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  2. An Underground Greenhouse Is the Secret to Year-Round ... - AOL

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    An underground greenhouse, often called a walipini, is a sunken outdoor structure designed to keep plants alive year-round by levering the insulation properties of the surrounding earth.

  3. Polytunnel - Wikipedia

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    Polytunnels are mainly used in temperate regions in similar ways to glass greenhouses and row covers. Besides the passive solar heating that every polytunnel provides, every variation of auxiliary heating (from hothouse heating through minimal heating to unheated houses) is represented in current practice. The nesting of row covers and low ...

  4. Bioshelter - Wikipedia

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    A bioshelter is a solar greenhouse managed as an indoor ecosystem. The word bioshelter was coined by the New Alchemy Institute and solar designers Sean Wellesley-Miller and Day Chahroudi. [1] The term was created to distinguish their work in greenhouse design and management from twentieth century petro-chemical fuelled monoculture greenhouses.

  5. Greenhouse - Wikipedia

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    File:Chinese solar greenhouse design Chinese solar greenhouses are designed to maximize solar energy, making them highly efficient in colder climates without the need for additional heating systems. Originating in 1978, these greenhouses feature three solid walls, often made of brick or clay, with a transparent south-facing side that captures ...

  6. Passive solar building design - Wikipedia

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    In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. This is called passive solar design because, unlike active solar heating systems, it does not involve the use of mechanical and electrical devices. [1]

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