The Chinese greenhouse : design and build a low-cost, passive solar greenhouse /
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"The Chinese Greenhouse is the only complete guide to designing, building, and operating high-performance, earth-sheltered, solar-heated, intelligently glazed, and insulated passive greenhouses, allowing you to grow a variety of vegetables year-round--even in cold climates--in soil or aquaponic...

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Main Author: Chiras, Daniel D. (Author)
Other Authors: Chiras, Forrest (Illustrator), Rao, Anil (Illustrator)
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2020]
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505 0 |a My introduction to Chinese greenhouses -- What's wrong with conventional greenhouses? -- What makes the Chinese greenhouse so special? -- Building a Chinese greenhouse : site selection, excavation, and drainage -- Thermal mass, framing, glazing, and insulation -- Improving performance : daytime internal heat banking -- Improving performance : daily heat banking with a solar hot air system -- Improving performance : daily heat banking with solar hot water systems -- Improving performance : long-term (seasonal) heat banking -- Battling the heat : summertime production -- Getting it right : designing climate batteries -- Supplementing solar input : LED lighting -- Building my Chinese greenhouse : a pictorial documentary. 
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