After the first prototype was built in 2018, we are planning to build another one with Marc Salat Vilardaga.
Research Ideas from Marc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ie89SDpH1Bqn1Z5tle_1vbXd7f4o9aQEi5-yUE_BAD8/edit?usp=sharing
photos of the site
Current ideas and tasks
- find the right crops, decide the number of kinds in one greenhouse
- Decide and calculating the greenhouse size according to the parameters of crops and temperature around the site.
- Design the heating system, a conversion from the local regular oven
- Study biogas reactor.
- Need new structure for the roof frame, the soldered joint area of the first greenhouse breaks after one year. and the price was too high.
- Earth battery
- thermal-batteries
Condition of the community, Yushu County
I have send some questions below to the local host Tsansar Kunga and got replied by May 21st 2020:
- How many students in the school at the moment? how much food we need to grow?: About 30 children, hopefully grow some different vegetables
- How long does the school open every year?: Excluding the summer vocation and winter vocation, how long should the greenhouse run over a year: 6 month.
- How long can the greenhouse construction be?: One month and I wish you can teach them basic education about greenhouse
- When did Tashi Gatsen become the national offical professional school?: 2018 we get certificate
references
https://earthshipbiotecture.com/store/
https://romi-project.eu/
http://www.vegastechno.com/solarwh.aspx
http://daltonagda196.over-blog.com/2019/04/the-pros-and-cons-of-buy-solar-heater.html