The Chinese Greenhouse

Author : Dan Chiras
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781771423175

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The Chinese Greenhouse by Dan Chiras Pdf

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven highly effective in growing warm-weather vegetables and fruits like green peppers and tomatoes in cold climates through fall, winter, and early spring using passive solar energy as the sole heat source. The Chinese Greenhouse is a full-color comprehensive guide to these passive solar greenhouses for self-sufficiency and growing year-round in soil or aquaponic grow beds with no additional heat. Coverage includes: How to design, build, and operate a Chinese greenhouse How to improve performance via short-term and long-term heat banking How to provide additional heat to make your greenhouse operate even more effectively How to cool the greenhouse during the summer. Become a more self-sufficient gardener, growing and harvesting a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables year-round, with your own Chinese greenhouse.

Author : Lindsey Schiller
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781771422086

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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse by Lindsey Schiller Pdf

Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. The solution for millions of backyard and small-scale commercial growers is self-heating solar greenhouses. The Year-round Solar Greenhouse is the one-stop guide to designing and building greenhouses that harness and store energy from the sun to create naturally heated, lush growing environments even in the depths of winter, covering principles of solar greenhouse design and siting, glazing material properties and selection, controlling heat loss, ventilation, and construction methods. Additionally, an in-depth section covers sustainable ways of heating the greenhouse without fossil fuels, including using thermal mass and storing heat underground with a ground to air heat exchanger. Variations include attached solar greenhouses, earth sheltered greenhouses, plus integrating hydroponics and aquaponics. More than a dozen case studies from across North America provide inspiration and demonstrate specific challenges and solutions for growing year-round in any climate. Grow your own food, anytime, anywhere using the power of the sun!

Author : Dan Chiras
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781550927214

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The Chinese Greenhouse by Dan Chiras Pdf

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven highly effective in growing warm-weather vegetables and fruits like green peppers and tomatoes in cold climates through fall, winter, and early spring using passive solar energy as the sole heat source. The Chinese Greenhouse is a full-color comprehensive guide to these passive solar greenhouses for self-sufficiency and growing year-round in soil or aquaponic grow beds with no additional heat. Coverage includes: How to design, build, and operate a Chinese greenhouse How to improve performance via short-term and long-term heat banking How to provide additional heat to make your greenhouse operate even more effectively How to cool the greenhouse during the summer. Become a more self-sufficient gardener, growing and harvesting a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables year-round, with your own Chinese greenhouse.

Author : Bill Yanda,Rick Fisher
Publisher : Avalon Travel Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Gardening
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005313668

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The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse by Bill Yanda,Rick Fisher Pdf

Includes sun movement charts at various latitudes.

Author : Daiqing Zhao,Wenjun Wang,Zhigang Luo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811318887

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A Brief Overview of China’s ETS Pilots by Daiqing Zhao,Wenjun Wang,Zhigang Luo Pdf

This book systematically introduces readers to the framework of China’s ETS pilots, exploring their design and operating process, the current state of the carbon market, and various barriers encountered. To do so, it deconstructs the Guangdong ETS, which is the largest and most representative of China’s seven ETS pilots. The book subsequently describes and evaluates all seven pilots in terms of their efficiency, macro and micro effects, the method involved in the DEA model, the CGE model, and cost-benefit analysis. In turn, in the assessment section it demonstrates how some ETS pilots have failed to control carbon emissions due to inordinately high emissions quotas issued by the local government etc. Further, it argues that ETS should focus on those industries with large emissions and high mitigating potential for the time being, and then gradually expand the scale of its coverage. As China’s national ETS is slated for launch on the basis of the lessons learned from the ETS pilots, the book offers a timely and valuable resource for all those who want to understand and forecast the development of China’s ETS. It includes a wealth of descriptions and explanations of Chinese government policies involving carbon emissions control, making it a unique resource.

Author : Andrew Mefferd
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Greenhouse gardening
ISBN : 9781603586375

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The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook by Andrew Mefferd Pdf

The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook shares best practices for both large- and small-scale production of the eight most profitable crops - tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers, leafy greens, lettuce, herbs, and microgreens. Every year, more growers are turning to protected culture to deal with unpredictable weather and to meet out-of-season demand for local food, but many end up spinning their wheels, wasting time and money on unprofitable crops grown in ways that don't make the most of their precious greenhouse space. This book levels the playing field with decision-making framework that goes beyond a list of simple dos and don'ts. With comprehensive chapters on temperature control and crop steering, pruning and trellising, grafting, and more, Andrew Meffer's book is full of techniques and strategies that can help farms stay profitable, satisfy customers, and become an integral part of relocalizing our food system. From seed to sale, this book is the indispensable resource for protected growing.--COVER.

