projects
xFactory
Type: Product Launch
Target group: science and research
Technology: ROKO Farming Polyponic ®
Benefit: testing of irrigation,
lighting and nutrient settings
Price on request
Smart aeroponics facility
Type: customer project
Benefit: Testing of aeroponic settings
Technology: Aeroponics; Control via smartphone
Number of plants: 150
Location: Berlin
Cultivation of potatoes with aeroponic irrigation
Type: feasibility study
Target group: Innovative agriculture
Technology: Aeroponics
Benefit: Demonstrate feasibility
Results: On request
Multi-product system with classic young plants
Type: Feasibility study - customer project
Target group: Innovative agriculture
Technology: Aeroponics
Benefit: generation of know-how
Quantity of Crops: 10 different
Master's thesis in cooperation with RWTH Aachen
Type: Thesis
Research question: Shifting Agriculture towards Sustainability: An Exploration of the Potential in Retrofitting Buildings for Vertical Farming and the Impact on Resource Use
Study program: Sustainable Management – Water and Energy
Chair: Engineering Hydrology
Results: On request
Bachelor thesis in cooperation with RWTH Aachen
Type: Thesis
Research question: Feeding the future: comparing the environmental impacts of vertical farming and conventional farming methods using
of Life Cycle Assessment
Study program: Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Technical Thermodynamics
Results: On request
Bachelor thesis in cooperation with TU Dortmund
Type: Thesis
Research question: Vertical Farming: Unbroken upward transformation potential? – An urban planning study using a multi-level approach
Study program: Spatial Planning
Chair: Urban and Regional Planning
Results: On request
xFactory
Type: Product Launch
Target group: science and research
Technology: ROKO Farming Polyponic ®
Benefit: testing of irrigation,
lighting and nutrient settings
Price on request
Cultivation of strawberries with aeroponic irrigation
Type: feasibility study
Target group: Innovative agriculture
Technology: Aeroponics
Benefit: Demonstrate feasibility
Results: On request
Construction and operation of a pilot plant with subsequent delivery to crowdfunding customers
Type: Demonstrator
Target group: consumers
Technology: ROKO Farming
Crops: Lettuce, herbs and strawberries
Results: Successful delivery
Pollination of strawberry crops by beneficial insects
Type: Internal research project
Research question: How does the beneficial organism behave under different light settings
Beneficial organism: Bumblebees - Bombus Terrestris - Masculino
Lighting: Spectrally adjustable LED lights from DH Licht with amplitude dimming
Cultures: Strawberries (Korona, Ostara)
Results: On request
Bachelor thesis in cooperation with Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Type: Thesis
Research question: New business models in agriculture – integration of vertical farming into an agricultural building
Study program: Agriculture/Agricultural Management
Chair: Agriculture, Nutritional Science and Landscape Development
Results: On request
Investigation of recyclable substrates for the production of microgreens
Type: Internal research project
Research question: Suitability of recyclable substrates for the production of microgreens
Cooperation partners: University of Hohenheim; Eschler Textil GmbH
Microgreens: pea, sunflower, radish
Results: On request
