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The BAE Department has approximately 10,146 square feet of office and laboratory space in the BAE Building. Facilities include:
Automated Weather Station Network
	Statewide Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (AEMN), consisting of more than 78 weather stations that collect weather and other environmental variables on a continous basis.
Agrometeorology Laboratory
Laboratory for evaluation and calibration of sensors, data loggers, and other environmental equipment.
Crop Modeling Laboratory
	Hardware and software for the development and application of crop simulation models, decision support systems, and Geographic Information Systems.
ENVIROTRON
Multi-disciplinary environmental control facility to study the interaction of environmental factors, including temperature, humidity, radiation, soil moisture, CO2, O3, and other trace gasses, on plant growth and development. The facility currently includes nine large indoor growth chambers, eight greenhouses, and three movable controlled-environment sunlit growth chambers.
Electronics Laboratory
	Facilities and electronics equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and labview software provide capabilities for developing sensors, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and electronic devices needed for research, extension, and instruction programs
Food Engineering and Packaging Laboratory (Food Science and Technology)
Facilities for determining physical, rheological, and thermal properties of food materials, instrumentation for measuring gas transmission properties of packaging films (plastic and edible), equipment to conduct studies on food packaging, frying, microwaving, freezing, quality evaluation, and shelf-life.
Postharvest Systems Laboratory
	A pilot plant includes equipment for simulating commercial unit operations for fresh fruits and vegetables including: TEW packing line (wash, dry, inspect visually, wax and size), two-lane Durand-Wayland color sorter, three walk-in coolers with forced air precoolers and 144 drawers with RH control, vibration table (transport simulation), two Kyser-Werner retail display cases and a home kitchen.
Postharvest Active Learning (PAL) Laboratory
Training and consulting services are provided for postharvest businesses and agencies. A systems approach and participatory learning are emphasized for improving technical and quality management systems.
Research Shop
	Basic metal and wood working equipment are available.
Research and Education Garden
A garden, greenhouse and research plots are all within the garden to be used for demonstrating and evaluating best management practices for landscape design, maintenance and to test new varieties of ornamental plants. The newest feature of the garden is a "rain garden" or bioretention area for capturing stormwater runoff from the developed demonstration area of the garden.
Rain Harvest System
	A collection and redistribution system has been installed on the Cowart Building on the Griffin Campus. The rain harvest system captures the rainfall that falls on the roof of the building and the condensate from the air conditioner units. The stormwater is stored and used to irrigate the landscape surrounding the building through a micro-irrigation system. The system was put in place to research and demonstrate the value of such systems in water conservation and stormwater reduction in the humid climate of Georgia.