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Dedicated to the advancement of climate-smart indoor growing practices and policies, the organizations will combine their collective knowledge to drive energy and water data collection and analysis   PORTLAND, Ore. (DATETK) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), the leading not-for-profit energy and water benchmarking organization providing resource efficiency best practices for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) producers,…

Deadline of March 1 set for farms to enroll in grant-funded program compiling anonymous data for Key Performance Indicators report to help standardize resource efficiency.   ORTLAND, Ore. (DATETK) — The deadline is approaching for greenhouse and CEA producers to take advantage of free energy and water benchmarking services provided by the United States Department…

Eddy will help establish horticultural efficiency best practices and lead development of a USDA-sponsored professional credentialing program for CEA design and construction professionals    PORTLAND, Ore. (July 18, 2022) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), the leading not-for-profit energy and water benchmarking organization providing resource efficiency best practices for CEA producers, has appointed seasoned greenhouse consultant Rob Eddy…

Growers and other stakeholders will learn how to access and share information on best practices and how to measure efficiency in their operations as part of a USDA-funded project. PORTLAND, Ore. (June 22,  2022) — With the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry expected to grow to $172 billion in 2025 from $74 billion in 2020…

Elyse Greenberg, a veteran horticultural communicator, will extend RII’s position as a global authority on resource efficiency in controlled environment agriculture   PORTLAND, Ore. (June 20, 2022) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII) has hired Elyse Greenberg, who has a long track record as a communications expert in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector, as its…

Leading CEA producers continue joining publicly funded effort to establish benchmarks for energy and water efficiency and productivityPORTLAND, Ore. (May 6, 2022) — Less than two months since it announced a previous round of producer partners, Resource Innovation Institute (RII) welcomes its third round of producer partners who are benchmarking their energy- and water-efficiency performance…