[chrisco255]

He claimed to have spent 80K euros on it 10 years ago. No idea what prices would be in the States. But I'm guessing that 80K figure is for the glass alone.

[tribler]

It looks great. 80k investment to go from 9 months of heating to 6 months. Expensive project, wonder if solar would have yielded more in the north.

[chrisco255]

Well I think it's as much about happiness as it is energy efficiency. They get to enjoy the outdoors year round.

[seanmcdirmid]

Isn't a green house a solar collector in some way? They get their heat from the sun, and their main mechanism is simply trapping it in a closed environment.

[loeg]

I think the parent commenter meant to imply buying $80k of solar panels.