from CHF 83'000.00 excl. VAT
The IGC is CarbonActive‘s solution for scalable, high-performance cultivation rooms. Light, climate, cultivation benches and ventilation are matched to each other down to the smallest detail to promote maximum yield and quality of the harvests.
Thanks to its standardised design, there is no loss of time or costs with the planning of the installation of an IGC. The installation of an IGC only takes a few days.
We strongly recommend installation by CarbonActive, as otherwise no guarantee can be given on the IGC.
To enable cultivation projects to grow with their increasing revenues and to keep initial investments low, the IGC can be installed initially in the »Basic« variant, in order to be able to upgrade it later to the »Standard« or »Professional« variant with an industrial climate control unit. This saves initial costs and effort for approval of the installation of the outdoor climate control unit.
The delivery time is 8 weeks.
Also available in »Standard« and »Professional« versions: Industrial climate control unit
Additional in »Professional« variant: Cold water tank for a climate with minimal fluctuations
* We recommend SanLight, but can integrate any lighting on request.
For all additional installations, we provide parts lists, installation diagrams and supplier recommendations based on our 20 years of experience in facility design. This applies to the electrical system, irrigation, waste water management and service rooms.
A ceiling height of 4 m is required. The »Basic« variant requires a 32 A power connection, while the »Standard« and »Professional« variants require a 32 A power connection plus an additional 25 A power connection.
To provide the IGC guarantee, CarbonActive will carry out the installation – this initially requires an on-site visit to assess the situation. Depending on the location, this costs between 3,000 and 5,000 CHF and is later deducted from the installation costs, whereby additional location-dependent transport costs may apply.
The »Basic« IGC variant includes our Energy Recovery Group (ERG) which uses supply and exhaust air for about 70% of the year to effectively cool, dehumidify and keep the heat in the cultivation room without any additional equipment.
In high summer with the »Basic« IGC variant, it is recommended to run the lights at night and let the dark phase take place during the day. When outside temperatures are high the »Basic« IGC variant no longer dehumidifies and additional dehumidifiers are required. In the summer it can be helpful to use resistant genetics which have a more airy way of growing. This means that work can continue without any significant risk of mould growth, even at higher levels of humidity.
It is possible to upgrade from the »Basic« variant to »Standard« and »Professional« at a later stage. To make this possible, we install an empty air handling unit casing. This means that the climate control unit can be installed in the existing »Basic« IGC at a later stage without any significant interruption to production.
In addition to the Energy Recovery Group (ERG) the »Standard« IGC variant also includes an industrial climate control system with an outdoor unit, which means that even in hot summers the desired temperature can be maintained in the cultivation room. Together with an additional dehumidifier or a heater (we will be glad to explain in detail why this works), the optimum humidity can also be maintained at all times. The disadvantage of this setup compared to the »Professional« IGC variant is the more fluctuating climate in the hot months and significantly less energy-efficient dehumidification.
It is not possible to upgrade to the »Professional« IGC variant at a later stage.
The »Professional« IGC variant includes the Energy Recovery Group (ERG) and industrial climate control system as well as a dehumidifier that is integrated into the air handling unit to keep both the air temperature and the relative humidity in the room constant with minimal fluctuations. Thanks to a clever combination of cooling and heating with process heat recovery, this system works with less energy input than the »Standard« IGC variant and is therefore much cheaper to operate.
Cheaper to operate than the »Standard« IGC variant due to lower energy consumption.
From 4 or more IGCs, it is worth designing and implementing a centralised climate control system for all IGCs in order to reduce initial and operational costs.
The »Basic« IGC enables an optimum climate for the plants in cold to moderate outdoor conditions. When starting cultivation in autumn, the »Basic« variant can be used for excellent cultivation until spring.
In spring when the first sales are made, the system can then be upgraded to »Standard« or »Professional« to ensure the cultivation can also maintain the desired temperatures and relative humidity values in the summer.
While the »Standard« IGC may require an additional dehumidifier to ensure sufficient dehumidification performance at moderately warm but not yet hot outside temperatures, the »Professional« IGC integrates dehumidification into the overall system.
The direct integration of our self-developed dehumidification technology in the »Professional« IGC ensures a climate with minimal fluctuations. In contrast, the use of a separate dehumidifier in the »Standard« IGC leads to fluctuations in the relative humidity due to the design. This is because conventional dehumidifiers switch on and off – and a pause must be taken after each switch-off. Furthermore there may be longer downtimes due to automatic defrosting.
All our IGCs can be ordered with optional electrical height-adjustable light fixtures and height-adjustable lateral ventilation. With customised climate control system planning (from 4 IGCs), we supply our IGCs with either 900 or 1300 µmol / m² /sec.
We always recommend growing with 900 µmol / m² / sec, as higher light intensities also make the climate control installations more expensive by a similar factor to the increase in light intensity. With lower rental prices outside busy city centres it is more profitable for many reasons to install additional IGCs than to increase the output of the individual IGC. High light intensities also increase the risk of problems in cultivation and harvest losses, as all parameters must be dialled in optimally to ensure plant health.
As more constant and optimal climate conditions can be created with the sophisticated IGC variants, the plants in these IGC variants also have more opportunities to achieve their yield potential. For example IGC variant »Professional« is perfectly suited for cultivation on rockwool using crop steering strategies due to its constant, low-fluctuation climate.
Since the »Professional« IGC variant costs almost twice as much as the »Basic« IGC variant, we have created a financial model that takes into account production costs and other expenses such as salary, rent and the like to show how the potentially higher yields per m2 impact cash flow.
Taking into account that after the initial investment, the production costs for the first batch must also be pre-financed, which further reduces the available capital, the investment in the high IGC variant is amortised after just a few harvests.
Thus, as long as the additional cannabis that is produced is sold, the payback periods of the individual IGC variants do not differ greatly. Once the ROI has been reached, more efficient operation and lower running costs in the higher IGC variants will continue to save expenses and generate more revenue through higher yields, leading to increased operational profit.
We are glad to calculate the ROI with your individual key figures.
Swiftly book an appointment with our expert Lorenz Minks.
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