Designing an Aquaponic Greenhouse for an Urban Food

Appendix B: Budget Income Roots UMass Memorial Community Benefits (received) $5,000 Greater Worcester Cmty Fndtn Food Bank (rece ...

Dimensions of the Greenhouse Volume: Volume of prism 푉= ℎ푏퐿 2 => ( 4 푓푡)( 22 푓푡)( 33 푓푡) 2 => 1452ft^3 Volume of a rectang ...

Appendix C: Alternative Greenhouse Structure Design RED 6 12’ long Pressure treated wood RED 4 10’ long Pressure treated wood YE ...

Appendix D: Greenhouse Structure Costs for Alternative Materials Material Dimensions Location Price Price/square feet Plywood ¾” ...

Materials Amount Dimensions Sources Total Cost Wood Various Plywood plus (local) ~$2000.00 Steel Various Metalsdepot.com ~$5612. ...

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Appendix E: Alternative Roof Designs (Carpentry) The collar tie roof was originally designed to amplify the space in attics, to ...

Appendix F: Prices of Paneling Calculations Whole greenhouse made of transparent material Material Width x Length Price/푓푡^2 Pri ...

Glass Single 3.8mm 24”x24” + crates $17.19 $13365.00 Acrylic Deglas acrylic 16mm Different prices in between 3.94’x6’ 3.94’x12’ ...

One wall made out of plywood 퐴=퐴푡표푡푎푙−퐴푤푎푙푙 => 1760ft^2 - 264ft^2 =>1496ft^2 Material Width x Length Price/푓푡^2 Price/area ...

Glass Glass Single 3.8mm 24”x24” + crates $17.19 Acrylic Deglas acrylic 16mm Different prices in between 3.94’x6’ 3.94’x12’ 3.94 ...

Twin wall polycarbonate 2’x6’ 8mm 2’x4’ 8mm 2’x6’ 6mm 2’x4’ 6mm $1.83 $2.00 $1.83 $2.00 $2415.60 $2640.00 $2415.60 $2640.00 Mult ...

Material Width x Length (^) Price/푓푡^2 Price/area (Price/푓푡^2 *Area) Solexx Solexx XP, Pre- cut 3.5mm 42”x99” 49.5”x99” 49.5”x14 ...

Acrylic Deglas acrylic 16mm Different prices in between 3.94’x6’ 3.94’x12’ 3.94’x18’ 3.94’x24’ $4.79 $3.61 $3.61 $4.94 $5690.52 ...

Appendix G: Heat Loss Calculations For the heat loss calculations, the formula 푄=푈퐴∆푇 where, Q is the heat transfer rate in Btu ...

If the greenhouse has half of every wall made of plywood Insulation (R-value) Heat loss (U- value) Btu/(h*F*ft^2 ) Area (ft^2 ) ...

Appendix I: Visualization of Heat Loss Curves The graph below show the heat lows for an air temperature of 60F. The heat loss ac ...

Appendix K: Table Different materials for paneling, how they are sold, and its price per square foot Material Width x Length Pri ...

(4 pieces/crate) $95.00 crate Acrylic Deglas acrylic 16mm Different prices in between 3.94’x6’ 3.94’x12’ 3.94’x18’ 3.94’x24’ $11 ...

Place the base (4 by 8 sheet) on top of the assembled piece completed in step 5, then mark off and 5 evenly spaced holes on th ...