Passive solar greenhouse

Upper venting

Greenhouse

A “Deep Winter” greenhouse designed at the University of Minnesota captures excess heat during the day, and releases it at night. The greenhouse has a 4-ft. deep, insulated bed of crushed rock beneath a steeply sloped, south-facing greenhouse wall. An insulated rear wall helps to hold heat. The glazing is triple wal...

Designing Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse, Part 1 - Verge Permaculture

This underground passive-solar greenhouse is designed to provide a functional growing space. It produces year-round crops in a cold climate.

The decision to build an eco-friendly greenhouse on our little farm in Pennsylvania was really an afterthought. My wife Shana and I had just bought our first piece of heavy equipment, a used Caterpillar skid

Passive Solar Greenhouse with Integrated Aquaponics System (Sepp Holzer forum at permies)

Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course

Welcome to Part 2 of this series on how you can design your own greenhouse that can extend the planting season, enhance growing conditions, and provide a cheery space for those dark winter days. You can read part 1 here to see steps 1 through 5. Onwards to Steps 6 to 9! Step 6: Design Your […]

Designing Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse, Part 1 – Verge Permaculture

Portfolio of featured ecological design projects by the Regenerative Design Group - residential, public & institutional, agricultural.

Harness the power of the sun with passive solar design for sustainable and eco-friendly buildings in any climate. Learn the fundamentals now!

Thermal mass materials are dense materials, capable of storing lots of heat. The most common thermal mass material to use is water.

Shippable Passive Solar Greenhouse Project – Narrow Passage Permaculture