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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…