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E ʻike i ka moʻolelo kūleʻa kupaianaha o Greenhouse in the Snow, kahi hui hou i hoʻokumu ʻia e Russ Finch he 91 mau makahiki i hoʻohana i ka ikehu geothermal e hana i nā kaiapuni hoʻomehana honua a puni ka makahiki. Mai kona hoʻomaka haʻahaʻa, ua ulu ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻole wale i ka hoʻonui ʻana ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa akā ua haki pū kekahi i nā mākeke honua ma Kanada a me ʻEulopa. E aʻo i ka hoʻololi ʻana o kēia hoʻolālā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo akamai i ka maka o ka mahiʻai a me ka mahiʻai ʻana i ka ikehu.
I ka honua o ka mahiʻai, ulu pinepine ka hana hou i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. ʻO kekahi o ia moʻolelo o ka naʻauao a me ka hoʻomanawanui mai Russ Finch, he 91 makahiki i hoʻomaha ʻia ʻo US Postal Service mai Alliance, Nebraska. ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he ʻimi e ʻimi i kahi ala kūlohelohe e wela ai i kona home i kēia manawa ua mohala aʻe i loko o kahi ʻoihana holomua i kapa ʻia ʻo Greenhouse in the Snow, e hoʻolalelale ana i kahi ala e hoʻomaka ai i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau.
Hoʻohana ʻana i ka Mahana Kūlohelohe o ka Honua
ʻO ka manaʻo kipi o Russ Finch e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mahana kūlohelohe o ka Honua, he 52 degere Fahrenheit mau, ʻewalu kapuaʻi ma lalo o ka honua. Ma ke kāʻei ʻana i kēia kumu hoʻomehana honua, ua hana ʻo Finch i hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maoli ʻia ai ke ea o loko i ka hoʻoilo a hoʻomaha ʻia i ke kauwela. Ka hopena? ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hana hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo - he lanakila-lanakila no ka poʻe mahiʻai a me ke kaiapuni.
Mai ka Hana Hou a hiki i ka Hoʻonui honua
ʻO ka holomua o ka manaʻo geothermal greenhouse o Finch i alakaʻi ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o Greenhouse in the Snow, kahi hui i kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ma luna o 700 mau pahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kēia mau pahu, i hana ʻia ma Alliance e Antioch Machine, LLC, ua lilo i hōʻailona o ka mahiʻai hoʻomau a me nā hana mahiʻai ikaika.
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hui pū ʻo Finch me Allen Bright, ka mea nona ka Antioch Machine, e mālama i ka hana ʻana, ke kūʻai ʻana, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Eia hou, ua lilo ka Greenhouse in the Snow ma ka hale o Finch i mea hoohiwahiwa na ka poʻe malihini kipa e ʻike maka i ke ʻano o ka wela haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka ʻoluʻolu e hiki ai ke hoʻoikaika i ka hana ʻana o ka citrus, nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu, a me nā pua like ʻole.
He hooilo ʻawaʻawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana
ʻOiai ka holomua ʻana, ʻaʻole i hala ka huakaʻi me nā pilikia ʻole. I ka makahiki 2022, ua hāʻule ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo mua ma ka home o Finch ma lalo o ke kaumaha o ʻewalu kapuaʻi o ka hau i ka wā hoʻoilo. He pōʻino nui ia, akā ua hoʻoikaika wale i ka manaʻo o Finch a me kāna hui. Ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā no kahi hale hou a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia.
Hui pū me ka Nebraska Business Development Center
I ko lākou huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, ua hilinaʻi ʻo Russ Finch lāua ʻo Allen Bright i ka ʻike a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ke keʻena ʻo Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) ma Chadron. ʻO ka hui NBDC, i alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea kūkākūkā e like me Chris McCarthy, ua hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi, mai ka noiʻi mākeke a me ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūnaewele a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā.
ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka NBDC i ke kōkua ʻana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e kūleʻa i mea kōkua i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka ulu ʻana o ka hau. Wahi a Jennifer Wittrock, Chadron Office Assistant, "Ke uku mau nei ka ʻoihana nona iho," he hōʻike i ke kumu hoʻomau a me ke kālā i hana ʻia e Finch a me Bright.
Nā Kūlana a me nā Hoʻohanohano
I ka makahiki 2014, ua loaʻa iā Greenhouse in the Snow ke poʻo inoa ʻo Sustainability Business of the Year mai NBDC. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua loaʻa hou iā ia nā makana i ka wā i ʻike ai ka Small Business Administration (SBA) i ka hui ʻo ka Nebraska Congressional District III Small Business of the Year, kahi ʻekolu.
Hoʻolahalaha Horizons
Hāʻawi ʻo Greenhouse in the Snow i nā pahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā kiʻi, polycarbonate glazing, a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. Kūʻai ʻia kēia mau pahu e ka wāwae laina a loaʻa iā ia ma nā ʻāpana 6-kapuaʻi, me ka nui o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e ana i 17 kapuaʻi ākea a mai 78 a 102 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. ʻO ke kūʻai nui loa o ka hui, he hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo 180 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, loaʻa kona home ma Colorado.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana, ua kau ʻo Greenhouse in the Snow i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ma nā mākeke honua. Me ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i Kanada a me ʻEulopa, ʻike ʻia ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hoʻoikaika ʻo Allen Bright i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kākoʻo mau ʻana o NBDC i ko lākou hoʻokele ʻana i nā ʻāina hou, e hōʻike ana he hana koʻikoʻi nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e like me kā lākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Nebraska.
ʻAʻole i hoʻololi wale ʻo Russ Finch i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu geothermal i ka hoʻolālā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke ʻano o ko mākou manaʻo e pili ana i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau akā ua hoʻoikaika pū kekahi i kahi ʻoihana kūleʻa. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o Greenhouse in the Snow i nā mākeke honua he hōʻike ia i ka mana o ke akamai a me ka hui pū ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai. Ke nānā nei mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻike maopopo ʻia ʻo nā hana hoʻomau e like me nā mea i hoʻokūkū ʻia e Greenhouse in the Snow e hana nui i ka hana ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mahiʻai.