Deep Local Resilience
By Fester: The Pittsburgh Housing Authority is embarking on an ambitious project to reduce its baseline load demands, ... overhaul. It's a $25 million project run by Minneapolis-based Honeywell... In the summer, heat pumps ... to carry off more heat. The resulting cooled air will be pumped through a central air system [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 21:21:14
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A Primer On Heat Pumps
As hard as it is to believe, even in the middle of winter, there's heat outside your home. Heat pumps allow you to take advantage of that natural heat and use it to warm your home. Doityourself.com, THE source for home improvement information. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 17:08:30
Re: Already a good idea and in use
Joss, the efficiency gain from CHP in real terms is only around 10%. I commend prof David Mackay’s book “Without Hot Air” ... at a useful level. Prof Mackay favors using centrally generated electricity to run local heat pumps ... when it comes to district heating and combined heat and power, but discussion is hampered by a general lack [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 14:30:48
We're Chillin With Our New Frigidaire Heat Pump
There were several reasons for my silence yesterday. 1. We were up at 5 and did all of our pre-school activities. 2. We had school from 9-12. 3. About 9:30, the duct people arrived to assess our air flow, then they said that they would ... it lovely? And so clean.... Our new outdoor heat pump. It is quiet, bigger than the other [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 11:32:30
Sustainable Solutions to the Crises in Ukraine
Ukraine has suffered through so many crises lately – political, financial, gas ... in Ukraine. But here are a few: Afros LLC, which produces and sells solar collectors and heat pumps ... , huge losses of heat, centralized control, etc. Although the common thinking is that reforming [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:17:23
Tapping the Earth for home heating and cooling
Tapping the Earth for home heating and cooling Filed under Heat Pump News from across the World by admin January 14, ... air and hot water systems but not steam heat. Starting in 2006, nearby Harvard University installed ... in it because it’s a clean energy technology or because they’re looking to escape fossil fuel prices, said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:29:22
Home Energy Projects for 2009: Request for Comments
I have several household energy reduction projects in mind and am hoping to get some advice about which one I should take on first ... with Energy Audit Geothermal Heat Pump Solar (PV or Water Heat Assisted) Tankless Hot Water Heater ... whatsoever (the tank holds 40 gallons). Worse, since the tank can heat water as you use [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 23:52:40
Follow What?
Follow What? Topics: journalism | nuclear power | public relations Source: The ChronicleHerald.ca (Halifax, Canada) ... that "we can all switch over, if we want to, from using gas for heating our house to using a ground-source heat pump running on clean electrical energy." What wasn't disclosed was that Moore is a PR consultant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 07:58:40
The Daily Flash: Eco, Space, Science (12/01)
Ocean currents can power the world, say scientists Explorers find ancient boat in Black Sea Mumbai Terrorists Watch World React With Horror Using BlackBerrys Virtual Ears And The Cocktail Party Effect Sue world leaders $1 billion for global warming? How Geothermal Heat Pumps Could Power the Future Scientists: Earth is still heating [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 08:02:20
nothing "eco" about this "estate"
Rendering of the Eco-Estate @ Briggs Chaney. Photo courtesy of Showcase Architects. Before the economy disappeared (or perhaps because of it) ... a building is. For instance, Burtonsville Town Square will use geothermal heat pumps, which carry ... Energy Saver appliances. There are many notable environmentally-friendly features - the same heat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 05:33:28
Tapping the earth for home heating and cooling
Geothermal energy, or ground-source heat pumps, which use the earth as a heat sink are getting more interest as people look to cut the cord on fossil fuels. More... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:12:34
Tapping the earth for home heating and cooling
Geothermal energy, or ground-source heat pumps, which use the earth as a heat sink are getting more interest as people look to cut the cord on fossil fuels. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:00:00
Geothermal heating in action
At the General Theological Seminary in New York City, thoughts, if not eyes, are meant to be cast heavenward ... s home in Burlington, Vt. The geothermal heat pumps at the New York seminary were in part an aesthetic ... to heat and cool its buildings. Earlier this year seven wells were completed that drilled [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:51:26
Damn...it's chilly
So an ongoing experiment this winter has been to see just how little I can give the electric company to heat the house that I live in. In December I ran the heat pump and kept the temp low (55 F.) and was awarded with a dandy $186.00 electric bill. Well, up here on the mighty Columbia where electricity is cheap [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:19:00
