov hneev taw tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd nthuav tawm cov phiaj xwm los teeb cov txaj, uas tsis tuaj yeem ua tau nrog HPS fixtures vim yog cua sov lawv tsim. Tam sim no peb muaj LED thev naus laus zis, peb tuaj yeem xav txog kev daws teeb meem ntsug rau qhov ua liaj ua teb no. Peb tuaj yeem ua kom haum rau 22,000 square feet canopy rau hauv ib lub tsev 12,000 square feet."
"Kuv xav hais tias kev siv LED yog qhov muag qhib," Zach xaus lus. "Kuv xav tias lawv yog lub teeb paj zoo dua. Thiab vim hais tias ntawm lub amperage peb tau txais kev cawmdim siv cov tshiab fixtures, peb muaj peev xwm ntxiv ib kab ntxiv nyob rau hauv tag nrho peb chav. Yog li nws yuav luag zoo li ntxiv lwm chav rau qhov chaw. Peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm ua tau yam tsis muaj LED teeb peb muaj peev xwm yuav los ntawm SMUD qhov kev txhawb siab. "