The Chinese Greenhouse: Design and Build a Low-Cost, Passive Solar Greenhouse

Publisher/distributor landing for Dan Chiras’s 2020 book on Chinese solar greenhouses—earth-sheltered, east-west, insulated, intelligently glazed passive structures for year-round vegetables in cold climates (related-distinct alternative to walipini pits). Full title: The Chinese Greenhouse: Design and Build a Low-Cost, Passive Solar Greenhouse by Dan Chiras; New Society Publishers; Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series; sales date 2020-11-03; ISBN 9780865719293; paperback CA$39.99. Blurb: only complete guide to designing/building/operating high-performance earth-sheltered, solar-heated, intelligently glazed and insulated passive greenhouses for year-round vegetables even in cold climates, soil or aquaponics. States Chinese solar greenhouses are earth-sheltered, east-west oriented, well-insulated, and intelligently glazed, enabling warm-weather crops using passive solar energy alone. Promises design/build steps, heat-storage techniques, season extension, summer cooling, and flexible growing methods.

Bookstore landing page—not the full book text.

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