Cool Free Energy For Home images
A few nice free energy for home images I found:
Renewable, Carbon Neutral, Energy System
Image by boston7513 Kevin
#1 Fuel pellet Hopper
#2 Floor Heating Zones
#3 Automatic Pellet Burning Furnace
#4 Boiler Tanks
#5 Turbine and Generator
#6 Water Storage Tank
#7 Supply for Automatic Lawn Sprinkler System
The Concept:
This concept is fueled by grass clippings, fallen tree branches, tree leaves, and any other combustible yard waste. This system is defined as carbon neutral, because the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere is equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by the organic process of growing. Unlike burning wood, this system is also a renewable source of energy. In New England, many tons of leaves, grass clippings and perennial plant wastes are produced on an annual basis and usually discarded. These waste products can be dried, shredded and compressed into fuel pellets with no need for harvesting entire trees.
NOTE: The carbon released by this system would be released by natural proses of decay even if it was not being used as fuel.
How It Works:
In this illustration #1 is the hopper where the fuel pellets are stored. #3 is the pellet burning furnace. #6 rain and snow runoff is collected in a large tank and delivered to boilers #4, above the furnace. Steam is created and cycled through the furnace, many times to extract the most amount of energy from the combustion system. #5 the gasified combustion exhaust gases are re-combusted and in combination with the steam, is used to turn a turbine for producing electricity. This electricity can be used on demand or stored in batteries. The steam exiting the turbines is recycled through the furnace ( reheated ) and then is directed to floor heating zones throughout the building #2. The steam condensates down to hot water and is stored in thermally insulated tanks for showering and cleaning. Surplus water can be cooled and used as pure distilled water.
This system would be ideal for a home or small business, and if your property does not supply enough fuel to heat and electrify your building for the entire year, I’m certain you could make up the balance by asking your neighbors or local landscape contractors for their waste, Free of charge.
In many communities throughout New England and other regions of the world, landowners pay to have these wastes removed. If your going to labor to cut grass, rake leaves, and collect downed branches anyhow. Why not use that effort to lower, or even eliminate your utility bills? How much do you pay for drinking water, hot water, heating and electricity? Perhaps you have had what you need to live this lifestyle all around you but your perception is that it is waste not energy!
Perhaps you are thinking this is a wacky idea, maybe so, but think of how many wood burning stoves are in operation today, and all you get is heat, and most of that energy is going up the chimney! How long dose it take to grow a tree? Do you have that many trees in your yard to make this a renewable resource? Or are you paying for the wood to be delivered? I think wood burning is a wacky idea!
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My goal here and in life, is to be part of the solution, not a spectator!"
Kevin Moore
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Pesticides: Are You Scared Yet? Newton North students’ Environmental Service Project showed how and why to choose healthier, effective solutions for your home, garden and school.
Image by Newton Free Library
Green Decade/Newton (GD/N) held their annual evening of informative and entertaining student presentations on living green in Newton, news on environmental issues and the 2011 Annual Environmental Leadership Awards. The program took place on Monday, May 16 at the Newton Free Library and was part of the Environmental Speaker Series.
This year’s special student presentations included:
•Cool to Be Green: Kids Take Action, a group of students from Mason-Rice Elementary School, one of Newton’s "greenest" schools, showed us how they made a big difference in protecting our planet by harnessing the collective energy of the entire school community.
•Pesticides: Are You Scared Yet?: Paige Grody and Sarah McKay of Newton North High School showed how their Environmental Service Project focused on how and why to choose healthier, effective solutions for your home, garden and school.
•The Newton Green News Show: Students for a Greener World (SGW) middle school and high school members gave a clever summary of green news at the local, national and world levels, plus sports and weather.
The Annual Environmental Leadership Awards were presented in recognition of:
• An individual for his/her outstanding contribution to making an environmental difference
• a group or organization that has done much to foster environmental awareness/ activism
• a business whose actions positively impact the health of our planet and local communities