Green Eco Real Estate
Building and buying homes that are energy efficient and environmentally conscious is what seems to be on a lot of peoples minds ... variable speed dehumidification controlled, electronic air cleaning, heat pump system * Extra-sealed air conditioning ducts * TVs and other electronics that automatically power down when not in use [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:17:22
FTC Energy Guide Labels Help Consumers Conserve Energy and Save Money
Get energy-smart this Earth Day with the Federal Trade Commission’s new publication, EnergyGuidance: Appliance Shopping With the EnergyGuide Label ... washers, refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, dishwashers, window air conditioners, central air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, and pool heaters. Copies of EnergyGuidance: Appliance [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:00:31
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-01-18
@centofante Yep. below a certain temperature, heat pumps just aren’t effective. Hence, the emergency strip heat (that’s expensive!) in reply to centofante # Hooray. Meebo’s back online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 03:59:59
IKM Testing Asia Pte Ltd
Closing date 2 weeks Project Manager (Singapore) Responsibilities: Define, ... services; Cryogenic Nitrogen, LN2 Convertors, LN2 Tanks, Vaporisers Pipeline filling and Testing ... . Chemical Cleaning, Hydraulic and Lube oil flushing: Boilers, heat exchanger, circulating pumps [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 00:40:19
A. Jackson Ecker- Licensed plumbers four generations strong
A. Jackson Ecker, Inc. are certified, licensed plumbers ... Plumber General Services Plumbing Home Renovation Plumber Drain Snaking, Cleaning & ... Heat Pumps Sales/Repair/Maintenance Boilers - New Installation Steam Systems and Radiators Rooftop [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 19:46:30
Wind and Heat Pumps: A Winning Combination
The following is a guest post by Tom Konrad, PhD. Tom is an investment blogger who brings readers ideas for investments that may benefit from Peak ... from five wind farms in Northern Colorado, Southwestern Nebraska, and Central Wyoming in 2004, 2005 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:50:07
Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products
Mitsubishi Electric Group recently announced plans (PDF) to accelerate its push into the cleantech market. The company plans to achieve sales of about $13.3 billion in 2016 from clean technologies such as solar systems, heat pumps and other energy efficient power devices. The company aims to expand [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 20:34:15
Alternative energy nice but ultimately unreliable
Today's editorial argues that like or or not, our communities really need that Santee Cooper coal-fired generating plant: Listen to the S.C ... heat pumps and air conditioners, for instance), the coal plant would not be necessary. Most readers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:53:44
links for 2008-11-28
Radical Solutions For A Crazy Crisis - Roubini - Forbes.com Hoocoodanode? - Calculated Risk Rescue Plan Strained by Lack of Staff - WSJ ... Heat Pumps Could Power the Future - Yahoo! News India should hold a $1 trillion in foreign exchange [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 08:06:00
Green College Spotlight: Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College of Yonkers, New York has really been kicking it up a notch lately when it comes to sustainability ... recycling, solar panels and air source heat pumps. Warren Green residents have implemented a set [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 11:00:25
Impact Of Soil Microbes On Global Warming Less Than Previously Predicted
Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere. read more [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 07:00:00
Fixing an Ice-Frozen Heat Pump / Air Conditioner
About a week ago, we awoke to a horrible grinding sound coming from our outside compressor unit for our heating system ... , the fan chilled the air just enough that the rain froze to the unit and then built up overnight [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:00:12
Challenges
Fabric Arts StudioMy studio is the neatest its been in years ... with fingers almost too chilled to type - inside temps is 58 - heat pumps are worthless in frigid weather [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 16:05:02
Green Tax Credits Available in 2009
Written by Dawn Killough, courtesy of Green Building Elements ... economy. * Purchase of central air conditioner or heat pump: $300, only some Energy Star products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:06:30
CA SLightly used Greddy Turbo kit KA24DE
I have a Sweet turbo kit with everything you need to install/use this kit. It came straight off of my s14 OBDII 240sx ... , and the injectors and pumps all work great. This is the most legit kit out there and has quality ... lines, Walbro 255 LPH fuel pump, Greddy EGT and Air fuel ratio gauges, heat shielding wrap [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:12:51
Cool Science Projects: Chelsea's General Theological Seminary, where developer...
