Solar Greenhouses Communications
L. David Roper
roperld@vt.edu
http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid
- John Cruickshank of Going Concerns Unlimited (http://www.sunnyjohn.com), 2006
- Mark and Diana Steel, Floyd County VA: solar greenhouse built from used materials, visited in April 2008
- Yonatan Dov Strauch, Appalachian State University, MA thesis: Test of Technologies for Affordable Solar Greenhouses, August 2008.
- Gary Kaucher, Univ. of Missouri: passive solar greenhouse, July 2009
- John B. & Olive Thomas, Wilkes Co. NC: interested in building a small solar greenhouse, Sept 2009 (Took tour.)
- Omega Lane Farm has a new solar greenhouse that uses large cans of water against the back wall for storing heat energy. Visited in Oct 2009. (Pictures)
- Bill Fletcher, Christiansburg High School: interested in building a small solar greenhouse, Nov 2009 (Took tour.)
- Keith and Dane Elder, Floyd VA: interested in building a solar greenhouse, Sept 2010
- Michael Wong, Seattle WA: Small SHCS greenhouse and working on building a bigger one, Nov 2010 (Visited him in July 2011.)
- Patrick Donohoe, Virginia Tech & USGBC Green Schools Challenge, and teachers from the Glenvar Middle School in Roanoke VA: interested in building a solar greenhouse at Glenvar, Nov 2010 (Took tour.)
- Roger D. Clark, Angier NC: plans to build one in 2011, Dec 2010
- Paul Timmerman, Roanoke VA near Bent Mountain: plans to build a small one, Dec 2010
- Gene Wrzosek, Blacksburg VA, Jan 2011
- Teri Shehorn, Marion County Indiana, Feb 2011
- Carlo Patino-Davis, Valparaiso, Indiana YMCA, May 2011
- Konstantin Govtvyan, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 2011
- Ryan D. Huish, Hollins University, Roanoke VA, July 2011
- Ross Brown, Kentucky, July 2011 (Built a backyard solar greenhouse using SHCS.)
- Woody Crenshaw, Floyd VA, Aug 2011 (Took tour.)
- Alicia Reed, Charleston SC, Aug 2011
- Jon Hickam, western Colorado, Sept 2011
- Jim Clark, Georgetown County SC Nov 2011 (Building a 30'x40' SGH with SHCS on a rice plantation being converted to an organic farm.)
- Brad Howard, Mount Juliet TN (near Nashville) (Wants to build a 28'x'6' SGH with SHCS.)
- Bill Brainerd, New Mexico (Wants to build a SHCS SGH.)
- Robert Fievisohn (Building a SGH with glass glazing.)
References:
YMCA Roper Solar Greenhouse
Construction Pictures (Inside Construction)