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Introduction Energy Resources Integration (ERI) is thrilled to announce its partnership with the Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium. This strategic alliance aims to revolutionize sustainable agriculture, particularly within the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry. ERI’s Senior Engineer, Gretchen Schimelpfenig, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of GLASE. By combining ERI’s expertise in CEA energy engineering with …

ERI is proud to announce that our very own Brad Watterud has achieved Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification! What is EIT, you ask? To be EIT certified, an individual must have college-level engineering education and/or engineering-related work experience totaling three years, as well as demonstrating knowledge of a broad cross-section of engineering concepts by passing the six-hour Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Certification …

Last week energy efficiency professionals gathered for the annual Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, where the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy presents innovative ideas on the topic of Climate Solutions: Efficiency, Equity, and Decarbonization. This year’s conference features two papers with contributions from ERI senior engineer Gretchen Schimelpfenig. As utilities improve programs to increase indoor agriculture customer participation, …

Benjamin Franklin once said that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The old adage holds true in many facets of life, and is also applicable in the maintenance of your greenhouse or CEA facility. ERI’s senior engineer, Gretchen Schimelpfenig, PE recently published a well thought out article on how to develop a successful and effective operations …

Energy Resources Integration’s Engineering Manager, Ethan Clifford, P.E. will be joining Whitney Ray and Chris Castle as Water Conservation Panelists on August 3 at the 2022 Water Conservation Showcase. The cannabis industry has taken off in California but these grow facilities can demand a high volume of water and energy to thrive. Ethan and his team will highlight ways to …

Energy Resources Integration, LLC is excited to welcome Gretchen Schimelpfenig to the team as a Senior Energy Engineer! Gretchen will be recruiting customers and developing projects for ERI’s energy efficiency program implementation services, as well as bringing her expertise in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to accelerate sustainable facility design and construction. Gretchen has had a passion for architectural engineering for …

Eric Noller, Principal, and Ethan Clifford, Engineering Manager, of ERI are headed east far from our sunny state of California to Music City in Nashville, Tennessee for the 2022 AESP Conference. The Association of Energy Services Professionals, AESP, is set to host a diverse group of attendees representing a wide range of industry professionals at their 32nd celebration of this …

Energy Resources Integration (ERI) in collaboration with Southern California Edison (SCE) recently completed a Market Characterization of Indoor Agriculture. This study focuses on fully indoor non-cannabis horticulture, also known as Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). The demand for fresh produce in densely populated regions, combined with external forces such as drought, fires, and climate change, have propelled the development of urban …