The Best LED Grow Lights to Maximize Greenhouse Energy Efficiency

Installing LED grow lights in your commercial greenhouse is an effective way to save on energy costs, increase crop yields, and promote sustainable plant growth. But with so many LEDs on the market with different light intensities, light spectrums, and energy consumption requirements, finding the right lighting solution for your operation may feel overwhelming. 

The best way to start your search for the top LED grow lights is to understand the qualities to look for in reliable, dynamic LED fixtures. Then, you can better evaluate your options and narrow them down to the perfect model for your greenhouse’s needs. 

Qualities to look for in the best grow lights for commercial greenhouses

If you’re unfamiliar with LED grow lights, you may not realize all the features that make up these greenhouse lighting options.There are a few qualities to look for in the right grow light management systems and controls. 

Reduced energy costs 

If you want to maximize your greenhouse’s energy efficiency, you’ll want to look for energy-efficient grow lights. Compared to high-pressure sodium (HPS) lights, the best LED lights can save you between 35% and 50% on energy costs. 

While lower energy usage boasts many benefits for your greenhouse, you want to ensure that the lights you choose still maintain high productivity. They should be able to adequately support all the plants in your greenhouse and meet your production goals.

Retrofit the existing HPS with same wattage LEDs or a higher wattage LED to optimize the production while maximizing the energy savings.

Ease of transition between HPS and LED lights

If your greenhouse is like many, you currently use HPS lights to support crop growth. While you want to gain the energy-saving benefits of LED lighting solutions, you shouldn’t have to completely renovate your electrical infrastructure in the greenhouse to accommodate these changes. 

Many LED grow lights use simple technology that allows you to seamlessly transition from an HPS to a LED system. You may even be able to install hybrid lighting with HPS and LED or simply have a 1-1 replacement of HPS keeping the existing electrical infrastructure.

Real-time automatic dimming and spectral adjustments

The best LED grow lights can reduce your energy costs and provide real-time automatic dimming and spectral adjustments to deliver the precise light intensity and spectrum best suited to each plant.

These LED lights connect to our lighting software platform (SUN as a Service® or SUNaaS®), taking data from the software and using it to automatically adjust the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) output in the coverage area. This allows you to run the most cost-effective greenhouse operations, as you won’t waste energy when the crops do not need a high light intensity. At the same time providing consistent lighting as well as optimum spectrum for the plant photosynthetic activity.

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Settings for specialty crops

Whether your greenhouse grows heirloom tomatoes, exotic flowers, or rare leafy greens, you need a lighting system that can adapt to the specific needs of your crops. Sollum’s dynamic LED lights, combined with the Leaficient technology, ensure optimal light conditions through real-time monitoring, supporting plant grow that every stage.

These lights give you greater light spectrum control than traditional HPS lights, allowing you to change from blue to red light and adjust the intensity as needed. You can choose between full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, or targeted-spectrum models depending on the types of crops you grow. 

Adaptability to different growing conditions 

Finally, you should look for a LED grow light that can adapt its settings to the different growing conditions throughout your commercial greenhouse. You may also need to create different light recipes per zone, for different crops. 

Instead of purchasing different lights for different applications, you can choose dynamic LED lighting from Sollum Technologies to deliver the right amount of light to each plant, regardless of the internal environmental growing conditions. With the capability of zoning the greenhouse using the SUNaaS software, you can easily zone the different cultivars or species grown in the same greenhouse. This feature helps to customize the lighting strategy and recipes to ensure the optimal growth and plant response of each cultivar/species.

What are the best LED grow lights for commercial greenhouses?

Now that you know the best qualities to look for in the best LED grow lights, it’s time to start narrowing your search. Sollum Technologies is a trusted LED lighting manufacturer in North America, providing fully dynamic lighting solution for commercial greenhouses just like yours. (Read Case Studies) 

Our solution allows growers to create unique custom zones throughout their greenhouses and adapt the spectrum, PAR, PPF and PPFD accordingly. In connection with our SUNaaS cloud platform, you can always deliver the right amount of light to each plant while benefiting from lower energy consumption. 

Explore our three different models or speak with our team about the right types of grow lights for your business.

SF-E2 

Our SF-E2 model is ideal for greenhouse growers transitioning from HPS and seeking a simple technology.

Built for seamless integration with existing HPS fixtures, it offers greater energy efficiency and dynamic capabilities—without the complexity of more advanced systems.

SF-ONE

The SF-ONE is our broad-spectrum grow light, offering the ideal light intensity to grow most high-volume crops. It’s best for large operations that want to manage energy and costs closely. 

These lights have the flexibility to grow a wide range of plants, but they are simple enough to manage. 

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SF-PRO

The SF-PRO is our most powerful and innovative grow light. It’s best for growers who want to balance costs, product quality, crop growth, and sustainability.

This model employs a full spectrum that modulates light to control a range of factors involved in plant growth. 

Explore our dynamic LED grow lights

At Sollum Technologies, we’re proud to provide the best LED grow lights to maximize greenhouse energy efficiency and productivity. If you run a commercial greenhouse, our dynamic grow lights can transform your operations.

Our products have helped countless growers harvest tomatoes, leafy greens, strawberries, flowers, cannabis, and many other crops efficiently and seamlessly. You’ll save time, money and energy, all while maximizing the quality of your superior yield. 

Contact us today at 1-866-220-5455 to learn more about our solution or speak with our team about how we can support your business