Monday, March 26, 2007
Human waste used to heat apartment
Human waste used to heat apartment
Canadian Press, March 26, 2007
Halifax (CP) - A low-rise apartment building in Halifax heated with the help of human waste takes energy efficiency to new heights, says an engineer whose company was involved in the affordable-housing development.
Energy providers working on the new building started with the concept that sewage isn't useless material; Human waste from the four-storey building is pumped into a holding tank for six hours before it's released into the city's sewer system. during these six hours, a geothermal inside the tank takes the heat out of the sewage.
Read the full article from here @ The Star Phoenix
Canadian Press, March 26, 2007
Halifax (CP) - A low-rise apartment building in Halifax heated with the help of human waste takes energy efficiency to new heights, says an engineer whose company was involved in the affordable-housing development.
Energy providers working on the new building started with the concept that sewage isn't useless material; Human waste from the four-storey building is pumped into a holding tank for six hours before it's released into the city's sewer system. during these six hours, a geothermal inside the tank takes the heat out of the sewage.
Read the full article from here @ The Star Phoenix
Labels: efficiency, geothermal-canada, waste, waste-canada
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Geothermal Energy Delivering Big Savings - Case Study
Geothermal energy delivering big savings
Ground-source heating attracts interest despite initial costs
By James Bow - Business Edge
09 Mar 2007
In only two months last year, Eric Lange's company, Lange Transportation and Storage Ltd. found $12,000 in energy savings beneath his company's 70,000-sq.-ft. Mississauga warehouse after installing a geothermal heating & cooling system.
Geothermal energy conjures up images of homes heated by volcanic hot springs in Iceland or Japan, but the system Lange installed, referred to as ground-source heating and cooling, works most places on the planet.
Geothermal power may not be for every building, and initial capital costs are an obstacle.
Read more from this report @ Business Edge Canada
Ground-source heating attracts interest despite initial costs
By James Bow - Business Edge
09 Mar 2007
In only two months last year, Eric Lange's company, Lange Transportation and Storage Ltd. found $12,000 in energy savings beneath his company's 70,000-sq.-ft. Mississauga warehouse after installing a geothermal heating & cooling system.
Geothermal energy conjures up images of homes heated by volcanic hot springs in Iceland or Japan, but the system Lange installed, referred to as ground-source heating and cooling, works most places on the planet.
Geothermal power may not be for every building, and initial capital costs are an obstacle.
Read more from this report @ Business Edge Canada
Labels: case-studies, case-studies-geothermal, costs, costs-geothermal, geothermal, geothermal-canada, geothermal-savings, savings
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