The Greenhouse Lighting and Programs Engineering consortium prepares for development and resilience
[Ithaca, New York] – The Greenhouse Lighting and Programs Engineering (GLASE) consortium is thrilled to introduce Gretchen Schimelpfenig as their new Govt Director. With a formidable background in Civil Engineering and in depth expertise within the managed setting agriculture (CEA) trade, Gretchen brings a wealth of information and fervour to her new position.
Ms. Schimelpfenig’s instructional journey contains an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford College in 2014 and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from the College of Wyoming in 2012. As a licensed Civil Skilled Engineer in California and Vermont, she has demonstrated her dedication to innovation and sustainability.
At GLASE, Gretchen will spearhead collaborative efforts with lecturers and trade stakeholders to drive groundbreaking developments in greenhouse expertise and programs. Her main focus shall be on lowering the environmental impression and growing the profitability of the CEA trade by pioneering and commercializing rising options.
Along with her position at GLASE, Gretchen at the moment serves as a senior engineer at Power Assets Integration (ERI), the place she assists greenhouse growers and indoor farmers throughout the nation in implementing cost-effective vitality administration methods to maximise effectivity. Her experience on this subject is additional highlighted by her earlier place because the Technical Director of Useful resource Innovation Institute (RII). Because the creator of RII’s Lighting, HVAC, and Facility Design & Development Finest Practices Guides for CEA in partnership with the U.S. Division of Agriculture, Gretchen has already made important contributions to the trade.
“I firmly consider in a carbon-neutral and climate-smart future for managed setting agriculture. Excessive-performance programs are the important thing to growing greenhouse vitality productiveness,” says Gretchen Schimelpfenig, PE.
As the brand new Govt Director, Gretchen Schimelpfenig will lead GLASE in forging new partnerships, creating alternatives for information trade, and driving the adoption of cutting-edge options throughout the trade. Becoming a member of GLASE as a member means turning into a part of a visionary group devoted to reworking the way forward for managed setting agriculture.
To study extra about GLASE and how one can turn out to be a member, go to www.glase.org.
About GLASE
The Greenhouse Lighting and Programs Engineering (GLASE) consortium is a public-private collaboration that stands on the forefront of LED programs engineering, plant photobiology and physiology, and greenhouse environmental controls. Dedicated to pioneering and commercializing breakthrough greenhouse expertise, GLASE brings collectively a various vary of stakeholders within the managed setting agriculture trade. For extra data, go to https://glase.org/membership/.
About ERI
Power Assets Integration (ERI) is a clear vitality consulting agency growing a sustainable future for our planet by means of cost-effective vitality administration. Since 2011, ERI’s crew {of professional} engineers has supported over 20 utilities throughout 8 states and labored with a whole bunch of agricultural, industrial, and industrial companies as an vitality advisor to help and attain sustainability objectives. ERI executes methods for companies to foster a clear vitality future. For extra data, go to https://www.eripacific.com/contact-us/.
