Innovating for Impact: Creating Conditions for Growth With Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Trane Technologies (TT) has partnered with Pure Harvest Smart Farms to install the UAE's first sustainable, electrified cooling and heating plant in a desert greenhouse. The project aims to support local food production and increase food security in the UAE, which currently imports 90% of its food. The solution includes:
- Trane heat pumps and centrifugal chillers using near-zero GWP R-1233zd refrigerant
- Chiller and heat pump control and optimizing systems
- Expected reduction of 8293 metric tons of carbon per year
- Lower system water usage
- Reduced food loss and transportation pollution
This high-tech greenhouse maintains a controlled environment for growing produce in extreme desert conditions, with temperatures ranging from 60°F to over 120°F. The project demonstrates the potential for sustainable agriculture in challenging environments and aligns with Trane Technologies' environmental goals.
Trane Technologies (TT) ha collaborato con Pure Harvest Smart Farms per installare il primo impianto di raffreddamento e riscaldamento sostenibile ed elettrificato degli Emirati Arabi Uniti in una serra nel deserto. Il progetto ha come obiettivo quello di supportare la produzione alimentare locale e aumentare la sicurezza alimentare negli Emirati, che attualmente importano il 90% del proprio cibo. La soluzione include:
- Pompe di calore Trane e chiller centrifughi che utilizzano refrigerante R-1233zd con GWP quasi zero
- Sistemi di controllo e ottimizzazione per chiller e pompe di calore
- Riduzione prevista di 8293 tonnellate metriche di carbonio all'anno
- Minor uso d'acqua nel sistema
- Riduzione della perdita di cibo e dell'inquinamento da trasporto
Questa serra high-tech mantiene un ambiente controllato per la crescita dei prodotti in condizioni desertiche estreme, con temperature che variano da 60°F a oltre 120°F. Il progetto dimostra il potenziale per l'agricoltura sostenibile in ambienti sfidanti e si allinea con gli obiettivi ambientali di Trane Technologies.
Trane Technologies (TT) se ha asociado con Pure Harvest Smart Farms para instalar la primera planta de calefacción y refrigeración sostenible y electrificada en invernadero del desierto en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. El proyecto tiene como objetivo apoyar la producción local de alimentos y aumentar la seguridad alimentaria en los EAU, que actualmente importan el 90% de sus alimentos. La solución incluye:
- Bombas de calor Trane y chillers centrífugos que utilizan refrigerante R-1233zd con GWP casi cero
- Sistemas de control y optimización para chillers y bombas de calor
- Se espera una reducción de 8293 toneladas métricas de carbono por año
- Menor uso de agua del sistema
- Reducción de la pérdida de alimentos y la contaminación por transporte
Este invernadero de alta tecnología mantiene un ambiente controlado para cultivar productos en condiciones extremas del desierto, con temperaturas que oscilan entre 60°F y más de 120°F. El proyecto demuestra el potencial de la agricultura sostenible en entornos desafiantes y se alinea con los objetivos ambientales de Trane Technologies.
트레인 테크놀로지스(TT)는 순수 수확 스마트 농장(Pure Harvest Smart Farms)과 협력하여 UAE의 사막 온실에 최초의 지속 가능한 전기 냉난방 설비를 설치했습니다. 이 프로젝트는 UAE에서 90%의 식품을 수입하는 현 상황에서 지역 식품 생산을 지원하고 식량 안보를 강화하는 것을 목표로 하고 있습니다. 이 솔루션에는 다음이 포함됩니다:
- 거의 제로 GWP R-1233zd 냉매를 사용하는 트레인 열 펌프 및 원심식 냉각기
- 냉각기 및 열 펌프 제어 및 최적화 시스템
- 연간 예상 탄소 배출량 감소 8293 메트릭 톤
- 시스템 물 사용량 감소
- 음식 손실 및 운송 오염 감소
이 첨단 온실은 극심한 사막 조건에서 농작물을 재배하기 위해 조절된 환경을 유지하며, 온도는 60°F에서 120°F 이상까지 변화합니다. 이 프로젝트는 도전적인 환경에서 지속 가능한 농업의 가능성을 보여주며, 트레인 테크놀로지스의 환경 목표와 일치합니다.
Trane Technologies (TT) s'est associé à Pure Harvest Smart Farms pour installer la première centrale de chauffage et de refroidissement électrifiée et durable des Émirats Arabes Unis dans une serre désertique. Le projet vise à soutenir la production alimentaire locale et à renforcer la sécurité alimentaire aux Émirats, qui importent actuellement 90 % de leurs aliments. La solution comprend :
- Pompes à chaleur Trane et refroidisseurs centrifuges utilisant le réfrigérant R-1233zd à GWP quasi nul
- Systèmes de contrôle et d'optimisation pour les refroidisseurs et lespompes à chaleur
- Réduction prévue de 8293 tonnes métriques de carbone par an
- Moins d'utilisation d'eau dans le système
- Réduction des pertes alimentaires et de la pollution due au transport
Cette serre de haute technologie maintient un environnement contrôlé pour cultiver des produits dans des conditions désertiques extrêmes, avec des températures variant de 60°F à plus de 120°F. Le projet démontre le potentiel de l'agriculture durable dans des environnements difficiles et s'aligne avec les objectifs environnementaux de Trane Technologies.
