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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse - How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse (Paperback)
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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse - How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse (Paperback)
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Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in
winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes,
bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using
conventional structures. 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 methods. Additionally, an
in-depth section covers sustainable ways of heating the greenhouse
without fossil fuels, including using thermal mass and storing heat
underground with a ground to air heat exchanger. Variations include
attached solar greenhouses, earth sheltered greenhouses, plus
integrating hydroponics and aquaponics. 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! Lindsey Schiller is a greenhouse
designer and with co-author Marc Plinke, co-owner of Ceres
Greenhouse Solutions. Lindsey has designed, toured and helped build
hundreds of energy-efficient greenhouses spanning small residential
structures to acre-size commercial facilities. Marc Plinke is an
inventor-innovator with a PhD in engineering who has focused his
engineering mindset on building innovative, energy-efficient and
smarter greenhouses, with the intention of enabling people to grow
their own food sustainably and year-round.
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