Green Leaf Award presented to UWA

The University of Western Australia has been presented with the Conviron Green Leaf Award™. Dave Napier, Conviron’s Territory Manager for Australia was on hand to present the award to the team at UWA.

UWA takes its place along many other award recipients including the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the University of Sheffield, the International Rice Research Institute and the University of Washington.


From left to right: Dave Napier, Rob Creasy, Harvey Millar, Geetha Shute and Rosemarie Farthing.


The relationship between Conviron and UWA dates back to 2010. Since then the team at UWA have pushed the limits of their plant growth chambers and rooms and have recently undertaken upgrades such as with their control systems and new LED lighting to improve energy efficiencies and further optimize performance.


Postgraduate students Astrid Odé and Jan Lankhorst from Utrecht University visiting the Veneklass research group at UWA. The researchers explore plant water relations at elevated carbon dioxide concentrations within upgraded BDW40 plant growth rooms.


Dave Napier reflects on the long history of cooperation with UWA and remarked how the partnership extends beyond just being an equipment supplier. “We have built a close working relationship with the team at UWA over the years. We’ve worked with them to help make sure their scientists have the latest grow room technology, can extract the absolute maximum out of the equipment and advance their research objectives”.


Chickpea plants growing in a BDW40 plant growth room exploring the influence of environmental factors on flowering time and demonstrating the power of precision environmental control in plant science research. By Montana Walsh Baddeley from the Lichtenzveig research group at UWA.


Conviron is proud to present the Green Leaf Award to UWA and recognize the university's significant investment in the latest plant growth chamber and room technology – helping them stay on the cutting edge of plant science research.

We’ve worked with UWA to make sure their scientists have the latest grow room technology, can extract the absolute maximum out of the equipment and advance their research objectives. Dave Napier, Conviron Territory Manager, Australia


Manipulation of chickpea flowering time using Valoya LED arrays.


LED upgrades to a BDW40 plant growth room enabling diverse collections of plants to be grown under highly controlled conditions.

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