Trane Technologies (TT) hat sich mit Pure Harvest Smart Farms zusammengeschlossen, um die erste nachhaltige, elektrifizierte Heiz- und Kühlanlage in einem Wüstengewächshaus der VAE zu installieren. Das Projekt zielt darauf ab, die lokale Lebensmittelproduktion zu unterstützen und die Ernährungssicherheit in den VAE zu erhöhen, die derzeit 90% ihrer Lebensmittel importieren. Die Lösung umfasst:
- Trane-Wärmepumpen und Zentrifugalkühler, die das nahezu emissionsfreie Kältemittel R-1233zd verwenden
- Steuerungs- und Optimierungssysteme für Kühler und Wärmepumpen
- Erwartete Reduzierung von 8293 metrischen Tonnen Kohlenstoff pro Jahr
- Geringerer Wasserverbrauch des Systems
- Verringerung von Lebensmittelverlusten und Transportverschmutzung
Dieses High-Tech-Gewächshaus hält ein kontrolliertes Umfeld für den Anbau von Produkten unter extremen Wüstenbedingungen, mit Temperaturen von 60°F bis über 120°F. Das Projekt zeigt das Potenzial für nachhaltige Landwirtschaft in anspruchsvollen Umgebungen und stimmt mit den Umweltzielen von Trane Technologies überein.
- Partnership with Pure Harvest Smart Farms for innovative desert agriculture
- Installation of first sustainable, electrified cooling and heating plant in UAE greenhouse
- Expected reduction of 8293 metric tons of carbon per year
- Lower system water usage and reduced food loss
- Expansion of project to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
- Alignment with UAE government's food security initiatives
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Pure Harvest and Trane join to install the first sustainable, electrified cooling and heating plant in the UAE inside a desert greenhouse.
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / September 19, 2024 / Trane Technologies
We're helping solve our customers' big challenges by innovating and delivering solutions that are better for their business-and for the environment.
Project At-a-Glance:
The opportunity: Support UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms to create a controlled environment suitable for agricultural production while utilizing as little energy and as few natural resources as possible.
The solution: A sustainable electrified thermal management system that alternately heats and cools the high-tech greenhouse, utilizing:
Trane® heat pumps
Trane centrifugal chillers using near-zero GWP R-1233zd refrigerant
Chiller and heat pump control and optimizing systems
Sustainability outcomes: All metrics are based on prior year (2022) comparisons unless otherwise stated.
Expected reduction of 8293 metric tons of carbon (mtCO2e) per year
Lower system water usage
Reduced food loss and transportation pollution
Growing tomatoes in the desert
Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a sustainability-focused, controlled environment agriculture company based in the United Arab Emirates, is now doing what many thought was impossible: growing strawberries, lettuce and melons in one of the most challenging environments on Earth: the desert of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
One of the most technologically advanced indoor agriculture companies, Pure Harvest looked to Trane® to install the high-performance thermal management systems needed to grow delicate produce in such extreme environments.
"We're talking about a country that's
High-tech greenhouses
Pure Harvest believes its high-tech greenhouses can be part of that solution. Small yet very high-producing oases of arable land, these state-of-the-art installations are similar to other forms of indoor agriculture, except that they leverage natural light. Inside, every aspect of the growing environment is carefully monitored and maintained, from temperature to humidity, air movement and carbon dioxide levels.
That level of control requires an extremely sophisticated system. The cooling and heating solution must not only be highly precise, it must be able to maintain a steady indoor environment as outside temperatures fluctuate between 60° F by night to well over 120° F by day.
To help them construct such a system, Pure Harvest looked to Trane for a solution: a modular electric thermal management array comprised of Trane heat pumps and centrifugal chillers using R-1233zd refrigerant. An efficient and sustainable electric solution, the Trane system was designed to not only to meet the combined heating and cooling requirements of the greenhouse, but to do so using minimum power and water, as high efficiency is central to Pure Harvest's economic model.
"Reliability and efficiency correlate directly to production, and therefore the cost of the agricultural produce coming from the greenhouse," said Majed Halawi, VP Engineering & Construction, Pure Harvest Smart Farms. "It's our ability to grow high quality food intensively and close to where it's consumed that allows us to deliver fruits and vegetables at comparable prices to imports. But we must also achieve that in a way that's sustainable, and that utilizes less in the way of natural resources. That's a very important part of the Pure Harvest concept."
Thinking globally, acting locally
Growing food close to where it's sold and consumed has other very important benefits that relate to Trane Technologies' environmental goals. One of those goals is reducing the carbon footprint of the transportation cold chain, which in addition to the built environment is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitting parts of the global infrastructure.
The Pure Harvest project in the UAE brings the world a step closer to achieving that aim and is a demonstration of what can be achieved when a manufacturer and a customer set out to create new, innovative, sustainable solutions. Encouraged by this success, Pure Harvest has begun building similar installations in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
"We feel privileged to be a part of this project," said Javed. "We're committed to supporting public initiatives that improve food security, water conservation, skilled job creation and economic diversification. We're proud to have helped a local company in its drive to increase the UAE's food security, reduce its dependence on food imports, lower food miles and reduce carbon footprints."
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