Agricultural Controls

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Auto Control has designed and installed irrigation and environmental controls for greenhouses, nurseries, and farms throughout Western Michigan. These are controlled and monitored in various locations throughout the facility, while others are controlled from an office computer in a centralized location, or remotely.

Benefits of automated agricultural controls include:

• Environmental Controls are designed to meet every customer’s specific needs

• Development and design allows the customer to control temperature and daylight to balance heat and energy

• Increased accuracy of environmental control

• Increased accuracy of irrigation control

• Plants are watered based upon need rather than time

• Decreased energy usage

• User friendly operator control

• Easy viewing of data is collected by the hour, day or month

• Remote access to data 24/7

Equipment that can be controlled includes:

• Boilers

• Bench heaters

• Unit heaters

• Exhaust fans

• Vents

• Roll-ups

• Powered louvers

• Circulation fans

• Shade cloths

• Carbon dioxide generators

• Fertilizer Injectors

• Irrigation equipment including water booms