The
camp greenhouse, oriented due south, is constructed of
concrete block with solid cores and poured in place concrete.
It is recessed four feet into the earth and is 18 feet
high at its apex. The 1500 sq. ft. facility contains four
terraced growing levels over rockbed storage, incorporates
a solar crop drying chamber, a flat plate water collector
and heats and ventilates an attached 12x36 foot office
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Latitude: 34°30', Longitude: 112°06', Elevation:
3700'
Tilt angle of the membrane: 30°
Membrane characteristics: Monsanto 602 6 mil polyethylene
sheet
Membrane surface: 1440 sq. ft.
Planting area: 360 sq. ft.
Horizontal concrete surface (providing thermal mass): 322
sq. ft.
Total volume: 8500 cu. ft.
Volume of crop drying chamber: 300 cu. ft.
Storage space: 165 sq. ft. of floor area
Area of Flate Plate Collectors supplying crop dryers: 90 sq.
ft. each
Lower vents: 128 sq. ft., Upper vents: 72 sq. ft.
Rockbed storage: 500 cu. ft. of fist-sized granite cobbles
- east bed. 500 cu. ft of 4" indigenous basalt lava - west
bed.
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