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Committee Insights
April 19, 2022

Committee Insights: WTF is VPD? – Controlling Transpiration from Propagation to Flower through Vapor Pressure Deficit

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vpd-topics
February 2, 2023

Committee Blog: VPD Topics for Cannabis Cultivation and Opportunities to Reduce Facility Energy Costs

Indoor cannabis cultivation facilities are complex environments, where a large number of variables interact to create an ideal ecosystem to grow cannabis. The upside of an indoor facility is it allows a year-long growing climate, optimized for each stage of the plant grow cycle. The downside, however, is creating this ideal climate is very energy-intensive.
Elements Designing
January 9, 2023

The Elements of Designing a Cannabis Dispensary Part 1

Kevin Quinlan is an entrepreneur and Principal in the built environment and building design industries with a 16-year track record of success in quality on project design, engineering execution, and quality assurance. He currently serves as a Principal of Mintropy, which provides Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection design consulting services in support of cannabis cultivation and retail facilities. Mintropy’s design approach encourages cohesiveness with nature, and we strive to find ways to incorporate our technological advancements back into harmony with mother nature.
Elements Designing Part Two
January 17, 2023

The Elements of Designing a Cannabis Dispensary – Part 2

In the previous episode, we focused a lot on the customer experience, but there are other aspects to a cannabis dispensary, like how design impacts those who work there. There’s the front of the house, so to speak, where the employees interface with the customers, and then the back of the house where they maybe store their lunch and hang their jackets. We dive into how the front-of-house design impacts employees and much more in today’s episode.