A lighting system for facilitating the growth of plants. The system caninclude an LED array having an output of light,including light intensity and/or color spectra, controlled locally in responseto one or more sensors of the respective system detectinga sensory input analyzed against a target parameter set. The LED array and/orcorresponding one or more sensors can be disposed onor internal to a housing. The LED array can be protected and a controller ofthe system can be configured to analyze data from the oneor more sensors and adjust output of the LED array in response.