Vertical farming has come under fire in the past, with opponents blasting its high energy usage and cost. So, will new findings to mitigate these drawbacks, silence the critics?

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Because plants’ biological functions are heavily influenced by environmental conditions like temperature changes, light wavelengths, and the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere, manipulating the environment allows a vertical farming system to manipulate plant development.

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The authors created a model for testing smart lighting that aims to keep plants’ ability to photosynthesise steady over the course of a day…. They found that an optimisation algorithm could cut electricity costs by 12% without compromising a plants’ carbon fixation, just by varying the intensity of the light.

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