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March 10, 2020

Cultivator Input Needed for California Title 24 Revisions

Get Involved and Offer Input for California Title 24 Revisions Last month we wrote about how California’s proposed regulations aimed at saving energy and water while maintaining crop quality and production volume for crops grown in non-stacked and stacked indoor farms could affect essentially all cannabis cultivators. As noted before, the California Statewide Utility Codes…
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February 7, 2020

California Energy Codes May Affect All “Controlled Environment Horticulture”

California Writing Energy Codes that May Affect Cannabis Cultivation and All “Controlled Environment Horticulture” How your business can get involved   As part of its 2022 code cycle, the California Energy Commission is reviewing proposals aimed at saving energy and water while maintaining crop quality and production volume for crops grown in non-stacked and stacked…
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January 7, 2020

HVAC and Dehumidification Best Practices Guide for Cannabis Cultivators

RII’s HVAC Best Practices Guide Demystifies Approaches to Efficient HVAC for Cannabis Get Help with Controlled Environment Agriculture Dehumidification System Selection It can be difficult for growers and the design and construction professionals supporting them to navigate how to build and operate efficient and effective heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. You may not…
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January 7, 2020

RII’s LED Lighting Best Practices Guide Launch

RII’s LED Lighting Best Practices Guide Illuminates the Way to Lower-Energy Grows   It can be difficult for growers and the design and construction professionals supporting them to navigate how to build and operate efficient and effective lighting systems for cultivation applications. You and your project team may be unsure where to turn for trustworthy…
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November 10, 2019

Redefining Success to Reflect the Sophistication of Your Market

It’s not uncommon to hear indoor cannabis cultivators talk about crop output and throw out phrases such as “pounds per light” and “grams per watt.” But are those the best metrics by which to judge cultivation performance and, specifically, optimization of energy inputs? RII believes there are better, more comprehensive measurements that reflect the actual…
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November 10, 2019

Helping Cultivators and Construction Partners Communicate Effectively

RII’s Best Practices Guides Help Cultivators and Construction Partners Communicate More Effectively on Technical Terms and Concepts   Modern horticulture continues to change rapidly because of technological advances. And cultivators of all kinds — and especially those who grow cannabis — are faced with an ever-growing list of technical terms and acronyms describing the operating…