Facility Design & Construction Best Practices for Efficient Indoor Agriculture

Are you a Michigan CEA operator looking to improve your facility efficiency?

Resource Innovation Institute (RII) in collaboration with DTE, Consumers Energy, and BWL Lansing are pleased to present a free webinar on Facility Design & Construction Best Practices for Efficient Indoor Agriculture as part of their Michigan Efficient Yields series. Hear from subject matter experts from ARCO/Murray, Anderson Porter Design, Prospiant and IMEG as they discuss their perspectives on energy-efficient building design and construction.

This workshop will be hosted on Thursday, September 8th at 1:00 PM EST. Register today!

Webinar Description:

Cultivators use different approaches to retrofit and construct buildings to cultivate a variety of crops. Sometimes facility choices correlate with facility location, real estate prices, climate zone, crop, and final product. Each method has different pros and cons for businesses. Cultivators are motivated to grow in indoor farms to maximize profitability while minimizing operational expenses. Understand the key performance indicators and targets to guide producers and project teams during the design and construction phases, reduce energy use and operating costs for resilient facilities, and maximize incentives from your local utilities and efficiency programs.

Topical areas include:

• Benefits of Indoor Controlled Environments for Crops

• Assembling CEA Project Teams

• The Value of Commissioning

• Navigating Codes and Permits

• Maximizing Technical Assistance for CEA Projects

• Design and Construction Best Practices for Indoor Farms

• Considerations for Indoor Enclosures and Vertical Farms

• Benchmarking Design & Construction KPIs

• Operations & Maintenance Planning

Target audience:

• Cultivators

• Operations & Facility Staff

• Design & Construction Partners

• Property Owners

• Utility & Government Representatives