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Alternative Heating News Archives - April 2010


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Pellets over petroleum
Boston Globe
Skip Dunnell at Sandri Cos. with a wood pellet heating system, which the Greenfield firm offers as a cheap renewable alternative to oil. …

Product Safety Alert: SCAN Andersen wood burning stoves recall – injury risk
NewYorkInjuryNews (press release)
The wood stove units are freestanding, black, cast iron stoves with a single front load door with a glass windowpane. Their dimensions measure 35”H x 26 …

Green ideas planned for VA Medical Center
St. Cloud Times
Federal stimulus funds are paying for the geothermal system, which will heat and cool one of the medical center's Community Living Center buildings. …

Lake Station city hall among greenest of all
Gary Post Tribune
He estimated the cost difference between a geothermal system and regular heating system at $25000 to $100000. "We're using the Earth's energy. …

Is Radiant Floor Heating a Good Choice For Green Homes?
Treehugger
If there is a component of passive solar heating in the home, it will cause overheating because you can't turn off the slab when the sun comes out. …

Residents add shade of green to El Dorado
YourWestValley.com
Solar heating for the pool. "At that time there was just no way of funding it," he said. "So we dropped it. But, then about a year ago, we started getting …

EARTH DAY 2010: GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GUIDE
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Geothermal energy is heat emanating from the Earth's interior. This heat energy can be harnessed to generate electrical power, heat and cool buildings, …

New Surrey school the first to have geothermal system
Surrey Leader
Koch estimates the geothermal system added about $300000 to the cost of the $10-million new school, money the district is confident will be found in heating …

Yarmoffs living sustainable lives
Westport-News
However, the acquisition of the geothermal system resulted in a bill for the months spanning January through March. David is hoping the efficiency of …

Salinas water heater firm reaches for the sun
Monterey County Herald
Lee worked on solar heating design at the Davis Energy Group in Davis, then spun off Harpiris Energy two years ago. He has brought in three investors. …

Oakland U goes green with $2.7M geothermal project
Metromode Media
Solar heating systems pipe water through tubes in solar panels to heat them to near room temperature, thereby requiring less energy to provide hot water, …

Is enhanced geothermal risky or an excellent energy alternate?
DigitalJournal.com
A few places already use geothermal energy, like Klamanth Falls, Oregon where the heat of the earth has been harnessed to heat beer brewing vats, …

Reducing particulate matter from smoke
100 Mile House Free Press
A new wood stove takes 60 hours to put out the same amount of PM an old stove emitted in nine hours. Society spokesperson Jeannine McCormack addressed the …

Geothermal helps New Hartford couple cut energy use by nearly half
Waterbury Republican American
The average cost for a geothermal system today is in the mid- to high- $30000 range, said Joe DeFusco, owner of Custom Mechanical. …

First net-zero home in Niagara built in Jordan
St. Catharines Standard
Drain water heat recovery takes thermal energy out of water that goes down the drain and puts it into the hot water tank; while a solar heating system on …

Contractors See Increasing Demand For Geothermal Home Systems
Hartford Courant
In a home, office or church heated and cooled by a geothermal system, a pump brings 55-degree ground water up into a heat pump. The heat pump extracts heat …

Finding energy inside the earth
9NEWS.com
To install a geothermal system, holes are drilled several hundred feet into the earth and pipes for a loop leading to the home. "We're circulating water …

Geothermal system replaces local fossil fuels
Boise State University The Arbiter Online
Boise State University continues to go green through a partnership with the City of Boise that expands a geothermal system throughout campus. …

World's Tallest Tower Taps Solar Power For Water Heating
Bernama
The solar heating system is installed and operated by SOLE UAE Solar Systems, the oldest solar thermal company in Europe. "Burj Khalifa presented us a …

Benton Harbor couple designed a house with sculptural sensibility and …
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
The geothermal system was costly, but the couple believes the savings on utility bills and maintenance will make up for it in the long run. …

Felida house goes green
The Columbian
By Erin Middlewood By Troy Wayrynen Paul Speer, who has an engineering background, explains how the geothermal system used to heat and cool his home works. …

Atco Gas plugs into geothermal heat source.
Canada.com
To supply the geothermal energy, Atco drilled 110 wells to 43 metres in the ground below its employee parking lot. In the mechanical room, the solution …

METRO Biofuels To Promote Bioheat
Domestic Fuel
Heating oil is common on the East Coast and so many companies are looking for ways to replace heating oil with alternative sources. …

Being Energy Minded
St. George Daily Spectrum
Additionally, the home has a geothermal system by Planet Geothermal that utilizes eight 200-foot wells connected to a heat pump for both heating and cooling …



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