VertiGrow
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The Centre for indoor vertical farming in Norway brings together six SINTEF institutes, two NTNU departments, and NTNU Social Research to develop sustainable solutions for future vegetable factories, and to ensure that Norway can actively develop agricultural innovation.
By bridging the gap between biology and technology, the centre seeks to optimise production processes, ensuring that both plant biology and technological needs are fully integrated for large-scale farming innovation.
Feel free to reach out if you're interested in vertical farming. A list of relevant expertise and contact persons can be found below on this page.
Partners:
SINTEF Digital, SINTEF Industry, SINTEF Energy, SINTEF Community, SINTEF Nord, SINTEF Ocean
NTNU Department of engineering Cybernetics, NTNU Department of Biotechnology and Food Science
CIRiS at NTNU Samfunnsforskning AS
Expertise and contact persons
Giulia Robbiani, : Centre Leader
Industrial automation, process control, intermittent lighting for energy cost reduction.
Optics and light engineering, material development, waste heat utilisation, resources use, computation fluid dynamics.
Hybrid greenhouse, waste heat integration.
Landscape architecture, soil chemistry, climate adaptation, circular economy, life cycle assessment and sustainability assessment.
Plant physiology, hydroponic fertilizers, organic nutrient production.
Robotics for food processing, machine vision, ML, robotic food handling.
Optimisation, reinforcement learning, robotics, energy systems.
Circular economy, resource reuse in hydroponics, food safety in hydroponics, human waste-based nutrients, sustainable food production, hygienic design, and packaging.
Space-based farming, technology and biology bridging, closed-loop systems, crop yield optimisation.