PDR Group will resell the LumiGrow ES330™ system for greenhouses and indoor farms, the LumiBar™ LED strip light for shelf systems and the LumiBulb™ red and far-red LED light bulbs for supplementary light applications.

“This partnership will create a large number of new opportunities in untapped areas for LumiGrow in India,” said Neil Coppinger, vice president of sales, LumiGrow. He continued, “Carefully selecting high-quality partners such as PDR Group enables LumiGrow to provide lighting solutions with unprecedented power and energy efficiency to growers everywhere.”

“The greatest economic opportunity for growers is improving crop productivity,” commented Sanjog Lunkad, director, PDR Group. “We’re pleased to add the LumiGrow solution to our grower offering because it delivers the productivity gains of conventional greenhouse lighting with half the energy use,” he added.

Growers in India are switching from open-field farming to controlled indoor environments to achieve greater crop yields that will meet the needs of a growing population, according to the Horticulture Training Centre. Agriculture in India has the potential for major productivity gains because crop yields in India are 30 percent to 60 percent of the best sustainable crop yields achieved in farms worldwide, according to research from Oklahoma State University.

The LumiGrow product line is independently proven to improve crop yields and reduce energy consumption and costs by half compared to conventional lighting. Growers also conserve strained water supplies because plants grown with comparatively cool LumiGrow LED lights show lower transpiration rates than plants grown either in open fields or with conventional greenhouse lighting.

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 1,000+ commercial and institutional installations include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Novato, CA, April 24, 2012 – LumiGrow, Inc. (www.lumigrow.com), the leading provider of smart horticultural lighting, today announced that it has signed a North American distribution agreement with Hydrofarm, Inc., one of the world’s largest wholesalers and manufacturers of indoor gardening products.

Hydrofarm’s six state-of-the-art distribution centers will make LumiGrow LED lighting for greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture farms and urban gardens readily available to more than 1,500 garden center and hydroponic equipment retailers throughout the United States and Canada.

Designed and built in the US, the LumiGrow product line is independently proven to improve crop yields and reduce operating costs by half compared to conventional lighting. Growers gain more control over crop characteristics with the LumiGrow solution’s tunable color spectrum. The LumiGrow solution’s compact, all-in-one design minimizes canopy shadowing and eliminates the cost and complexity of systems requiring fans, ballasts and reflectors.

Hydrofarm will carry the full LumiGrow product line including the ES330™ and ES165™ systems for greenhouses and indoor gardens, the LumiBar™ LED strip light for shelf systems and the LumiBulb™ red and far red LED light bulbs for supplementary light applications.

“The marketplace is signaling its readiness for LED lighting solutions that deliver substantial crop yield gains and energy savings,” said Chris Whipple, product manager, Hydrofarm. “We selected the LumiGrow product line because of the company’s proven track record for product and service quality,” continued Mr. Whipple.

“Hydrofarm’s specialization in high-quality indoor growing equipment for garden center and hydroponic retailers makes it a strategic fit for LumiGrow,” said Neil Coppinger, vice president of sales, LumiGrow. He added, “Hydrofarm’s logistics expertise will provide retailers looking for our products with superior service in the key areas of product availability, on-time delivery and responsiveness.”

About Hydrofarm, Inc.
Founded in 1977, Hydrofarm is the nation’s oldest and largest manufacturer of indoor growing equipment and grow lights.

Hydrofarm is headquartered in Petaluma, CA, with six distribution centers located around the country. Their brand products are the choice of more indoor gardeners and gardening retailers than all other brands combined. You can find their products in hundreds of stores and catalogs across North America. They are also being used by some of the nation’s largest commercial greenhouse growers.

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 1,000+ commercial and institutional installations include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.
LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Novato, CA, April 17, 2012 – LumiGrow, Inc. (www.lumigrow.com), the market and technology leader in smart horticultural lighting, today announced the close of its strongest first quarter to date. The record-breaking quarter equaled 50 percent of full-year 2011 revenue with new offerings, including the LumiBar™ LED system, contributing 25 percent of total product sales.

During the quarter, LumiGrow also expanded its sales department head count by 33 percent, deployed more than 350 new customer installations, launched a channel partner program and scaled manufacturing to keep pace with fast-rising demand.

“Customer results are spurring the rapid adoption of the LumiGrow solution,” said Kevin Wells, president and CEO, LumiGrow, Inc. He continued, “Thousands of customer installations and study after study prove that LumiGrow lights double the crop yields of conventional greenhouse lighting at the same level of energy consumption.”

