We’re at the Cannabis Sustainability Symposium in Denver this week to launch the beta version of our Cannabis PowerScore™. The PowerScore is a self-audit tool we’re developing to help growers compare their energy performance relative to like producers. Technical Advisory Committee members Brandy from Surna, Michael from Denver Water, and Keith from Desert Aire.Technical Advisory…
Last week our Technical Advisory Committee met in Portland to begin the process of developing a cannabis energy standard that will ultimately define what it means to be energy efficient across a range of cannabis cultivation facilities, from indoor, to outdoor to hybrid. We covered a lot of ground, and most of it was rooted…
As regulations on cannabis cultivation facilities come into shape, municipalities will continue to further investigate power, water, and nutrient use in the industry. Working with experienced engineers and consultants, sourcing the optimal equipment, and scrutinizing all essential inputs will ensure the most efficient cannabis production facility as possible. Many operation managers and municipalities have not…
February 25, 2017
International Technical Advisory Committee Begins Developing Energy, Water And Carbon Standards To D
Earlier this month, thirty experts from a broad set of backgrounds came together in Portland, Oregon, in the spirit of creating a better cannabis industry. They took time away from their day jobs, checked their company hat at the door and dug in for a near full day of discussion on the process of initiating…
February 6, 2017
Resource Efficiency And Why Cannabis Investors Should Care About It
Every cannabis conference I have been to in the last year has featured content on energy and water efficiency, or sustainability more broadly. It is a growing theme in cannabis, particularly in cultivation where energy accounts for one of the largest costs of production and we are completely reliant on a good, clean, long term…
January 29, 2017
A New Generation: Jesce Horton And Panacea Valley Gardens
Jesce Horton is a new breed of cultivator. Not a grower steeped for years in the underground cannabis world or a suit-and-tie convert from the corporate world, Horton is part of a new generation of young professionals bringing specialized skills into the cannabis industry. Prior to becoming a professional cannabis cultivator, Horton worked in a…