The majority of R&D efforts are focusing initially on the poultry and swine markets, but Once Innovations’ technology in particular can also be applied to dairy cattle, horses, and aquaculture. Swine, cattle, and horses, for example, cannot see red light, so dimming to a red spectrum at night enables workers to service the barn without disturbing the animals. A similar approach is used with humans in hospitals, where red light allows hospital staff to move about at night without the need for white light that would curtail patient melatonin production and interrupt sleep. (For more on lighting used in healthcare, see "Solid-state lighting brings out the true colors of modern healthcare" from this issue.)
Tailored spectra also have application to fish and crustaceans, where they can be used to control the pond environment. Once AquaShift lighting systems, for example, have been installed in commercial ponds in China and Belize, and university studies gauging the effect of LED lighting on crustacean productivity are ongoing. Global market potential for solid-state agricultural lighting is in excess of $17B. That will only increase as LED providers find new ways to harness light to enhance animal wellness and increase farm production while reducing energy utilization and costs.
The majority of R&D efforts are focusing initially on the poultry and swine markets, but Once Innovations’ technology in particular can also be applied to dairy cattle, horses, and aquaculture. Swine, cattle, and horses, for example, cannot see red light, so dimming to a red spectrum at night enables workers to service the barn without disturbing the animals. A similar approach is used with humans in hospitals, where red light allows hospital staff to move about at night without the need for white light that would curtail patient melatonin production and interrupt sleep. (For more on lighting used in healthcare, see "Solid-state lighting brings out the true colors of modern healthcare" from this issue.)Tailored spectra also have application to fish and crustaceans, where they can be used to control the pond environment. Once AquaShift lighting systems, for example, have been installed in commercial ponds in China and Belize, and university studies gauging the effect of LED lighting on crustacean productivity are ongoing. Global market potential for solid-state agricultural lighting is in excess of $17B. That will only increase as LED providers find new ways to harness light to enhance animal wellness and increase farm production while reducing energy utilization and costs.
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