The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse

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Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate

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!

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Overview
Build a passive solar greenhouse for all-season growing. Design a hoophouse to grow produce year-round anywhere. Grow veggies year-round in a solar-powered greenhouse. A guide to year-round veggie growing in northern climates.

Availability Date
October 17, 2016 November 13, 2018 November 3, 2020 October 10, 2023

Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Society Publishers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 17, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0865718245
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0865718241
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.38 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.61 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #112,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Greenhouses (Books) #150 in Home Design & Construction (Books) #176 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books)
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