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This publication was awarded a blue ribbon in the 1989 ASAE Educational Aids Competition.

This manual contains current information needed to plan, construct, and control the commercial greenhouse. Major sections describe various structures, methods of materials handling, the greenhouse environment, and energy conservation. Other topics include plans for noncommercial greenhouses, access for the handicapped, and remodeling existing greenhouses. A large appendix includes conversion tables, worksheets for performing calculations, and sources of greenhouse construction materials and contractors. (1994)

Attention greenhouse growers, managers, extension specialists, researchers, builders, and designers! Greenhouse Engineering, NRAES-33, will provide you with the most up-to-date information on planning, constructing, and controlling a commercial greenhouse.

Written by extension specialists at the University of Connecticut, Greenhouse Engineering has been used over the past decade as a valuable guide for starting and maintaining an efficient greenhouse operation. This 212-page publication covers the various aspects of greenhouses, from site selection, layout, and growing systems to construction, remodeling, and environmental control. The comprehensive appendix includes a list of greenhouse construction and supply companies; plans for greenhouses; and information on topics such as heating and cooling, container capacity, and labor output. Also included in this publication are worksheets to assist operators in determining storage and mechanization requirements, machinery costs, greenhouse heat loss and cooling, and aerated steam heating.

The revised edition of this publication contains many updated sections and additional topics to meet the needs of today's greenhouse industry. Some of the topics added to the publication are insect exclusion screens, current technology for low-volume sprayers, ebb-and-flow watering systems, and the affect of air pollutant levels on plant growth. Updated sections include headhouse design, layout, and functions; fan and pad systems; fog systems; supplemental lighting equipment; glazing materials and spectral transmittance; construction costs; and a list of equipment supply companies in North America.

Greenhouse Engineering, NRAES-33, is available for $30.00 (plus shipping and handling) from NRAES, Cooperative Extension, PO Box 4557, Ithaca, New York 14852-4557. Quantity discounts are available. The shipping and handling charge is $6.00 for a single copy within the continental United States. New York residents, add sales tax (calculated on both the cost of publications and the shipping and handling charges. Click here for more information). If ordering more than one copy or if ordering from outside the United States, please contact NRAES for shipping costs. Orders from outside the United States must be prepaid in U.S. funds. Major credit cards are accepted, and checks should be made payable to NRAES. For information about quantity discounts, or for a free publications catalog, contact NRAES by phone at (607) 255-7654, fax (607) 254-8770, or e-mail nraes@cornell.edu. NRAES Web site http://www.nraes.org includes a list of other publications.