The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MA1FJUX |
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| Number of Pages | : | 235 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Over a dozen case studies provide real-life inspiration, capped off with how-to guidance for building a durable, energy-efficient greenhouse. . Comprehensive coverage of passive solar greenhouse design including material selection, building methods and how to store thermal energy using a variety of simple and innovative strategies. Variations include underground and aquaponic greenhouses and integrating solar panels to grow off-grid, year-round
Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. More than a dozen case studies from across North America provide inspiration and demonstrate specific challenges and solutions for growing year-round in any climate.Grow your own food, anytime, anywhere using the power of the sun!. The solution for millions of backyard and small-scale commercial growers is self-heating solar greenhouses.The Year-round Solar Greenhouse is the one-stop guide to designing and building greenhouses that harness and store energy from the sun to create naturally heated, lush growing environments even in the depths of winter, covering principles of solar greenhouse design and siting, glazing material properties and selection, controlling heat loss, ventilation, and construction meth
great information in the book great information in the book, so glad I got it. Absolutely recommend for anyone looking at building a year round greenhouse or small conservatory. We thought we knew exactly how we wanted ours and now have upgraded our plans significantly due to the good information in this book.. "I am currently building a net zero greenhouse in the" according to Myrle McLernon. I am currently building a net zero greenhouse in the Mojave desert, this book has all of the design information needed to succeed.. "Clear writing, thorough coverage of the topic." according to Captain Suds. I am working with Ms. Schiller's company to design a small solar greenhouse modeled on her principles. This is a very thorough and well written book that should open up new worlds for someone accustomed to thinking that greenhouses are nothing but metal channel and clear panes of glazing. In particular the underground piping system, the GAHT system described here, is a very affordable breakthrough to create a greenhouse that will function year round. I tried to introduce these concepts to a fellow r
Marc Plinke, an inventor-innovator with a PhD in engineering, started his career as a chemical and process engineer working for Gore Technologies. Lindsey Schiller studied conventional greenhouse design and management at the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environmental Agriculture Center before delving deeply into solar greenhouse design. With co-author Marc Plinke, she founded Ceres Greenhouse Solutions to research, design and build energy-efficient year-round greenhouses. He late