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September 30, 2021

Resource Innovation Institute seeks subject matter experts to advise on USDA funded best practices guidance for CEA producers

Portland, Ore. (September 22, 2021)--Resource Innovation Institute (RII), is currently recruiting for the following Technical Advisory Council working groups to support our USDA project titled Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). RII is a non-profit organization whose mission is to measure, verify and celebrate the world’s most efficient agricultural ideas. RII’s…
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September 30, 2021

Resource Innovation Institute (RII) and Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN) Partner to Bring Efficiency Training & Education to Central Coast Cannabis Producers

Ventura, CA. (September 6, 2021)--Resource Innovation Institute (RII), in collaboration with Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN), will launch “Efficient Cultivation to Increase Cannabis Profit & Productivity”,  a four-part workshop series and virtual classroom for cannabis cultivation operations in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. This training and education program is free to regional…
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September 30, 2021

Horticultural Efficiency Advocates Collaborate to Evaluate the Energy Savings Potential of Automation & Controls in Cannabis Cultivation Environments

PORTLAND (Sept. 2, 2021)--Resource Innovation Institute (RII), in collaboration with leading energy efficiency programs, policy groups, standards organizations and vendors, will host a webinar on Thursday, September 16,  titled “Optimizing Controls & Automation In Cannabis Cultivation Environments: Best practices on maximizing energy and water savings, and harmonizing efficiency incentive programs.” The workshop is part of…
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July 8, 2021

RII partners with MSA as PowerScore Scales

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 24, 2021)— Resource Innovation Institute (RII) has partnered with Management Science Associates, Inc. (MSA) to build on its longtime commitment to data security for the non-profit cultivation facility benchmarking platform, PowerScore. PowerScore was envisioned at meetings hosted by Energy Trust of Oregon and Northwest Power & Conservation Council in 2017. The gatherings brought together RII’s initial…
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June 30, 2021

Jonathan Eisenberg, Partner in Tress Capital, Joins Resource Innovation Institute Board of Directors

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 30, 2021)—Jonathan Eisenberg, a Partner in Tress Capital, has joined the Board of  Directors of Resource Innovation Institute (RII) as the non-profit gears up to provide cultivation  operations with services related to Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) performance. Eisenberg brings over 25 years’ experience in supporting carbon credits sustainability programs, water  conservation,…
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June 22, 2021

Leading CEA Producers Join RII as Pilot Partners for USDA-Funded Project

Leading CEA Producers Join with RII to Support Data-Driven USDA Project Advancing Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture PORTLAND, Ore. (June 22, 2021)—Four leading agricultural producers have joined with nonprofit Resource Innovation Institute (RII) under the banner of its USDA Conservation Innovation Grant-funded project: Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture. AppHarvest (Ky.) and Revol…
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