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Resource Innovation Institute hosts virtual and in-person educational events to share best practices for resource efficiency with cultivators and their project teams. Our training workshops bring together growers and supply chain experts.

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Upcoming RII Events and Conferences

January 25, 2021
USDA Webinar: Market Transformation Strategy & Implementation Plan Launch

PORTLAND, ORE.
Webinar

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February 3, 2022
Indoor Optimization - HVAC & Lighting Best Practices

CENTRAL COAST CALIFORNIA
Workshop Series

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February 15, 2022
Lighting Best Practices for Efficient Indoor Agriculture

MICHIGAN
Workshop Series

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March 29, 2022
Greenhouse Optimization - Aligning Your Systems with Your Surroundings

MICHIGAN
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April 7, 2022
Sungrown Efficiency - Optimizing the Energy-Water Nexus

CENTRAL COAST CALIFORNIA
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May 24, 2022
Facility Design & Construction Best Practices for Efficient Indoor Agriculture

MICHIGAN
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June 28, 2022
Controls & Automation Best Practices for Efficient Indoor Agriculture

MICHIGAN
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RII Member Events and Conferences

February 2, 2022
Sustainability in Indoor Ag: Where Are We Headed Next?

Partner Webinar

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Training The Market
Our Best Practices Workshops engage growers and assemble trusted industry subject matter experts drawn from our Technical Advisory Council.

Let us know if you’d like an event in your area. We will arrange partners to try to make it happen.

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Efficient Yields cultivation workshops for producers. Best practices on energy, water efficiency, and productivity.

Learn the key practices critical to succeeding through resource efficiency and productivity. Led by subject matter experts, thick with technical content, and featuring cultivation decision-makers, this educational value exists nowhere else.

Harvesting Savings workshops for utilities & programs. Best practices on energy efficiency for indoor agriculture.

Effectively reach cultivators and claim energy savings with confidence. Led by cannabis cultivators, thick with technical content, the educational value exists nowhere else. Our events are cost-effective, enabling attendance by growers, production team members, owners/operators and design and construction partners.

Growing Efficiency workshops for design & construction. Best practices on design and construction for horticulture.

Enhance your services by using best practices to optimize grow environments for cultivators. Led by cannabis cultivators, thick with technical content, the educational value exists nowhere else. Our events are cost-effective, enabling attendance by growers, production team members, owners/operators and design and construction partners.

What others are saying about RII Curriculum and Events

“I learned a lot. Speakers were smooth and their points were well chosen and thoroughly explained. I felt like I got the whole story and not like I had to go back and investigate some things.”

National Grid- Fran Boucher, National Grid, sponsor of Harvesting Savings

“Thank you. These webinars so far have been excellent!!! Love the information and conversations.”

- Harvesting Savings attendee

“Thank you so much for the excellent fact-filled presentation today. These ‘virtual’ presentations are a real challenge to speakers but you met all of our expectations… Excellent job. Fact filled and super informative.”

Illuminating Engineering SocietyJeffrey Schwartz, Illuminating Engineering Society member, Portland, Oregon section

“An excellent information exchange.”

- Harvesting Savings attendee

“Great information in this webinar. You’ve set a high bar.”

- Harvesting Savings attendee

Past Events

From the groundbreaking Indoor Agriculture Energy Summit in 2016 to more recent Efficient Yields cultivation workshops and larger technical conferences like Indoor Agriculture Energy Solutions, RII has led multi-stakeholder dialogues for half a decade. In addition, we speak at leading business, energy and water conferences like Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit, MJBizCon and ACEEE’s Summer Study.

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Press Coverage

RII is routinely sought as an objective voice on energy and water issues facing resource-intensive horticultural sectors. RII has been featured in leading news, agriculture, utility and trade publications, including Greenhouse Grower, WaterWorld, Cannabis Business Times, Forbes, Nature, Utility Dive and Rolling Stone.

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