How Indoor Agriculture Benefits from Dehumidifiers

Improved Humidity Control

Humidity control is vital for steady growth of any CEA. However, adequate dehumidification practices are often overlooked. Water is a silent killer that can wreak havoc, causing mold, damaging plants or infrastructure, and causing many other problems. The best strategy is to prevent moisture build-up and high humidity. Equipping your climate control system with dehumidifiers is a smart investment in your crop.

Plant, Worker, & Environment Safety

As stated above, high humidity introduces issues that can impact your crop, your workers’ health, and the infrastructure itself. In the case of crops, too high of humidity inhibits plants’ ability to draw in nutrients and circulate water (pulling from the soil and evaporating through their leaves). This process is vital to plant growth.

High humidity also brings about the risk of mold and pests, which impacts workers, infrastructure, and can be detrimental to plant yield. Dehumidifiers help ensure optimal conditions to keep all of your assets safe.

Sustainable & Cost-Effective

Other equipment in your facility isn’t meant for dehumidification. Take AC, for example. Your AC’s job is temperature control, which can be deceptive in making us think it is solving our humidity problem if we just crank it up. While it does contribute some dehumidification, it doesn’t do so efficiently. This is more damaging as your AC is working harder, lessening its life span while hiking up your energy bill. Dehumidifiers are made to control moisture and work within your already established HVAC system—leaving each piece of equipment to do what it does best.