NCAT National Greenhouse Grant Program: a model for technology transfer

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6370424

McBride, J R; Shourds, K; Lefor, A; Krigger, J

This paper reviews the technology transfer of the 1980 National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Solar Greenhouse Grants Program. Last summer, 100 Community Action Agencies (local anti-poverty organizations) received $1500 grants for materials to construct attached solar greenhouses. The novel aspect of the program was the mechanism for technology transfer. Regional solar greenhouse construction workshops were held by NCAT for representatives of community agencies receiving the grants. The students in the regional workshops then returned to their locales to lead similar workshops in building the greenhouses. This multi-tiered technology transfer approach appears to be an effective means of disseminating simple technologies to a large number of people.

• Research Organization: National Center for Appropriate Tech., Butte, MT
• OSTI ID: 6370424
• Report Number(s): CONF-810925-
• Journal Information: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Vol. 6; ISSN PMSID
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
COST
GREENHOUSES
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAINING