LIBRA DESIGN, LLC

Est. 2021

About us.

Libra Design is a boutique engineering services firm specialized in horticulture lighting. We take a client-centric approach to developing unique solutions that simultaneously help our clients achieve their goals while advancing the entire CEA industry.

Founders

Dung and Travis met in 2015 as colleagues at BML Horticulture. Travis was developing an evidence-based brand to help growers navigate the complex world of horticulture lighting, ultimately transforming the company into Fluence Bioengineering. Dung was developing new IP that would reshape the horticulture LED industry with breakthrough performance at breakthrough prices.

Eventually, they set their sites on larger goals: Dung looking to address global food insecurity and Travis looking to address the environmental crisis. Together they founded Libra Design to tackle both issues by advancing the CEA industry.

  • Co-Founder + CTO

    A founder of Illumitex and Fluence Bioengineering, and author of more than 40 patents in the LED industry, Dung is dedicated to sharing his knowledge to address the global food insecurity crisis.

    Dung is a graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

  • Co-Founder + CEO

    A technology industry veteran, Travis applies his high-tech (AMD) and ag-tech (Fluence Bioengineering) experience to ameliorate the environmental destruction caused by conventional agriculture.

    Travis is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.

CEA Advisory Board

Driving alignment between horticulture lighting technology, performance and price with current and future needs of indoor and greenhouse farmers. Click here to learn more.

  • Bob Hoffman, Board Member

    Chief Science Officer Emeritus, Soli Organic.

  • Allison Justice, Ph.D., Board Member

    Founder & CEO, The Hemp Mine

We support…

  • Environmental justice

    Libra Design is a member of 1% For The Planet where a percentage of every sale goes to addressing our planet’s most pressing issues.

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  • Reforestation + biodiversity

    We are a reforestation partner with One Tree Planted. For every Libra lighting system deployed, we plant a tree to restore forests and ecosystems destroyed from conventional agriculture while simultaneously sequestering carbon to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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  • Food security

    40% of food produced in the United States (totaling 120 billion pounds) goes to waste annually. Combating global food insecurity requires more than simply producing more food. Through our partnership with Sharing Excess, 20 pounds of food is diverted from landfills and turned into 16 meals for every Libra lighting system deployed.

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Interested in working with Libra?

hello@libradesign.org

(737) 471-2746

Austin, TX, USA

 

We are passionate about moving the world to sustainable crop production. If you have a project in the CEA industry, whether its retrofitting an existing farm from HPS to LED or building a new facility from the ground up, we would love to hear from you.

Given the nature of our process, we have found it is not ideal for small-volume projects and/or projects with an immediate need. But don’t let that stop you from reaching out. We’ll let you know if we can help or if you would be better suited going a different path.

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