Presenting Greenhouse Grower’s 2025 Technology of the Year Finalists
June 29, 2025 Greenhouse Grower will give out several awards at the Evening of Excellence during Cultivate’25 on July 14. Here’s your chance to get to know the finalists for this year’s Technology of the Year award before the winner is announced.
Burro
Burro
Burro AI helps improve the automation of greenhouse work and reduce the amount of labor required to do day-to-day tasks. Because it is powered by electric motors, Burro vehicles make it possible for the horticulture industry to lessen its reliance on fossil fuels. Costs become more predictable, which leads to the potential for increased profitability.
Burro utilizes both cameras and lidar technology in its units to make them more responsive to obstacles in their path and to account for trailers they are towing. The units are 4-wheel drive, so they can handle a variety of terrain. Burro has also developed implements for the units to make them usable year-round, specifically a mower deck and spray unit.
Climaflow
Climaflow (Svensson)
By enabling precise humidity and temperature control without compromising energy savings or compliance, ClimaFlow has unlocked production potential for greenhouse growers across North America. Growers gain greater environmental control at the canopy level, reducing crop loss, shortening cycles, and improving predictability across seasons.
Climaflow enables consistency and scale. Uniform climates lead to uniform crops, and for growers expanding acreage or introducing automation, that consistency is critical.
ReduCompact
ReduCompact (Lumiforte)
ReduCompact is a new type of removable greenhouse coating, developed by Lumiforte in cooperation with Wageningen University. Unlike traditional coatings that focus on heat reduction or light diffusion, ReduCompact was specifically created to enhance the transmission of blue light in greenhouses. This increase in blue light influences plant compactness, offering growers a sustainable way to manage plant height.
Instead of relying on chemical growth regulators, ReduCompact provides an external, light-based method to steer plant development. ReduCompact shifts the function of coatings from general climate management to a new area: growth regulation through light spectrum control.
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