It's a significant limitation when designing solar heating for a greenhouse, which needs heat the most when the sun isn't out. Consequently, it's best to regard solar heating as a supplement to ...

An Italian research team has found that radicchio seedlings grown in a lab-scale greenhouse with a perovskite solar PV roof ...

But greenhouse gases counteract that heat loss, trapping heat ... carbon dioxide contributes an additional 25 percent. Some gases trap solar radiation from the sun better than others.

“Lastly, using organic solar cell electrodes that can also function as low-emissivity coatings was shown to significantly reduce the heating load of the greenhouse.” In a study published in ...

Acting as a laboratory for students, could the campus greenhouse and others like it provide additional benefits?