The Plant Futures Facility (PFF) at the University of Queensland,
Australia provides a world-leading research facility that underpins
excellence and innovation in plant science and sustainable ecosystems
with global impact.
Crowning the University of Queensland's $65 million Plant Futures Facility, nine rooftop greenhouses provide researchers with advanced controlled environments to accelerate crop discovery and plant science innovation.
Collaboration
Building 30 custom chambers and outfitting nine rooftop greenhouses with Argus Controls was more than a three year collaboration between the University of Queensland and Conviron. The project involved over 10,000 engineering hours and a dedicated Argus/Conviron project management team.
Together Argus and sister company Conviron contributed to developing an elite controlled environment plant growth facility for tropical-to-temperate plant species research, supporting food, fibre, and fuel production.
Controlled by Argus, the Plant Futures Facility's greenhouses provide the environmental precision and operational flexibility needed to support world-class plant science research.
The facility contains an array of highly technical controlled environment rooms, capable of replicating a variety of environmental conditions to simulate natural conditions. The facility is comprised of six floors that contain:
I'm super excited about the opportunity this facility brings to researchers across UQ and industry partners because its really going to supercharge our ability to dissect the environment and genetics and how plants grow.
- Christine Beveridge, Professor, University of Queensland
Working alongside the facility's Argus-controlled greenhouses, Conviron growth chambers enable researchers to move seamlessly between highly controlled experiments and larger-scale crop studies.
