If you’re wondering what you can do to significantly reduce your greenhouse energy costs, consider adding curtains! Greenhouse curtains go by many different names, including screens, thermal blankets, and night curtains. This publication explains the basics: types of curtains and curtain support systems, mechanical drive systems, edge seals, curtain materials, maintenance, management, and more (8 pages; 2011).
This publication is one of five in the Energy Efficiency in Greenhouses series.