A greenhouse is a great way to raise your own plants and produce. They work, in part, by using the sun's rays and the natural greenhouse effect to create a warm, humid environment in which many plants ...

What is the best solar fan? If you have a greenhouse, you know the struggle of keeping them ventilated. Unfortunately, greenhouses with stale air can promote fungal growth and other potential diseases ...

Greenhouses have a long list of benefits: higher food production, less water use, potentially less pesticide use, a year-round growing season. There’s a problem: they’re expensive, both to install and ...

A research team at Canada's Université de Sherbrooke has designed a greenhouse for fruits and vegetables that is heated and powered entirely by solar energy. The VG360 greenhouse prototype has ...

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GLORIA PENNER (Host): New rebates and tax credits are making it easier for San Diego residents to use solar energy to heat the water in their homes. But, is a solar water heater worth the cost? The ...

If you take a walk down the 1700 block of Wylie Street in Francisville, you’ll notice two things: a gated senior community and an urban farm with some unfinished construction. That area will be site ...

Soliculture’s director of engineering and UC Santa Cruz alumna Melissa Osborn, with members of the Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures team, conducting trials of Soliculture’s solar panels in a lower ...