Ep.103 - The Biggest Takeaways From the Smart Controls for Data-Driven Indoor Agriculture Field Evaluation Research Project

Over the past couple years, Energy Resources Integration has led a research project with CALNEXT, a California electric emerging technology program, and technology supplier Microclimates. The Smart Controls for Data-Driven Indoor Agriculture Field Evaluation tests automated, integrated, and intelligent hardware and software in commercial greenhouses to uncover ways to save energy with lighting, HVAC, and irrigation control systems. In this episode of the Greenhouse Grower to Grower podcast, I caught up with Gretchen Schimelpfenig of Energy Resources Integration, and Neda Vaseghi, Co-founder and CEO of Microclimates, to talk about how the biggest benefits greenhouse growers will see from this research. Here’s our conversation.