​Adding Solar Heat to Your Home

Add on Greenhouse

Add on greenhouse, four season porch, sunspace these spaces have many names and can serve many purposes.  Not every use is compatible with each other however. A perfect example is that a unheated and relatively uninsulated sunspace will not allow you to grow peppers in MN in winter.  But that sunspace will provide a great heat capture for house when you want it to provide heat and there is a good chance it will be warm enough to start seedlings in the spring. There are many considerations when thinking about a add on greenhouse,

• Will it still be used as porch in the summer?
• Do you want it just just capture and lose heat quickly?
• Do you want it to retain heat after the sun has gone.
• Will it be used to grow plants in the winter?
• Etc?

Below is a great book that will teach you all you need to know about add on a sunspaces or greenhouse to your home.
       
Add on Solar Greenhouse and Sunspaces


Sources:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/34279.pdf
 http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/36277.pdf
http://energy.gov/energysaver/sunrooms-and-sunspace

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