How to Design and Build a Net-Zero-Energy Greenhouse

Want to grow your own bananas avocados tomatoes and nutrient dense food year-round, even through the winter? 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. Topics include:

• Principles of solar greenhouse design (siting, glazing and insulation)
• Selecting and installing glazing materials
• Ventilation methods
• Construction methods
• Sustainable heating and cooling methods (passive thermal mass materials, compost heaters, rocket mass heaters and GAHT® systems)

The book covers Ceres solar greenhouse design, as well as many variations, including:

• Attached solar greenhouses
• Earth-sheltered and underground greenhouses
• Aquaponics greenhouses
• Off-grid greenhouses using solar panels