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Solariums in cold climates won't heat homes unless carefully designed and built
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Solariums in cold climates won't heat your home

...Sunroom kit addition for extra space, but are they the bargain they may seem? © Lindal Additions via Flickr   Passive heating in solariums - expectations vs reality: The concept and common sales pitch for solariums are just great; capture the sun's rays to reduce your overall winter heating costs. Their effective...

Greenhouse Construction for Cold Climates
Greenhouses and Sunrooms / Solariums

How to build a greenhouse in a cold climate

Growing Fruits and vegetables all year round in Canada or the colder parts of North America would be wonderful but, sadly, our climate limits us to a few growing months in the summer. And even that would be in the balmier areas of our country; at high altitudes and further north it is difficult to grow any edibles with...

7 Principles of a super abundant, solar, year round greenhouse
Greenhouses and Sunrooms / Solariums

7 key principles for an abundant greenhouse

As a native Californian transplanted into a much cooler climate (Western Quebec), I find myself mourning the loss of fresh local seasonal fruits and veggies all year long, which I understand is a first world problem on a few different levels. All that to say, that I often get to dreaming about and researching what's po...