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Promoting
Conservation:
Moving? - What
is a neighborhood's "Walk Score"? Find out before you buy!
EPA suggestions: Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle- or do you prefer these 4
Rs =>Rebuy,
Recover (landfill gas), Recharge, Replant, or ....?
Have the Fix-It Club help you practice the
3-Rs!
Alliance
to
Save Energy
Save
on Heat and Electricity:
Use an energy conscious contractor!
Solar
Air
Heating
-
Bring the Sun's warm feel into your home!
New! Solar Water Heaters made by SunEarth
New! Consider Richmond Tankless and Hybrid Water Heaters (find at Menards)
Heat
with: Geothermal Heat Pumps - Also find conventional heat
pumps.
Make your
roofs green, with Plants
CALMAC--Thermal Energy
Storage and Off-Peak
Cooling,
They
have
machines that make
ice during the night so it can be used to cool during mid
day.
Are
you heating too much space and losing that heat out of too many windows?
This would not be a problem if the Tumbleweed
Tiny House Company designed a home.
The
Last Straw - Find out
how to Build a straw house. Also read this CNN
Article about a happy straw
bale home owner!
This BBC report tells
how Stockholm's Central Station transfers commuters body heat
to an adjoining building.
Generating Electricity:
Luminescent Solar Concentrators - allows windows to concentrate light for solar cells - thus making PVC more economical to use (in research phase).
The Geothermal
Energy Association's goals for Geothermal Power.
Solar to
electric film that can act as siding, roofing, etc...
Hydro Green Energy - specialize in low head low impact designs.
Get a small
wind
generator
=> Southwest
Windpower
Global
Thermoelectric thermocouples convert waste heat
into electricity.
Generate Electricity and use the
Waste Heat (CHP):
Know what Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is.
CPC
Power in Colorado Community
Power Corporation - develops
modular bio-power DE systems for developing and developed countries.
Engine
Design:
C-Max
by MIRENCO improves
fuel efficiency by
reducing exhaust smoke!
Dual Fuel conversions
for high output
engines - Energy
Conversions
Inc.!
A
forum for Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) - Might be better for
fleet vehicles!
Renewable
Fuels:
Wikipedia's
biogas
information - a Natural Gas substitute.
Wood Burning Stoves are more efficient than
fireplaces. This
one operates Outdoors.
Efficient
Transportation:
The
Speed Limit is a Limit - The graph to the
left shows how MPG is effected by speed (Click
here to see the source of this Speed vs MPG graph -
and
other
driving tips)
Use : Amtrak!
Consider
Van Pooling!
If you don't have it in your area, explore the good aspects
of a Van Pooling system by downloading
this PDF file.
Greenride
- Have your company buy
this Software to organize car pooling while saving $$$.
Hybrid
Cars Search for the
right Hybrid for YOU!
Tubular Rail
commuter
transportation without the high construction costs
associated with building monorail and conventional commuter rails
in urban areas.
Traveling to Washington DC - use this public bicycle system!
Bicycle Links
- other regions offering public bicycles & other helpful biking links.
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