Chelsea's General Theological Seminary, where developer the Brodsky Organization is building the Chelsea Enclave luxury condop, has tapped into the streams of water beneath Manhattan to heat and cool its ancient buildings ... harvested by geothermal pumps. Manhattan is geologically suited for these deep wells. From a depth [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:43:57
Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers
Philip J Thomas, “Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers” Butterworth-Heinemann | 1999-07-28 | ISBN: ... and gas pipelines, heat exchangers, steam and gas turbines, compressors and pumps, as well as process [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:24:35
Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers
Philip J Thomas, “Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers” Butterworth-Heinemann | 1999-07-28 | ISBN: ... and gas pipelines, heat exchangers, steam and gas turbines, compressors and pumps, as well as process [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:54:04
Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers
Philip J Thomas, “Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers” Butterworth-Heinemann | 1999-07-28 | ISBN: ... and gas pipelines, heat exchangers, steam and gas turbines, compressors and pumps, as well as process [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:24:03
Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers
Philip J Thomas, “Simulation of Industrial Processes for Control Engineers” Butterworth-Heinemann | 1999-07-28 | ISBN: ... and gas pipelines, heat exchangers, steam and gas turbines, compressors and pumps, as well as process [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:24:18
Funny Trivial
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.) ... pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!) A pig’s orgasm lasts 30 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 12:30:13
ICS Heat Pumps
Date: 2008-11-18 03:57:27
Engineers invent cement that can eat globe-warming CO2
Thanks to an innovation from British engineers, cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) ... tonnes of cement used globally every year pumps out 5 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, which ... sources: it requires intense heat, and so a lot of energy to heat up the ovens that cook the raw [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 07:54:25
Honeywell Furnace Filters: Meeting The Needs Of The Consumer
by Joseph Bary One of the most respected names in furnaces is Honeywell ... your house stay fresh. In addition to keeping the air quality of your house in improved condition, they also ... boilers or radiated heat often do not understand about gas-forced air. Gas-forced air is pumped through [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:10:30
Goodbye America, Hello Mexico! (Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
“Would it be OK if we went for a short ride on the motorcycles?” Claudio asked me. “Then we’ll get in the car and head over to immigration.” OK? ... . In the 80’s the pumps were converted to an electric system, rendering the old steam-powered engines ... furnace which heated water to power the engines [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 19:19:55
2010 observations from the tech's standpoint
big things first- need some time to chill out to remember the little things ... . previously the electric coolant pumps were plastic. *that sliding lid on the center console looks ... just be for the exhaust heat recovery system) *the exhaust pipe is all one piece from after [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 05:10:24
Eco-bunk Exposed
Why bother doing something when you can just say you did it? ... a sustainable flow of fuel out of its forecourt pumps. The ASA cried foul. It seems the audacity ... enough relatively clean natural gas every day to heat over three million Canadian homes. Environmental [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 00:58:52
CentriMag Right Ventricular Assist Device Gets Humanitarian Device Exemption
Levitronix of Waltham, Massachusetts, a company that specializes in magnetically levitated devices, ... and promote thrombus formation. Similarly, Levitronix pumps do not contain flexing sacs, diaphragms, or valves ... bearings, which, when rotated cause friction. This friction leads to heat which in turn causes thermal [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 20:11:03
Why an English major is so valuable
Because we learn the important questions to ask. In the wake of ANOTHER Kitsap County snowstorm, I pose this one to you:When Winter comes, ... pump, or air conditioner. Common duct system problems include:Leaky joints or visible holes ... drain. With a little bit of work, you can actually save a great deal on your heating bills:Stop Air [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:50:00
SoFlyInMy98 - eBay Seller Spotlight!
At this time of the season, Sneaker Files is often questioned by our readers as to where to safely purchase authentic Nike Dunks and ... + feedback rating, this seller packs vintage heat to new releases. He covers all sizes from Women’s, Kids, Baby, and Men’s. At the moment, he has two pairs of OG Reebok Pumps listed, both of which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 23:10:35
All That and a Bag of Chips… Really.
If I weren't so terrified to death of Texan drivers (seriously, people, those circles in Houston will make you piss yourself) ... to cool, and then shred by hand. Over medium heat, brown the onions in the olive oil, add chicken ... awesome. Pour in chicken broth and salsa. Reduce heat and simmer for about half an hour. Serve over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:37:43
A Resilient Suburbia? 3: Weighing the Potential for Self-Sufficiency
A backyard garden in Oregon Over the past two weeks, I have examined the challenges facing suburbia in a post-peak world. I’ve argued (in Part 1) that financial reality will prevent us from building an alternative to suburbia, and (in Part 2) that the superficial transportation issues facing suburbia are better viewed as a much broader [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 17:07:37
The San Onofre Nukes and the M Word
By Michael Steinberg Fortunately for us, the San Onofre nukes ended last year with a whimper rather than a bang. Or a meltdown ... that the dysfunctional battery was supposed to “provide backup power to critical pumps at the coastal nuclear plant.” Aha! Now we’re getting warmer. Maybe even hotter. Because such pumps would be used to flood [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:46:39
100 Items to Disappear First
100 Items to Disappear First1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy…target of thieves; maintenance etc.) 2. Water Filters/Purifiers 3. Portable Toilets 4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 - 12 months to become dried, for home uses. 5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!) 6 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 00:21:54
how many facts do you know?
Carolina Yo! asked: For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world’s most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 09:04:08
did you know?
Midnight asked: For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world’s most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:14:49
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