It’s all about technology & innovations at GreenTech Amsterdam! To put the innovations of our exhibitors in the spotlights, we organize the GreenTech Innovation and Concept Awards every year. The winners of 2024 were announced during the opening of GreenTech Amsterdam on Tuesday 11 June.
GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024 Winners
Integrated Autonomous Climate & Irrigation Control
Company: Blue Radix
Category: Innovation Award - The most revolutionising idea
Stand: 01.245
Product description: Blue Radix enhances and integrates its proven Autonomous Climate Control with Autonomous Irrigation Control, leveraging advanced AI. Crop Controller ensures precise climate and irrigation execution, reducing climate computer work by 80%. It revolutionizes daily greenhouse management, delivering 5% profit increase & 7% yield improvement, 10% less water and fertilizer usage, and 15% energy savings.
Jury Comment
“We have seen many innovations using AI and Data Science to optimize a single process in the greenhouse. Since there are many processes which influence each other the real challenge is to optimize the total operation. Blue Radix combines autonomous climate and water control which is an important step towards autonomous greenhouses”.
Koppert’s Digital Assistant
Company: Koppert
Category: Concept Award - The most promising new idea
Stand: 05.118
Product description: The Digital Assistant embodies a revolutionary leap forward, surpassing superficial chat bot interaction. It provides personalized and context-rich support to growers and consultants for unique IPM challenges, by incorporating vital data from grower’s own crop management system (e.g. climate, pest prevalence, treatments) and our unique knowledge of IPM management and agricultural practices.
Jury Comment
“Knowledge of plagues and diseases is widely available in literature. The knowledge level of growers varies depending on experience. The initiative to use a ChatGPT like approach to assist growers can create a huge increase of the average knowledge level of growers”.