Re: [GBlist] Community Greenhouse?

[William Dinklage <wdinklag@carleton.edu>]

Buzz,
  In addition to other direct feedback you may get from the list, try Roald 
Gundersen, who spoke on solar greenhouses at a Minnesota Sustainable 
Communities Network conference in Minneapolis recently.  His home page, 
www.mwt.net/~roald/index.html, has his e-mail address.
  -Bill Dinklage
  Carleton College Geology
  507-646-4419

--On Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:16 PM -0600 Buzz Burrell 
<buzz@dimensional.com> wrote:

> A project has begun in my hometown to build a Community Greenhouse.  This
> is a terrific idea, whereby a "solar demonstration" greenhouse is
> constructed on public property, to be used for youth programs, classes,
> DD programs, as well as production of bedding plants and other
> horticultural products.
>
> I recently saw a conceptual design, and believe it needs upgrading or
> revision for it to achieve the energy and cost efficiency a high-profile
> project such as this warrants.
>
> What other community-orientated greenhouses are there in the country?
> I'm familiar with standard commercial and residential designs, but a
> "community" greenhouse is it's own beast.  I would like to see what other
> people have done, in part to learn, and in part to give the project
> developers some helpful standards upon which to gauge this project.
>
> Information would be appreciated;  thanks.
>
> Buzz Burrell
> Boulder, CO
> buzz@dimensional.com
>
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