Energy sustainability performance of a sliding cover solar greenhouse: Solar energy capture aspects

A new-type of Sliding cover Energy-saving solar Greenhouse (SEG) has been developed. It is addressing several structural problems of traditional solar greenhouses, mainly energy capture and balance features. At northern latitudes, solar irradiance in wintertime is limited, which, along with extreme low outside temperatures, raises many energy sustainability issues. Capturing incident energy primarily depends on south-facing shape and cover...