Cannabis crops aren’t cheap, and growers and cultivators do everything they can to protect their valuable crops from being contaminated or destroyed. A hardy plant capable of growing in many conditions, the best cannabis is grown in ideal conditions, maintained with carefully regulated environmental factors, air filtration, temperature and humidity controls, and more.
One of the tools growers use to keep their cash crop happy and healthy is an HVAC system. Cannabis is profitable. HVAC keeps that valuable cash crop happy and healthy by ensuring plants are kept at the perfect temperature, balancing humidity, and providing air filtration to eliminate potential airborne contaminants. Because these delicate systems must be customized and installed according to the specifications of the cultivation facility, HVAC installation should always be left up to the professionals.
Cannabis crops aren’t cheap, and growers and cultivators do everything they can to protect their valuable crops from being contaminated or destroyed. A hardy plant capable of growing in many conditions, the best cannabis is grown in ideal conditions, maintained with carefully regulated environmental factors, air filtration, temperature and humidity controls, and more.
One of the tools growers use to keep their cash crop happy and healthy is an HVAC system. Cannabis is profitable. HVAC keeps that valuable cash crop happy and healthy by ensuring plants are kept at the perfect temperature, balancing humidity, and providing air filtration to eliminate potential airborne contaminants. Because these delicate systems must be customized and installed according to the specifications of the cultivation facility, HVAC installation should always be left up to the professionals.
Cannabis-Specific Integrated HVAC Systems
Traditional HVAC systems aren’t designed for monitoring or controlling humidity, and often make the facilities they are installed in too dry for cannabis cultivation. Instead, cannabis growers should choose a specialized HVAC system designed for cannabis that not only controls temperature but controls humidity, too. These specialized systems are often called ‘integrated HVAC’ systems.
Integrated HVAC systems make specific environmental control easier since you can control temperatures and humidity from a single system. Separate air conditioning and humidification/dehumidification systems are far more finicky and difficult to control, resulting in uneven temp/humidity distribution. Inconsistency can leave room for pests and pathogens to grow, reducing the health of your crops.
With an integrated HVAC system, temperature and humidity are managed from one centralized system. An integrated approach makes up for the shortcomings of separate A/C and dehumidification systems, such as uneven air distribution forming microclimates and condensation providing the opportunity for pests and pathogens to thrive.
Automating HVAC
Today’s top cannabis growers have also begun to monitor, collect data, and automate their HVAC systems using IoT tools. An example of this might look like setting up a series of sensors in your greenhouse to collect humidity data. Based on minute-to-minute reads of your greenhouse conditions, IoT tools can trigger your integrated HVAC system to make small environmental changes, keeping your crop in perfect balance.
At Vulcan Squad, we’ve spent years working with the best cultivators in the business to create and install custom integrated HVAC systems. If you are in the process of building or renovating a greenhouse or indoor cultivation space, contact us today! We would love to share our experience to create the ideal growing environment for your operation.
