Solar Greenhouses Communications

L. David Roper
roperld@vt.edu
http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid

  1. John Cruickshank of Going Concerns Unlimited (http://www.sunnyjohn.com), 2006
  2. Mark and Diana Steel, Floyd County VA: solar greenhouse built from used materials, visited in April 2008
  3. Yonatan Dov Strauch, Appalachian State University, MA thesis: Test of Technologies for Affordable Solar Greenhouses, August 2008.
  4. Gary Kaucher, Univ. of Missouri: passive solar greenhouse, July 2009
  5. John B. & Olive Thomas, Wilkes Co. NC: interested in building a small solar greenhouse, Sept 2009 (Took tour.)
  6. 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)
  7. Bill Fletcher, Christiansburg High School: interested in building a small solar greenhouse, Nov 2009 (Took tour.)
  8. Keith and Dane Elder, Floyd VA: interested in building a solar greenhouse, Sept 2010
  9. Michael Wong, Seattle WA: Small SHCS greenhouse and working on building a bigger one, Nov 2010 (Visited him in July 2011.)
  10. 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.)
  11. Roger D. Clark, Angier NC: plans to build one in 2011, Dec 2010
  12. Paul Timmerman, Roanoke VA near Bent Mountain: plans to build a small one, Dec 2010
  13. Gene Wrzosek, Blacksburg VA, Jan 2011
  14. Teri Shehorn, Marion County Indiana, Feb 2011
  15. Carlo Patino-Davis, Valparaiso, Indiana YMCA, May 2011
  16. Konstantin Govtvyan, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 2011
  17. Ryan D. Huish, Hollins University, Roanoke VA, July 2011
  18. Ross Brown, Kentucky, July 2011 (Built a backyard solar greenhouse using SHCS.)
  19. Woody Crenshaw, Floyd VA, Aug 2011 (Took tour.)
  20. Alicia Reed, Charleston SC, Aug 2011
  21. Jon Hickam, western Colorado, Sept 2011
  22. Jim Clark, Georgetown County SC Nov 2011 (Building a 30'x40' SGH with SHCS on a rice plantation being converted to an organic farm.)
  23. Brad Howard, Mount Juliet TN (near Nashville) (Wants to build a 28'x'6' SGH with SHCS.)
  24. Bill Brainerd, New Mexico (Wants to build a SHCS SGH.)
  25. Robert Fievisohn (Building a SGH with glass glazing.)

References:

YMCA Roper Solar Greenhouse
Construction Pictures (Inside Construction)