Solar Greenhouses Communications
L. David Roper
roperld@vt.edu
http://www.roperld.com/personal/roperldavid.htm
- 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 & Feb 2013
- 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; again Jan 2015
- 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.), Nov 2011
- Brad Howard, Mount Juliet TN (near Nashville) (Wants to build a 28'x'6' SGH with SHCS.), Nov 2011
- Bill Brainerd, New Mexico (Wants to build a SHCS SGH.), Feb 2012
- Robert Fievisohn (Building a SGH with glass glazing.), May 2012
- Mary Tucker (Wants to build an inexpensive solar greenhouse in Boone NC.), Jun 2012
- Tim Lundquist (Plans to build five 300' solar greenhouses in the Hudson Valley of NY.), Jun 2012
- John Ignosh, engineering student at JMU, Harrisonburg VA wants to do research on SGH, Jun 2012
- Jason Killiany, plans to build a SHCS solar greenhouse in Ohio, Oct 2012
- Bryan Smith is building a SHCS solar greenhouse in Idaho, Nov 2012
- Cam C. Fraser is building a SHCS solar greenhouse in Boulder CO, Nov 2012
- Clarence Whetten teaches classes about solar greenhouses in Lindon UT, Jan 2013
- Michael Szesze is planning to build a SHCS solar greenhouse in Smithsburg MD, Feb 2013
- Connie Ortberg, Carver MN, wants to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, Mar 2013
- Douglas Adamson, IN, wants to build a solar greenhouse on a small farm, Mar 2013
- Bruce Brittingham, Floyd Co. VA, wants to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, Mar 2013
- Rachel Jefferson, Kansas City KS, wants to grow food aquaponically in a solar greenhouse, Mar 2013
- Byron Kelly, http://redistributioncenter.org/ in Denver CO, plans to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, May 2013
- Ray Ward, plans to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, June 2013
- Matthew & Leah Marshquist plan to build a 600-ft^2 SHCS greenhouse in Ashland MA, July 2013
- Father Benedict of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne WV plans to build a aquaponics solar greenhouse using SHCS, July 2013
- Dale K. Thurber of West Valley City UT is interested in building a solar greenhouse, July 2013
- Feliz Marti of Proven Technologies in Ridgeway CO wanted information about the SHCS system, July 2013
- Donna Girous in Maine wants to revive an existing pit greenhouse, July 2013
- Richard Schultz, a physician in southern Oregon, wants to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, Aug 2013
- Geoffrey Dell wants to build a SHCS solar greenhouse, Oct 2013
- Stephen Sherman is building a SHCS solar greenhouse, Oct 2013
- Tejinder Knera asked design questions about SHCS solar greenhouses, Oct 2013
- Ma Ttie (Mattie) has designed a greenhouse and wants to see the RSGH performance data, Feb 2014.
- Shawn Speidel in Idaho is building a solar greenhouse attached to the south side of a garage, Feb 2014.
- Niko Horster is building "a house within a greenhouse" in Vershire, VT, Feb 2014.
- Carolyn McCormick is building an SHCS solar greenhouse, Mar 2014.
- Jason Warren built a large SHCS solar greenhouse, Mar 2014.
- Iain & Jen Waugh wants to build a solar greenhouse in Covington VA, Mar 2014.
- appletime1982@wi.rr.com wants to build a solar greenhouse in Wisconsin, Apr 2014.
- Tad Bartel in Eugene OR is building an 8'x12' SGH with SHCS, May 2014.
- J. Michael Lanier in Hillsborough NC wants to build a 40'x100' solar greenhouse for growing transplants for early spring planting, July 2014.
- Tim Watson of Hillsborough NC about using septic tanks for energy and water storage as the north wall of a SGH. http://www.tlwarchitect.com/cv_project_3.html and http://www.tlwarchitect.com/cis_desc.html, July 2014.
- Tom Bower of Towson MD is planning to build a solar greenhouse, September 2014.
- Carl Rosenberg of Taos NM question, December 2014.
- Paul Geasland of Reserve NM plans to build a back-yard solar greenhouse, Febrary 2015. Results
- Dale Perkins of Rutland MA is building a SHCS SGH, May 2015.
- Erik Skaer of Fairfax VA is building a SHCS SGH, May 2015.
- Birgitta Josefsen in Norway wants to build a solar greenhouse, June 2015.
- Daniel Pinnell in Connecticut wants to build a solar greenhouse, June 2015.
- George Jackson in ? is building a SGH with SHCS, June 2015.
- Frank Gaccione in ? is building a SGH with SHCS, July 2015.
- Daniel Handeen at University of MN is building a prototype SGH, July 2015.
- Claude Phillippy in Bridgewatere VA has friends who want to build a solar greenhouse, Sep 2015.
- Justin Friedman in northern NM is building a SGH, November 2015.
- Ibrahim Avlamaz in Turkey wants to build a SGH, December 2015.
- Retta Dunlap in Vermont wants to build a pit SGH, April 2016.
- Lindsey Schiller has written a book on solar greenhouses and want to include the Roper Solar Greenhouse in the book, April 2016.
- Santosh Ananda in Quebec Canada wants to add SHCS to an existing greenhouse, April 2016.
- Remy Cline wants information for a web site about greenhouses, April 2016.
- Tom Luther in Pennsylvania wants information about SGH, May 2016.
- Jeffery M. Rempel is building a SHCS SGH, July 2016.
- Steve Bodensteiner is interested in a SGH to be built in northeast Iowa, September 2016.
- Jody Tishmack in Lafayette IN is interested in building a SHCS SGH lean to on an earth-sheltered house, January 2017.
- Fraser Newton in Ontario Canada is project manager for a greenhouse project, January 2017.
- Bob Dehart wants plans/blueprints for the RSGH; I referred him to Colley Architects PC, February 2017.
- Steve Rock in Cincinnati OH is building a SGH and wants to visit the one here. October 2017.
- Allen Smith in New Castle, Craig, VA wants to build a solar greenhouse. October 2017.
- Yash Patel in Hillsborough NJ wants to build a "climate battery implementation". A "climate battery" is a trade mark for a Subterranean Heating and Cooling System (SHCS). November 2017.
- John Schnneider in KY wants to build a backyard SGH. November 2017.
- Keith Dunnavant in Lexington VA wants to build a 24'x12' SHCS SGH attached to passive solar house.
- Reidys Christian in Charlottesville VA wants to build an SHCS SGH.
- William Rowan in northern VA wants to build a solar greenhouse for aquaponics.
- David Allbee in Floyd VA is building a Wallpini greenhouse.
- Christian Schulz in Germany is studying building a SGH on an organic farm for a food coop.
- Rob Vesak in Clearwater BC Canada wants to build a SGH somewhat larger than the RSGH.
- Jonathan Weaver in Leesburg VA wants to build a 12'x20 SHCS SGH.
- Dafne Panayiotou in Jeffersonville NY wants to build a SHCS SGH.
- Brent Olsen wants to build a SGH using a cistern under it for heat control.
- Tessa Watts in the United Kingdom wants to build a small SGH. April 2023.
- Kanwal Singh (https://shantivanfarm.com) wants to build a 16'x32' solar greenhouse in West Palm Beach FL. Sep 2023
References:
YMCA Roper Solar Greenhouse
Construction Pictures (Inside Construction)