sustainability

Sustainability is one of our top priorities, and we believe it should be at the heart of modern horticulture.

Here you’ll find articles discussing sustainability in greenhouses and grow rooms, energy efficiency, and more.

Indoor HVAC Vs Dehumidification – Grow Room Humidity Control

Indoor HVAC Vs Dehumidification – Grow Room Humidity ControlIndoor grow rooms are naturally humid environments. The combination of living plants and high intensity lighting, in a closed space, inevitably leads to high humidity. So, what’s the best way to control indoor humidity? One of the Read More ›

What Is Vertical Farming and What You Should Know About It

What Is Vertical Farming?Vertical farming is one of many new, innovative, technology-driven cultivation methods. As the name suggests, vertical cultivation means stacking crops on top of each other, in order to optimize space use, and ultimately grow more produce. Vertical farms have various benefits compared to traditional farming: Efficient Read More ›

How to Improve Grow Room Energy Efficiency

How To Improve Grow Room Energy Efficiency Grow room energy efficiency is a crucial factor that can affect the profitability of any grow operation. Growing crops in indoor grow rooms is highly effective. Indoors, growers have total control over their environment, and can optimize growing conditions to the Read More ›

Implementing ESG with Greenhouse Dehumidification

Implementing ESG with Greenhouse Dehumidification Promoting sustainability and other ESG factors is at the core of DryGair’s mission. The company was founded with the sole purpose of improving commercial horticulture and food production, while reducing its environmental impact. By identifying the inefficiency of humidity control in commercial greenhouses and Read More ›

DryGair’s Environmental Benefits – Understanding Energy, Toxicity, GWP & ESG

DryGair's Environmental Benefits – Understanding Energy, Toxicity, GWP & ESG Growing food, flowers and medicinal plants has a substantial environmental impact. Especially when it comes to growing in protected environments, such as greenhouse and indoor grow rooms. Besides providing effective humidity control, DryGair's environmental benefits include energy savings Read More ›

Active Dehumidification is Better Than Humidity Mitigating Greenhouse Designs

Active Dehumidification Is Better Than Humidity Mitigating Greenhouse Designs Modern horticulture techniques let us grow food, medicine, and beautiful ornamentals, faster, and more efficiently than ever. Progress in this sector never stops, and new innovations constantly hit the market. With so many ways to deal with different greenhouse issues, Read More ›

Controlling Humidity, Saving Energy and Improving Yields – by NZGrower Magazine

Controlling Humidity, Saving Energy, and Improving Yields – by NZGrower MagazineNZGrower recently published an article on how Southern Belle Orchard in Matamata, NZ use DryGair dehumidifiers to gain full control over their greenhouse humidity, reaping unexpected benefits in the process. Controlling humidity in greenhouses improves crop quality, increases yields Read More ›

Preventing Downy Mildew Without Fungicides

Preventing Downy Mildew Without Fungicides Downy mildew is a very common mold, present around the world in greenhouses and grow rooms. It’s a humidity related fungal disease, caused by a family of different oomycetes. While symptoms are slightly different, it’s often misidentified as powdery mildew or gray mold. Read More ›

How to Reduce Greenhouse Light Pollution

How to Reduce Greenhouse Light PollutionIn many places in N. America and Europe, residents are complaining about light pollution, in the form of bright purple lights covering the nighttime sky. These strange lights aren’t a mystery, they come from greenhouses. Most commonly, cannabis greenhouses. These complaints are now moving Read More ›

Are Dehumidifier Water Meters Essential for Greenhouses and Grow Rooms?

Are Dehumidifier Water Meters Essential for Greenhouses and Grow Rooms?The water balance of a greenhouse, or any growing space, is one of the main ways to measure and understand plant activity. The only way to truly gauge the water balance of your growing space, is by using flow meters Read More ›