Anden employees detail the importance of proper temperature and humidity control within grow rooms. Dehumidifier and humidifier products are showcased.

With almost 30 states now allowing some sort of legal use of marijuana, it is not surprising that the number of cannabis growing facilities in the U.S. is exploding. These growing facilities range from small farms that supply medical marijuana to local patients to large, multimillion-dollar facilities that produce enough to supply entire states with both recreational and medical marijuana.

Cultivating cannabis commercially is a difficult task. Growers can’t simply toss a few seeds into the soil and expect plants to produce the luscious buds desired by medicinal and recreational users across the nation.

The legality of marijuana use, both medically and recreationally, continues to increase across the U.S. Ballot initiatives are popping up in new states seemingly every year, which means the marketplace is burgeoning and spreading around the country. As it pertains to the HVAC industry, this can be a bit of a double-edged sword.

UV Lights Prevent Contamination in Cannabis grow facility owners and managers take painstaking measures to maintain their growing areas free of mold, mildew, fungus, and other biological contaminants.

While many states have legalized marijuana recreationally, medically, or both, finding work within this industry is still a bit more complicated than finding typical HVAC jobs.

As more and more U.S. states continue to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the amount of marijuana sales are expected to increase significantly over the next few years.

Love it or hate it, marijuana is a blooming industry in both the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian Senate is on track to vote on a bill to authorize legal use of recreational marijuana by June 7.

Desert Aire Corp. attended its first AHR Expo since being acquired by Multistack LLC in 2017. The two companies had a joint booth at the event.

Marijuana grow facilities are providing a new market for contractors and manufacturers as 29 states currently have laws legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes with an additional eight permitting recreational use of cannabis, including Washington, District of Columbia.