Our Technology

Energy is the biggest cost in greenhouse growing. We engineered it down.

Two proprietary systems, developed together and validated on a working prototype in British Columbia: Active Air Insulation™ for the building envelope, and Rotary Growing Towers for the growing system inside it. Both are at Technology Readiness Level 5 or above — validated as working prototypes, not yet commercially deployed at scale. Performance figures below are marked as either measured on the prototype or modelled design targets.

TRL 5+ · FIELD PROTOTYPE MEASURED VS. MODELLED — MARKED VALIDATED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Active Air Insulation™

THE ENVELOPE · PATENT-PENDING PRESSURIZED DOUBLE WALL

Traditional greenhouses trade light for insulation: every layer of glazing or thermal curtain that keeps heat in also keeps sunlight out. AAI breaks that trade-off. Two polycarbonate walls enclose a continuous air cavity, and a managed fan-and-duct system keeps that cavity pressurized — turning plain air into the insulation layer.

Because the insulating medium is air, the envelope stays light-transmissive, and the same air-handling system that maintains the cavity can distribute warmth evenly through calibrated flow valves — the farthest outlets open widest, the nearest open least, so conditions stay uniform across the structure.

Pressurized air cavity — a continuous managed-air layer between two polycarbonate walls insulates without blocking light.
Up to 50% lower energy load — designed to cut heating and cooling costs by up to half; the prototype has held stable growing temperatures without supplemental heating in cold outdoor conditions.
Balanced air distribution — ducted supply with calibrated flow valves keeps pressure and temperature uniform across the full envelope.
Buildable structure — galvanized steel frame with standard polycarbonate glazing — engineered for practical fabrication and assembly, documented in full shop drawings.
OUTER SKIN PRESSURIZED CAVITY INNER SKIN DUCT + FAN CALIBRATED FLOW VALVES FIG. 02 — WALL SECTION + AIR HANDLING
Up to 50%reduction in heating + cooling costs (design target)
TRL 5+technology readiness — working field prototype
2×polycarbonate walls enclosing the managed air cavity
0supplemental heating used in prototype cold-weather testing (BC winter, measured)

Rotary Growing Towers

THE GROWING SYSTEM · SOLAR-OPTIMIZED VERTICAL ROTATION
FIG. RGT-1 · ROTARY CAROUSEL 755 SITES SELF-LEVELING TRAYS ROTARY CAROUSEL · SELF-LEVELING TRAYS
18rotating trays per tower
755growing positions per tower
Verticalfootprint — multiplies usable growing area per square foot
Closed loopworm-casting media from composted food waste

Vertical farming multiplies growing area, but static racks leave the lower levels starved for light — so most systems burn electricity on supplemental LEDs. The Rotary Growing Tower rotates instead: a carousel of eighteen trays carries every plant through the brightest zone of the greenhouse in turn, sharing natural sunlight across all 755 growing positions.

Each tower integrates precision nutrient dosing and plant-health monitoring, cutting fertigation inputs. And instead of single-use synthetic substrate — the vertical-farming industry's quiet waste problem — the system is designed around worm-casting growing media produced from composted food waste, closing the loop.

Rotation replaces supplemental light — every tray cycles through the best sun exposure, instead of fixed racks lit by always-on LEDs.
Precision dosing + monitoring — integrated fertigation control and plant-health sensing minimize water and nutrient inputs.
Circular growing media — worm castings from composted food waste replace single-use synthetic substrate.

Proven Together · Pilot Program

A 3,000 sq ft AAI greenhouse running 18 rotary towers.

Our pilot facility in British Columbia integrates both systems end-to-end and runs model crops — lettuce, strawberry, and Thai basil — to gather real performance data on energy use, crop yield, and input efficiency. The pilot validates the technology, de-risks deployment for early adopters, and feeds the same data discipline we bring to advisory work.

AAI greenhouse steel and glazing structure under construction
AAI GREENHOUSE · BUILD PHASE
Exterior view of the AAI greenhouse envelope
DOUBLE-SKIN ENVELOPE · FIELD ASSEMBLY
3,000 sq ftAAI pilot greenhouse, British Columbia
18 towersfull rotary deployment — 13,590 growing positions
3 model cropslettuce, strawberry, and Thai basil for performance benchmarking
$1.5M+non-dilutive funding and innovation support, including BCCAI and the federal SR&ED program
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