Growers looking for operational savings can still turn to utility incentive programs for upgrades to LED fixtures.
The free, downloadable report provides information and guidelines to help support the adoption of efficient practices in indoor farms and greenhouses.
Resource Innovation Institute experts share their insights on how CEA operations can optimize their water usage.
The curriculum from Resource Innovation Institute and design firm ARCO/Murray will provide credentialing process to ensure an educated, effective, and scalable CEA workforce.
Members of the Resource Innovation Institute explore the various lighting metrics essential for greenhouse production and their impact on the growth and development of your crops.
With the help of benchmarking tools, growers are putting a greater focus on where they can make savings in energy, water, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Two reports from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Resource Innovation Institute recommend policies to encourage efficiency, cut costs, and reduce climate pollution in the controlled environment agriculture sector.
Dr. Chieri Kubota, Dr. Jan Westra, Shanita Penny, Kimberley Player, Mike Roth, and Brian Herrington will help guide RII’s development of workforce training standards for controlled-environment agriculture.
From planning early to following a roadmap for design optimization, here are just a few factors to consider when building a new controlled-environment facility.
The Resource Innovation Institute and FarmTech Society are joining forces to drive energy and water data collection and analysis, with the goal of advancing climate-smart indoor growing practices.
Growers must balance material cost, longevity, insulation, and light transmission rates to ensure a profitable and efficient controlled-environment agriculture operation.
The deadline is approaching for greenhouse and controlled-environment agriculture producers to take advantage of energy and water benchmarking services.
The Water Circularity Working Group plans to identify strategies that all growers, regardless of size, can follow to reduce water waste and improve water quality.