Controlled Environment Agriculture: Combining science and IoT integration for the perfect harvest
Jul 28, 2021•25 min•Ep. 11
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Episode description
In this episode:
- Introducing Gretchen Schimelpfenig and the work of the Research Innovation Institute (3:07)
- Exploring why and when growers might choose Controlled Environment Agriculture over traditional outdoor farming methods (5:00)
- Gretchen defines “light recipes” and explains why and how they work within and beyond CEA applications (7:15)
- Examining and comparing the environmental impacts of controlled agriculture environments versus other methods (10:40)
- Best practices recommendations from the Resource Innovation Institute for controlling energy consumption (13:44)
- Gretchen delves into the varied air quality and HVAC requirements and considerations in controlled environment agriculture (16:28)
- Where to access Resource Innovation Institute’s best practices recommendation materials (18:33)
- Current considerations and strategies to optimize CEA growing outcomes (19:48)
- Closing remarks: how Environments can help with similar IoT integration and optimization work (22:35)
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