A spin-off born inside one of Europe's largest ecotron facilities.
Ecotron Solutions grew out of Hasselt University's Centre for Environmental Sciences and the UHasselt Ecotron in the Hoge Kempen National Park. We carry that scientific and technical experience into a small, focused company that supports other teams working in the controlled-environment experimentation field.
Where we come from
Ecotron Solutions is a spin-off from the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK) at Hasselt University, in Belgium. Our team grew up around the UHasselt Ecotron in the Hoge Kempen National Park, an infrastructure of twelve closed sun-lit units that is one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe.
What we learned there
For more than a decade, colleagues at CMK have designed and run multi-year ecosystem experiments, and kept sensors, control systems and data pipelines running day and night. That hands-on experience, across plant and soil science, atmospheric physics, instrumentation and scientific software, is the foundation we build on.
Why a spin-off
We created Ecotron Solutions to make that expertise available beyond a single facility. Many teams operating controlled-environment infrastructure face the same recurring questions around climate protocols, fidelity, modelling and analysis, and would benefit from a dedicated partner they can call on without having to rebuild that experience internally.
We are a small team of scientists and engineers, shaped by years inside one of Europe's largest ecotron facilities, now helping other teams get more out of theirs.