Wells also credits the growing body of academic research on the application of LED technologies for horticultural applications with driving demand from commercial flower, food and algae growers.

“Growers are learning that LED lighting can be fine-tuned to deliver the color spectrum plants need to thrive without energy waste,” Wells explained. “Now growers don’t have to choose between increasing yields and reducing operating costs. With LumiGrow, they get both.”

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 500 commercial and institutional customers include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Novato, CA, February 14, 2012

Moderated by Inside Grower Editor-in-Chief Chris Beytes, the live, 30-minute webinar will feature the case study of Green Winter Farms of Palmer, Alaska. Green Winter Farms’ CEO Crystal Boze will relate her experience in establishing a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) farm that achieved financial break-even after just four months of operation.

Intended for new produce and flower growers seeking to improve crop yield and revenue, the webinar will provide tips for creating sales projections and bringing product to market. The webinar will also address technical considerations involved in designing energy-efficient growth environments such as deciding between soil-based and hydroponic methods, regulating temperature and selecting crops, equipment and materials.

Growers responsible for managing their farms’ financial performance or driving locally grown food initiatives will come away from this webinar better equipped to:

• Create go-to-market plans
• Design sustainable indoor farms
• Identify public agency resources
• Manage business growth

“I’m sharing my basil growing experience from conception to delivery to help promote CEA farms. Locally grown produce provides green jobs to support our local economies, makes fresh food more broadly available and delivers food security,” said Crystal Boze of Green Winter Farms. She continued, “There are over 300 items in grocery store produce aisles that could be grown with CEA methods.”

“Green Winter Farms is a model of environmentally, socially and financially sustainable entrepreneurialism for the agricultural industry,” said Caroline Nordahl, vice president of marketing, LumiGrow, Inc. She added, “Crystal demonstrates a path to profitability for community-based farmers. We’re pleased to bring attention to her story.”

The live webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11 am Pacific Time / 2 pm Eastern Time. Register online »

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 500 commercial and institutional customers include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Novato, CA, December 6, 2011 – LumiGrow, Inc., the leading provider of smart horticultural lighting, today announced that the University of Wyoming (UW) is retrofitting a research greenhouse with energy-efficient LumiGrow lighting fixtures. In replacing conventional 600-Watt high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps with LumiGrow LED-based systems, UW will reduce lighting-related energy consumption and costs by half.

LumiGrow estimates that the UW greenhouse retrofit will save more than 13,000 kilowatt-hours of power and avoid the emission of 29,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. Additionally, the LED lighting manufacturer projects that this energy savings will translate into $5,666 in electrical bill savings, based on Rocky Mountain Power’s current rate of 4.2 cents per kilowatt-hour and not adjusted for possible rate increases, over the LED lights’ 10-year lifespan.

“Our decision to go with LumiGrow was based on two factors: cost and light quality,” said UW Greenhouse Operations Manager Casey Seals. He continued, “With the LumiGrow solution, we get the best of both worlds.”

LumiGrow LED fixtures pay for themselves in electrical bill savings, last ten times longer than conventional lights and eliminate the need for frequent bulb replacement. Unlike HID and fluorescent fixtures, RoHS-compliant LumiGrow systems do not release mercury and other toxins into the environment.

UW’s greenhouses are the site of leading research in agroecology, crop science, entomology, plant pathology, soil science and weed science. The 40-year-old greenhouse complex benefits from recent energy conservation measures including exhaust fan and control system upgrades and the installation of translucent polycarbonate covers.

The greenhouse lighting retrofit is part of a campus-wide sustainability initiative. UW President Buchanan is an American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment signee, committing UW to reducing carbon emissions over the coming decades, and to eventually becoming carbon neutral.

“University of Wyoming is maximizing financial and environmental returns by focusing efficiency efforts on its greenhouses, which are among the biggest energy users on campus,” said Kevin Wells, founder and CEO, LumiGrow.

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, controlled environment agriculture and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 500 commercial and institutional customers include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Novato, CA, November 29, 2011 – LumiGrow, Inc., the leading provider of smart horticultural lighting, today announced that Algae Farm, a pioneer in the indoor cultivation of high yield algae oil, residual biomass and algal biomass, is implementing the LumiGrow LED solution at its facility based on the Houston Advanced Research Center campus in The Woodlands, TX.

