Space Usage
Depending on capacity, WCIC may have greenhouse, laboratory, and office spaces available to UW researchers. WCIC services included in the usage fees are:
- automatic watering and fertigation system setup
- pest management / pesticide application
- room environmental condition scheduling
- room environmental data collection, analysis, and archiving
- weekday on-site monitoring
- 24-hour Andover monitoring, alarm notification, and alarm response
- Office/Lab – Ethernet and wireless access. Access to utilities and common use spaces
- Laboratory – laminar flow hoods, RO/DI water. Access to utilities and common use spaces
The rates listed below are a monthly square footage cost and include all utilities and plant care if applicable:
UW System Internal | ||
Greenhouse | $ 3.48 | |
Growth Rooms/Percivals | $ 3.48 | |
Laboratory | $ 1.50 | |
Office | $ 1.10 |
The WCIC also offers greenhouse services to external parties such as plant grow outs for increasing seed, immature maize ear production for clients wanting to do their own transformation experiments, and other such services.