Inauguration, delivery of three Groupe CMF generation research greenhouses
With this ambitious project, the Earth and Life Institute laboratory means to renew and expand its glass greenhouses facilities, so as to complete the existing phytotrons surfaces.
Designed in close collaboration with some scientists, the complex is able to re-create specific climates from different parts of the world through more than 30 separate climate compartments. Among other things, CMF has equipped them with a latest generation photosynthesis physiological LED lighting in order to re-create "on-demand" lighting conditions, both in intensity and colorimetry.
On the other hand, a thermally efficient glazed shell made it possible to reduce heating consumption by more than 50%. This is a major breakthrough, as energy consumption in greenhouses represents significant charges for most research sites.
40 research teams, among which 15 at the UCL, will benefit from this new tool.
June 2014: inauguration of the research greenhouses at the INRA in Angers
Located on the Agrocampus Ouest site in Angers, the new greenhouses facilities shared by the INRA-INEM meet the growing demand in plant experimentation needs, mainly for flower production. On nearly 2000 m² of CMF greenhouses, 25 glazed climate compartments and 12 climate chambers "phytotron" type, can be found.
The special feature of 7 out of the 25 glazed compartments is that they have been biosafety designed, so as to meet the specific levels S2 and S3 containment criteria. Cross-contamination then becomes impossible between the inside and outside air of the greenhouse, designed for the most sensitive areas of research.
A broad range of very diverse technologies can therefore be seen on the site, from roof frame natural ventilation to double air flow treatment unit.
In June: delivery of the first mobile greenhouses for Arvalis Institut du Végétal
Arvalis Institut du Végétal is a French agricultural applied research organization financed and managed by the producers. Within the frame of the Phénome project, the Arvalis platform aim is to define the future tools of varietal research.
Some studies and selections for water stress resistance and hydration control will be carried out on 800 open-ground micro-plots, all this combined with phenotyping methods.
From the specifications submitted by Arvalis, CMF has designed and developed an innovative shelter model at this scale (5 240 m² in total): 8 mobile greenhouses of 650 m² each, will automatically move on 8 triple rows of ground rails on a 145 m length.
It will then be possible to « deprive » a given parcel of rain, or to the contrary, to water it through automatic ramps installed in the greenhouses. The system is automatically operated through a software, specially developed for this application:
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