{"product_id":"the-year-round-solar-greenhouse-how-to-design-and-build-a-net-zero-energy-greenhouse-paperback","title":"The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindsey Schiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Plinke\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Year-round Solar Greenhouse \u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Grow your own food, anytime, anywhere using the power of the sun  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Extensively researched, written with personal experience, and full of essential facts and figures rendered simple and accessible. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e DARRELL E. FREY, author, \u003cem\u003e The Bioshelter Market Garden \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e A practical, easy-to-read guide that enables anyone to design and build their own sustainable, year-round greenhouse. I highly recommend it for aquaponic growers, and any gardener looking to extend their season. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e SYLVIA BERNSTEIN, author, \u003cem\u003e Aquaponic Gardening \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFRESH, LOCAL, NUTRIENT-DENSE fruits and vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, or other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. The solution for millions of backyard and small-scale commercial growers is self-heating solar greenhouses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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. Topics include the principles of solar greenhouse design, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariations 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!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e An important resource that will help farmers and greenhouse operators leverage innovation for sustainable and profitable food production. ...This book should be part of your tool kit. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e GAELAN BROWN, author, \u003cem\u003e The Compost-Powered Water Heater \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e LINDSEY SCHILLER \u003c\/strong\u003e is a greenhouse designer and is, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e MARC PLINKE \u003c\/strong\u003e is an inventor-innovator with a PhD in engineering. In recent years he 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Lindsey Schiller \u003c\/strong\u003e 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. Lindsey has designed, toured and helped build hundreds of energy-efficient greenhouses spanning small residential structures to acre-size commercial facilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Marc Plinke \u003c\/strong\u003e, an inventor-innovator with a PhD in engineering, started his career as a chemical and process engineer working for Gore Technologies. He later retrofitted his family's 1950's Boulder, CO ranch home into a net-zero-energy home, spurring a second career in green building design. 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