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Controlled Environment Agriculture - Lighting Best Practices Guide Launch


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Categories:
CEA |  Crop |  Cultivation Approach |  Energy |  Greenhouse |  Indoor |  Topic Area |  USDA |  Lighting
Faculty:
Mark Lefsrud |  Leo Marcelis |  Jill O'Connor |  Leora Radetsky |  Michael Zartarian
Duration:
1 Hour
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Learn from RII’s expert Faculty members at this Efficient Yields workshop focused on lighting for operations growing food and floriculture crops. The US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service funded Resource Innovation Institute (RII) and the American Council Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) via a Conservation Innovation Grant for the project entitled Data-Driven Market Transformation for Efficient, Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). This workshop is the launch event for the CEA Lighting Best Practices Guide. Cultivation facilities require powerful lighting systems to supplement or replace sunlight. Understand the ways CEA crops use light, the horticultural lighting systems appropriate for indoor farms and greenhouses, and the opportunities for energy efficiency and lower energy bills from LED lighting.

Panelists will discuss:

  • Benefits of Using LED Lighting in CEA Facilities

  • How CEA Facilities Use Light

  • How CEA Crops Use Light

  • CEA Lighting Equipment

  • Optimizing Lighting Designs for CEA Facilities

  • Purchasing Certified Horticultural Lighting Products

  • Accessing Incentives for Efficient Lighting Equipment

  • Measuring Lighting System Performance

  • Maximizing Yields and Efficiency with Horticultural Lighting
     

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Faculty

Mark Lefsrud's Profile

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Associate Professor

McGill University


Dr. Lefsrud, an Associate Professor at McGill University leads the Biomass Production Laboratory. His upbringing on a farm and work in the oil fields of Alberta, Canada combined with his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology gives him a very strong background in the fields of agriculture, biology, and engineering. His research program focuses on the plant growth environment and how to improve plant and microbial yield. The Biomass Production Laboratory focus is developing methods and technologies to improve environmental control, energy efficiency, harvesting and post harvest handling and bioprocesses of living organisms. This laboratory’s primary goal is the improvement of plants for human consumption (food security), human health (medical cannabis), environmental protection (green building materials) and energy (biofuels).



Jill O'Connor Related Seminars and Products

Energy Consultant

Efficiency Vermont (VEIC)


Leora Radetsky's Profile

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Senior Lighting Scientist

Design Lights Consortium


Michael Zartarian's Profile

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Principal

Zartarian Energy


Mike grew up in the agricultural community of the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. There he developed a deep respect for both conventional and small scale organic production methods. He attended Northeastern University earning a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, and spent the first part of his career designing speaker systems and audio electronics for performing musicians. The switch to precision agriculture came naturally, and he has worked on a wide variety of projects in both cannabis and vegetable production, focusing on LED systems, sensors, power systems and facility design. Mike is the principal of Zartarian Engineering in Boston, MA.