CONTROLLER APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CULTIVATION ENVIRONMENT OF CULTIVATION CROP IN PLANT FACTORY AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

The present embodiment provides a controller apparatus comprising: a data reception unit for receiving, in each predetermined time unit, environment information on some or all of the temperature, the humidity, the CO₂ concentration, and the illuminance within a plant factory, which are collected using a plurality of sensors; a control signal generation unit for extracting a rate of change in the environment information during a predetermined time unit, and generating a control signal for controlling a cultivation environment of a crop on the basis of the rate of change in the environment information and an optimal cultivation condition for cultivating a predetermined crop; an electric power information reception unit for receiving electric power information on some or all of the amount of electric power consumed at a time zone during which the control signal is generated and during the process of controlling the cultivation environment of the crop; and an electric power adjustment unit for predicting the amount of electric power which is necessary at each time zone on the basis of electric power information, and controlling an operation of an electric power production device for producing electric power in order to produce electric power in excess of the amount of electric power predicted as being necessary at the corresponding time zone.