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Skytree and Biobest, in collaboration with PATS, win GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2023
Winner of Innovation Award.
Today, on GreenTech Amsterdam’s opening, the 2023 GreenTech Awards winners were announced. Skytree wins the Concept Award for product Model 5. And Biobest, in collaboration with PATS, wins the Innovation Award for the product Trap-Eye™.
Jolanda Heistek (chairman jury) explains why: “The winners of the Concept & Innovation Awards were selected based on the originality of the entry, the level of sustainability and the impact on social and environmental issues. Both had a very professional way of presenting which gave the jury confidence in their development journey and business plans”.
Winners of Concept Award.
THE GREENTECH CONCEPT AWARD GOES TO: Model 5 by Skytree
Product: Skytree’s DDAC technology captures CO2 directly from the air and allows it to be commercially utilised or permanently stored. Product Description: Skytree provides Decentralised Direct Air Capture (DDAC) units that offer a scalable alternative to the current fossil fuel-based CO2 supply chain. The DDAC units enable businesses to extract clean CO2 directly from ambient air on-site for either direct usage or permanent storage. This approach satisfies the demand for CO2 while decreasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
In the jury comments, Heistek says: “This new technology of a startup is uniquely positioned to address several societal and environmental issues and can have a positive effect on the ecological footprint of horticulture. This crossover technology has the potential to revolutionizing effect on limiting fossil fuel based CO2.”
THE GREENTECH INNOVATION AWARD GOES TO: Trap-Eye™ by Biobest in collaboration with PATS
Product: Trap-Eye™ unburdens growers from sticky trap scouting using wireless devices that identify and count insects to provide a complete population overview Product Description: Scouting is the first crucial step of a successful IPM. Trap-Eye™ fully automates sticky trap monitoring. It uses a dense network of scouting devices to take pictures of sticky traps, which our artificial neural network analysed to count pests and beneficial insects. This provides profitable, accurate, and high-density scouting data to make better IPM decisions anytime and anywhere.
In the jury comments, Heistek says: “A strong collaboration with a startup and an innovative combination of technology and biology. A very impressive and rapid product development journey from concept to a market-ready product. With this winner, the jury expects a major contribution to sustainability.”
GreenTech is proud that these will be showcased on the show floor from today until the event ends on Thursday, 15 June. On display will also be the longlist of 40 novelties, of which 34 were submitted for the awards. You can find them here, and here, you can find information about the six nominees.
Who are the GreenTech Jury?
The jury of the GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2023 consists of the following people:
• Chairman: Jolanda Heistek, Greenport West-Holland (Netherlands)
• Silke Hemming, Wageningen University Research (Germany)
• Peet van Adrichem, HortiTech B.V. (Netherlands)
• Peter Zwinkels, Tecknokas (Netherlands)
• Roel Vanderbruggen, Proefcentrum Hoogstraten (Belgium)
• Bart van Meurs, Division Q (Netherlands)
• Tijl Hoefnagels, Rubio (Netherlands)
The jury’s advisory committee consists of the following people:
• Brian Sparks, Greenhouse Grower (USA)
• Leonardo Capitanio, Vivai Capitanio (Italy)
• Enrico Verhoef, Total Greenhouse Service (Mexico)
• Heinrich Dressler, Haymarket (Germany)
The exhibition is a global meeting place for all horticultural technology professionals, focusing on the early stages of the horticultural chain and the current issues growers face. The International Association of Horticultural Producers – AIPH, has approved the event as an International Horticultural Trade Expo. AVAG, the industry association for the greenhouse technology sector in the Netherlands, supports GreenTech.
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