Algae Farm’s selection of the LumiGrow solution followed a review of agricultural lighting products. The LumiGrow system was selected for its independently proven ability to promote superior yields at a fraction of the cost of fluorescent lighting. Energy-efficient LumiGrow LED lighting will save the company $400 thousand in the first year following installation and provide sustained savings in the form of lower electrical costs, year after year, for the lights’ 10-year lifespan. Further, by selecting the LumiGrow system, Algae Farm avoids the release of mercury into the environment, a toxic waste hazard inherent to fluorescent lighting.

LumiGrow LED technology is instrumental to the operation of Algae Farm’s algae biomass production system, which will produce algae for the nutraceutical, cosmetic and renewable energy market sectors. By growing in a climate-controlled indoor environment, Algae Farm can achieve predictable and scalable yields while it maintains the highest purity standards.

“Algae Farm is committed to providing commercial algal products reliably. This requires that we eliminate uncertainties and control production variables, including light,” said Algae Farm CEO Rick Berman. He continued, “With the LumiGrow solution, we are assured of a lasting, highest-quality lighting source for our crops.”

“Controlled environment agriculture is rapidly gaining ground among innovative growers. Algae Farm is taking a leadership position in demonstrating commercial scalability as well as environmental and financial feasibility,” said Kevin Wells, CEO of LumiGrow.

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, vertical farms and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 500 commercial and institutional customers include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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LumiBar 175 Watt LED Strip Light

Applications for the LumiBar solution include seedling production and agricultural research. The LumiBar solution is ideal for use in controlled environments including climate cabinets, growth chambers and production units.

Growers Boost Yields and Cut Lighting Costs by Half

The LumiBar system provides numerous advantages to growers, researchers and facility managers. The solution provides 50 percent more photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) per Watt and consumes as little as half the energy required by the fluorescent and incandescent fixtures it replaces. Fluorescent and incandescent lamps are based on technology intended for general illumination, not plant growth. In emitting portions of the color spectrum that plants can’t use, these lights consume far more power than necessary. The LumiBar system also operates at lower temperatures, minimizing environmental cooling requirements.

The LumiBar solution eliminates the light quality degradation issues posed by fluorescent and incandescent fixtures. Degradation is of concern to scientists because it presents an uncontrolled variable that potentially compromises research. By contrast, the LumiBar solution provides constant and uniform lighting for more than 50,000 hours, eliminating the need for frequent bulb replacement.

The LumiBar system delivers precise lighting control. Users may apply default settings or tune the LumiBar system to their preferred light intensity and color ratio for every stage of crop growth. A white light setting enables growers to assess crop characteristics.

Additional key features of the LumiBar solution include:

• Tunable PAR-centric (400 to 700nm) color ratio
• Far Red 740nm LEDs (optional configuration)
• Fully adjustable intensity
• Uniform coverage area of 48” x 18” when mounted 12” – 16” above plants
• 0 – 200 micromoles at 12” above plants (fully adjustable)
• 175 Watts
• Efficient LumiGrow PowerDrive™ LED controllers
• All-in-one simplicity
• RoHS compliant
• LumiGrow Customer Support
• Energy efficiency rebate eligible

“We’re committed to growing produce sustainably, from both environmental and financial perspectives,” said Gail Robin, general manager, Golden Point Organic Produce. Ms. Robin continued, “LumiGrow fits our strategy because it improves our yields and our margins. We’ll see 50 percent energy savings compared to T5 fixtures. LumiBar will pay back our investment in 17 months.”

“Our customers in academia and industry require superior lighting solutions that free them from frequent light bulb replacement and high electrical bills,” said LumiGrow CEO Kevin Wells. He added, “We’re pleased to bring the advantages of LumiGrow lighting to multilayer applications.”

About LumiGrow, Inc.
LumiGrow, Inc., the leader in smart horticultural lighting, enables commercial growers and agribusinesses to reduce energy costs, achieve operational efficiencies and improve crop yield. LumiGrow offers a range of third-party proven solutions for use in greenhouses, vertical farms and scientific research chambers. LumiGrow solutions are eligible for energy efficiency subsidies from Pacific Gas & Electric, Puget Sound Energy and other utilities. The Company’s 500 commercial and institutional customers include Dow AgroSciences, Duke University and the USDA. Headquartered in Novato, California, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated. For more information, call (800) 514-0487 or visit www.lumigrow.com.

LumiGrow is a registered trademark of LumiGrow, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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