Renewable Energy

Energy Links

• UMass Extension Agriculture and Landscape Renewable Energy
  (Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass)
• Advisors and Contractors
• State and Federal Financial Incentives
• Virtual Grower
  Software for Windows-based computers, available free. This software estimates greenhouse heat requirements and costs at locations throughout the U.S.. It provides comparisons between energy needs when various construction methods and materials are used. Users can build a greenhouse with a variety of materials for roofs and sidewalls, design the greenhouse style, schedule temperature set points throughout the year, and predict heating costs for over 230 sites within the US. Different heating and scheduling scenarios can be predicted with few inputs.
• Energy Fact Sheets for Greenhouses
• Solar Greenhouses
  National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Farms that are using alternative energy in Massachusetts
  Some case studies
• Thermal Banking Greenhouse Design
  A short video by Steven Schwen, Earthen Path Organic Farm, Minnesota.