Author : Sun Sheng Han,Ray Green,Mark Wang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317802402

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Towards Low Carbon Cities in China by Sun Sheng Han,Ray Green,Mark Wang Pdf

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management. Drawing on the results of a four-year multidisciplinary research project, the book examines how factors such as urban households’ access to services and jobs, land use mixes and provision of public transport impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The authors analyse data from a wide range of sources including 4677 sample households from four major Chinese cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Xi’an – with diverse locations, urban spatial structures and population sizes. The book explores residents’ attitudes to reducing GHG emissions and advances knowledge relating to three environmental scales – cross-metropolitan, intra-city and neighbourhood level. It also contributes to debates on low carbon policy by revealing the relevance of urban planning parameters at both the macro and micro levels. The book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of urban planning, urban management, environmental sustainability and resource utilisation, as well as urban policy makers and planners who are working toward developing low carbon, sustainable cities of the future.

Author : Jerome Osentowski
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bane, Peter
ISBN : 9781603584265

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The Forest Garden Greenhouse by Jerome Osentowski Pdf

Jerome Osentowski, one of North America's most accomplished permaculture designers, presents a wholly new approach to a very old horticultural subject, showing how bringing the forest garden indoors is not only possible, but doable on unlikely terrain and in cold climates, using near net-zero technology. Different from other books on greenhouse design and management, this manual advocates for indoor agriculture using permaculture design concepts - integration, multi-functions, perennials and polycultures - that take season extension into new and important territory

Author : Xiangbai He,Hao Zhang,Alexander Zahar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351724470

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Climate Change Law in China in Global Context by Xiangbai He,Hao Zhang,Alexander Zahar Pdf

In Climate Change Law in China in Global Context, seven climate change law scholars explain how the country’s legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change. There has been little English scholarship on the legal regime for climate change in China. This volume addresses this gap in the literature and focuses on recent attempts by the country to build defences against the impacts of climate change and to meet the country’s international obligations on mitigation. The authors are not only interested in China’s laws on paper; rather, the book explains how these laws are implemented and integrated in practice and sheds light on China’s current laws, laws in preparation, the changing standing of law relative to policy, and the further reforms that will be necessary in response to the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This comprehensive and critical account of the Chinese legal system’s response to the pressures of climate change will be an important resource for scholars of international law, environmental law, and Chinese law.

Author : Joanna I. Lewis
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780231153300

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Green Innovation in China by Joanna I. Lewis Pdf

Just a decade ago, China maintained only a handful of operating wind turbines -- all imported from Europe and the United States.

Author : James C. McCullagh
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Gardening
ISBN : MINN:31951P00118734H

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The Solar Greenhouse Book by James C. McCullagh Pdf

Author : Youguo Zhang (Economist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9789811202919

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Environmental Economics Research and China's Green Development Strategy by Youguo Zhang (Economist) Pdf

Author : Magnus Edmondson
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781911595694

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Glasshouse Greenhouse by Magnus Edmondson Pdf

In their debut book, photographers India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson take you on a worldwide journey through their favourite botanical spaces. Perfect for garden and design lovers, and armchair travellers of all ages. The Haarkon Greenhouse Tour, a conceptual photoseries project by India and Magnus--the creators of Haarkon, began as a self-initiated adventure in Oxford's botanic garden four years ago. Since then, Magnus and India have visited countless locations in the UK, Europe, America, Asia, and beyond in search of dream glasshouses and greenhouses, capturing dramatic palm houses, tropical hothouses, and private potting sheds along the way. Divided into seven thematic chapters--History, Specimen, Community, Research, Pleasure, Hobbyist and Architecture--the featured spaces in Glasshouse Greenhouse are depicted via a series of evocative photographs that draw out the style, plant collections, and character of each space. Glasshouse Greenhouse fuses together a myriad of cultures and countries under one glass roof.

Author : Bernardo Llamas,Juan Pous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789535122739

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Greenhouse Gases by Bernardo Llamas,Juan Pous Pdf

Sustainability should be a key component of every process, safeguarding resources and reserves for future generations. This book shows how a responsible use of resources is possible, offering valid technological alternatives to fight climate change. We offer current technologies and valid methods for a wide range of activities: teaching, investigation, work, business and even daily life. We encourage all our readers to join us and become part of the solution to climate change, rather than the problem. After reading this book, we are certain that you will find justified reasons to start your own personal and social awareness campaign in favour of these effective technologies against climate change.

Author : Mrs. Loudon (Jane)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Floriculture
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102813417

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The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants by Mrs. Loudon (Jane) Pdf