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AgriTech North has successfully completed an OCIP Innovation Challenge! 📚Partnered with experts from Carleton University, AgriTech North is developing a method for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) to eliminate refrigerant-based air conditioning and dehumidification, which can reduce energy demand of these energy-intensive operations by up to 30%. 💬 “OCIP closes the gap between project concept and final product realization. The OCIP team prepared us to pursue funding and successfully complete our Innovation Challenge” 🌾Through Thermal Management, this Innovation Challenge could enable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) year-round food production facilities in Far North rural and remote communities, especially Indigenous communities, to achieve financially sustainable and feasible operations. 🪴 This would be a substantial boon to food security projects across the country. 🤝 Learn more about this business-researcher collaboration here: https://ow.ly/Uofm50SkpQQ 🙌 Would your business benefit from partnering with experts? OCIP is supporting the collaboration between Ontario businesses and researchers across Ontario. 💼 Businesses register for OCIP here: https://ow.ly/Ge7N50SkpQS

  •  “OCIP closes the gap between project concept and final product realization. The OCIP team prepared us to pursue funding and successfully complete our Innovation Challenge”

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