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Novato Firm Shines a Light on Growers

LumiGrow offers rebates to commercial growers for recycling lights.

LumiGrow, a Novato firm, announced its “Cash for Clunkers” program through the month of May. Through the new program, commercial growers receive a $150 cash rebate for each high intensity discharge (HID) greenhouse light fixture they replace with a LumiGrow LED luminaire.

The cash rebate program presents a win-win scenario for growers and the environment. Growers gain a financial incentive for recycling HID greenhouse lights in working order or not. Fixtures are sent to a recycling facility certified to safely dispose of the hazardous materials found in HID lighting. Fixture scrap metal is recycled.

“A pile of broken-down HID lights is an all-too-common sight at greenhouse facilities,” said Neil Coppinger, vice president of sales at LumiGrow. “We’re pleased to help growers upgrade these clunkers to smart lights that quickly pay them back many times over, year after year.”

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Headquartered in Novato on Commercial Boulevard, LumiGrow is privately owned and operated.

Kevin Wells is the chief executive officer and co-owner of the firm. He co-founded LumiGrow in November 2008 with the goal of bringing cost and energy efficiencies to the $20 billion greenhouse crops market. In its first full year of operation, LumiGrow introduced a range of solutions for commercial growers, researchers and expert gardeners, and by 2011 the company became the US market and technology leader for energy-efficient horticultural lighting.

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Prior to LumiGrow, Wells developed award-winning software for companies such as Amazon and Logitech in the US and the UK.

The company’s 1,200 commercial and institutional installations include the world’s largest agribusinesses, Top 100 garden centers, produce and flower growers as well as leading academic institutions.

The LumiGrow Cash for Clunkers program expires on May 31. Visit

www.lumigrow.com/services/cash-for-clunkers-program/ for more information.

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