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June 20, 2022

RII Hires Director of Marketing & Membership to Increase Producer Benchmarking while Serving and Expanding the RII Community

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…
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June 2, 2022

RII Welcomes Third Round of Producer Partners for USDA-funded Controlled Environment Agriculture Resource Benchmarking Project

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…
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March 29, 2022

Endeavor Business Media and Resource Innovation Institute Announce Inaugural Resilient Harvests Conference

Conference focused on Policies, Programs & Practices to Advance Efficient Greenhouse & Vertical FarmingNashville, TN//March 29, 2022 Endeavor Business Media and Resource Innovation Institute announce the inaugural Resilient Harvests Conference to take place on November 1-2, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, CA. The Resilient Harvests Conference brings together a variety…
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March 17, 2022

RII Welcomes New Producer-Partners for USDA-funded Controlled Environment Agriculture Resource Benchmarking Project

Leading CEA producers continue momentum toward establishing industry standards for energy and water efficiency and productivityPORTLAND, Ore. (March 17, 2022) — The Resource Innovation Institute (RII) welcomes its latest round of producer-partners planning to benchmark their energy- and water-efficiency performance metrics as part of a USDA-funded project aimed at encouraging innovation and resource efficiency in…
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March 10, 2022

Resource Innovation Institute Releases Utility & Efficiency Program Best Practices Guide for Controlled Environment Agriculture

Webinar will be held in partnership with ACEEE to orient organizations to the guide, which is the first publication created under a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture PORTLAND, Ore. (March 8, 2022) -- Resource Innovation Institute (RII), in partnership with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), is releasing its first…