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RII subject matter expert members to be featured in summer Efficient Yields workshop seriesRII is partnering with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to train CEA operators in the utility’s service territory on the following topics and dates, as part…

The publication was peer-reviewed by RII’s Policy Working Group, leading researchers, and policy and equity advocatesOn April 21st, just ahead of Earth Day, RII released its Cannabis Energy & Environment Policy Primer: For Federal, State, and Local Policy Makers and…

Abstracts focused on Advancing the Field of Cannabis Through StandardizationRII is a member of ASTM and our Technical Director serves actively on subcommittees as well as the ASTM D37 Committee Global Workshop Workgroup. We are pleased to extend this invitation…

RII’s Executive Director Joins Other Subject Matter Experts in Center of Excellence for Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education & Regulation (CPEAR)RII Executive Director Derek Smith was recently named to the Center of Excellence for the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education…

Quantifying Emissions Impacts of Cannabis and Commercial Agriculture with PowerScoreResource Innovation Institute (RII), a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance resource efficiency to cultivate a better agricultural future, provides best practices guidance on resource efficient cultivation technologies and techniques…

RII Demonstrates New “Harvesting Savings” Workshops In February, RII delivered a workshop series for the Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL), an electricity and water utility serving communities in Lansing, Michigan. LBWL’s Energy Waste Reduction (EWR) programs help customers…

RII Celebrates Black History Month To honor Black History Month, the Interstate Renewable Energy Coalition (IREC) recently shared stories about Black leaders in the environmental sustainability landscape, highlighted organizations bringing about environmental justice and representation of people of color in…

RII Technical Advisory Council Demonstrates How Data-Driven Collaboration Can Improve Policies and Practices The culmination of the nearly year-long efforts by RII’s Water Working Group to study water usage in the cannabis industry will take place March 10 during a…

In the January 2021 issue of Greenhouse Grower magazine, Resource Innovation Institute Executive Director Derek Smith offered advice for business owners and facility staff navigating regulations and energy codes while achieving resource-efficient, productive, and profitable operations. "The future may be…

Since 2017, PowerScore has served cultivators with facility performance benchmarks providing key performance indicators (KPIs)  for energy, water, and waste efficiency and productivity for outdoor, greenhouse, and indoor cannabis operations using one year of self-reported resource consumption and production data…

On December 15, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), an awareness campaign that seeks to highlight the important role of fruits and vegetables in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals*.…

Black voices share their narratives about discrimination, and their advocacy to advance an equitable agricultural future The Acres of Ancestry Initiative Black Agrarian Fund, a nonprofit regenerating custodial landownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the Southern US,…