107. What Plants Crave feat. Gretchen Schimelpfenig: CEA Energy Management
Wrapping up our series discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities is Gretchen Schimelpfenig!
Gretchen is a Senior Energy Engineer at Energy Resources Integration, LLC (ERI), a clean energy consulting firm developing a sustainable future for our planet through cost-effective energy management. She is responsible for implementing energy efficiency and emerging technology programs and providing direct consulting services. Gretchen has seven years of experience in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) and has worked for 11 years in the energy industry. Gretchen is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in California and Vermont. She obtained her master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford, where she studied sustainable design and construction with an energy emphasis and was a Schneider Fellow at the U.S. Green Building Council. Gretchen resides in Huntington, Vermont, with her partner, their five cats, and many houseplants.
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106. What Plants Crave feat. Jeff Kelley: Energy Modeling in CEA
Welcome back to our new series with several interviews discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities. In this episode Nadia and Jeff Kelley of Kelley Energy Management discuss energy modeling and utility incentives for CEA facilities..
Jeff is a seasoned professional in the utilities industry. With over 40 years of experience of working in the utility sector, Kelley has taken his knowledge and expertise to the cannabis industry – helping maximize utility rebates and incentives for cultivators across the country, capturing over $40M in incentives for customers. Since 2019, Jeff has been using energy modeling as a technique to leverage custom incentives not available through standard incentive processes. In addition to maximizing incentives, the energy models provide customers with clear visibility into their planned energy consumption.
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105. What Plants Crave feat. Dan Dettmers: Energy Codes and Standards for CEA
Welcome back to our new series with several interviews discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities. In this third episode Nadia and Dan Dettmers of Madison Air discuss energy efficiency and regulatory guidelines given by local, state, and federal agencies regulating CEA facilities..
Dan Dettmers joined the Controlled Environment Horticulture field in 2018 when he was hired by Quest, a Madison Air company. He brought over 20 years of expertise in food and pharmaceutical processing, industrial refrigeration, and HVAC infrastructure design to the industry and 15 years in Agribusiness. In particular, Dan pursued his passion for agriculture by moonlighting as the owner of a hop farm (also cannabacea family), where he and his partners built a vertically integrated business that encompassed every stage of hop production.
At Madison Air and its CEH companies (Quest, Ag IQ, Conviron), Dan plays a key role in shaping standards, codes and regulations that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of indoor grow space conditioning equipment. In addition to guiding industry best practices, he is actively involved in research and development, creating new products, assisting customers with climate control solutions, and providing technical training both within and beyond the company.
Stay tuned to continue exploring how energy is defined, its importance in CEA, and energy centered interviews with more industry experts.
Thank you for growing with us!
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104. What Plants Crave feat. Sam Milton: Energy Efficiency and Incentives in CEA
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103. What Plants Crave feat. Rob Eddy: Energy Saving Opportunities and Challenges in CEA
Welcome back to our new series with several interviews discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities. In this second episode Nadia and Rob Eddy of the Research Innovation Institute discuss energy saving best practices and tell stories about their greenhouse experiences. Stay tuned to continue exploring how energy is defined, its importance in CEA, and energy centered interviews with more industry experts. Thank you for growing with us!
Dr. Nadia Sabeh is President and Founder of Dr. Greenhouse, Inc., an agricultural and mechanical engineering firm that specializes in the design of HVAC systems for indoor plant environments.This series of podcasts she hosts invites listeners to sit in on informative, fun, and insightful conversations Dr. Sabeh has with industry professionals working in environmental sciences, agriculture, and cannabis.
We have just launched a new series, “What Plants Crave,” where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave.
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