1. PPS Smart Materials
AgriFoodTop
Symposium
7 juni 2017, Wageningen

2. Growth – 2050: growth to 9 billion people
In the next 25 years we need to produce more food than in the past 10,000 years

3. Environmental protection – Efficient use of water and fertilizers

4. Environmental protection – Emission-free growing in 2027

5. Energy efficiency – Energy neutral in 2020

6. 1980 > 2016 Higher greenhouses to create a better climate
“Lighter” greenhouses as 1% more light = 1% more yield

7. Since 2014: new breakthrough in greenhouse glass
Diffuse glass with anti reflection coating
Standard glass
Diffuse glass: + 10% yield
Payback < 3 years

8. Modern greenhouse vs. ceiling panel
<
€ / m2

9. Greenhouse is fixed… but… suboptimal in most of the time
4 seasons
Different climate zones
Next step: smart greenhouses with adaptable technologies

10. Main challenge
Are our customers prepared to pay for new innovation of high added value solutions with a longer and uncertain payback?
Stakeholders banks
Stakeholders other investors

11. Challenges for Saint-Gobain
- Convincing headquarters to enter an unknown new market next to construction
- Provide specific knowledge about growing plants in a protected environment to the different R&D departments of Saint-Gobain
-5%
+5%

12. Challenges for Saint-Gobain
1. Adapt existing Saint-Gobain solutions for the horticulture application
2. Co-development between different parties (other companies + universities)

13. Results: Smart greenhouse materials
Light quality as “signalling effect” e.g. right colour for different crop stage
 Better quality
High value crops
High nutritional value
Light quantity
e.g. light regulation, new materials
 1% more light = 1% more yield
Greenhouse=solar collector
e.g. high insulation for heat capturing
 Energy saving, electricity production
Greenhouse=solar collector
e.g. produce electricity
Light geometrical distribution
e.g. switch to clear or more diffusion
 10% more diffusion = 1.5% more yield

15. Partners Coordinator Academic partners Industrial partners
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