Maximum Yield Modern Growing | UK/EU Edition | March/April 2017

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DRYGAIR
ENERGIES LTD.
8 Hamanofim St.,
Herzliya Pituach, Israel
Traditional methods of reducing humidity open up a greenhouse to
the influences of external conditions that can negatively affect a crop.
Israel’s DryGair, however, believes it has the solution to this problem.
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Years in business
"Making your
greenhouse greener"
DryGair takes humidity seriously.
So seriously, in fact, that the Israeli
dehumidifier company hopes its products
will solve the issues created by
heat and ventilation—the traditional
methods of reducing humidity in a
greenhouse—entirely.
“If you have a good solution that
you and your team believe in,
you can educate the market and
make it happen,” says Yonatan
Peretz, who works with DryGair in
marketing and sales.
Instead of relying on vents opened to
the outside world, DryGair units work
within a “closed and isolated” growing
environment. They remove water from
the air to keep humidity at optimal
levels, all without any influence from
external conditions.
By keeping the greenhouse sealed,
DryGair technology enables growers to
more easily maintain uniform conditions.
This leads to improved energy efficiency,
less pesticide use, better yields, and
plenty of financial savings, Peretz says.
The company’s first product—a dehumidifier
that can manage 500-4,000 square
metres worth of plants, depending on
the crop—was developed in 2010 by the
DryGair team in collaboration with Dr.
Avraham Arbel of Isreal’s Agricultural
Research Organization, Volcani Center. It
was Dr. Arbel who first came up with the
concept as part of his PhD thesis.
Even before it was available, the unit
piqued client interest. “Our first customer
was a grower who understood humidity
problems and came to hear about our
prototype,” says Peretz.
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