Saturday, October 20, 2007

Research

  • Switch to florescent lights to compare one florescant to 13 incandescent light bulbs
  • Turn of all lights to save power at night
  • Solar fans save about 10% of energy during summer
  • Solar panels use no power from the grid
  • Recycle and save up to about 50% of our garbage
  • Turn of all objects that use up power and save about 10% energy
  • Soil on roof lowers energy bill in winter and summer
  • Windows on south of the challenger center heats up and saves up 10-20% of gas bill
  • Hot rocks warm house at night and saves energy at night
  • we could use a hydro dam and conserve energy with water but there are no streams in ther area
  • we could use wind turbines but there is not alot of high wind speeds in this area
  • by Bret & Max