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4 Top Considerations When Selecting a Greenhouse Covering

Operators must carefully balance material cost, longevity, insulation and light transmission rates to ensure a profitable and efficient controlled-environment agriculture operation. Image provided by Ceres Greenhouse Solutions Greenhouse operators have more information–and more to consider–than ever when installing new coverings.…
February 21, 2023
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Why Indoor CEA Operators Should Consider a Retrocommissioning Study

Reduced energy consumption, increased performance, and utility rebates are incentives   Conducting a retrocommissioning study on a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility is a multi-stakeholder endeavor involving everyone from ownership and facility operators to architects, engineers and equipment suppliers. Together…
November 29, 2022
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Resource Innovation Institute seeks subject matter experts to advise on USDA funded best practices guidance for CEA producers

Portland, Ore. (September 22, 2021)--Resource Innovation Institute (RII), is currently recruiting for the following Technical Advisory Council working groups to support our USDA project titled Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). RII is a non-profit organization…
September 30, 2021
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RII Recruiting Next Round of CEA Producers for USDA Project

Resource Innovation Institute is seeking the participation of eligible producers for its USDA Conservation Innovation grant-funded project: Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture.  The producers will be representing a wide range of facility types, geographic locations, cultivation…
September 10, 2021
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A View Into Development of PowerScore’s Emissions KPIs

In January 2021, RII launched the Emissions Working Group (EWG) of the Technical Advisory Council to standardize the methodology for quantifying emissions associated with indoor agriculture, determine data the market needs to understand the emissions impacts and benefits of controlled…
September 10, 2021
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RII Recruiting for USDA Working Groups: Interest requested by Oct. 11

Resource Innovation Institute continues building the Technical Advisory Council Working Groups for its USDA Conservation Innovation Grant-funded project: Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). This comes as part of RII’s efforts to build processes and the…
September 10, 2021
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RII Launches PowerScore for Non-Cannabis CEA

In late July, RII launched PowerScore key performance indicators (KPIs) for non-cannabis CEA facilities to support the USDA project. Producers now receive performance snapshots for energy and can benchmark performance year over year to analyze changes in facility-level and crop-specific…
August 17, 2021
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RII and ACEEE Embark on First USDA Deliverable

CEA Market Characterization Report will provide an overview of how greenhouse and vertical markets use energyStep one in the three-year, USDA-funded project titled Data-Driven Market Transformation for Sustainable Efficient Controlled Environment Agriculture is underway. RII and ACEEE have begun work…
May 6, 2021
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