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August 2006

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31.08.2006 from Ecostreet blog:
The house has been designed to sequester carbon dioxide and withstand extreme weather of all kinds, using standard commonly-available construction materials. It's also easier and cheaper to build than traditional homes.
Image: The Sugar Cube house

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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Shelter & housing]
A rather more professional turbine design
29.08.2006 from It’s Getting Hot In Here blog:
A DIY turbine which any practical person can build.
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Related topics/regions: [Intermediate technology]
Image: A rather more professional turbine design
Laying pipes for a ground heat pump system
25.08.2006 from The Greening of Hedgerley Wood blog:
"Now after ten months of operation and a lot of adjustments, we are getting a clearer idea of the running costs," explains Peter Armstrong.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Shelter & housing]
Image: Laying pipes for a ground heat pump system © Peter Armstrong
Putting in more insulation
24.08.2006 from The Greening of Hedgerley Wood blog:
Before next winter we want to try and improve the performance, and cost, of the ground heat pump system (visit Home Heating link on left for more). So one clear step was to put in more insulation.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Shelter & housing]
Image: Putting in more insulation © Peter Armstrong
18.08.2006 from NextBillion.net blogs:
'If we simply adopted the rural Ugandan model of energy production, we could still enjoy all the virtues of American culture while avoiding its vices, namely obesity.'
Image: Get the kids cycling to wash their clothes

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Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. Jun-02
14.08.2006 from Concord Monitor:
"It's a way of life," says Betsy Janeway. "It takes discipline. But I've loved it. I've always lived this way."
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Image: Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. Jun-02 © Peter Armstrong
Pedal-powered washing machine.
11.08.2006 Some 17,000 environmentally minded folk were on hand--and some great green technologies were on display--at this year's Big Green Gathering. Gabrielle Hamm was among them.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environment] [Ethics & value systems]
Image: Pedal-powered washing machine. © Gabrielle Hamm
Geothermal heating trenches
11.08.2006 from Gladwell.com:
Writer Malcolm Gladwell's father explains the theory and practice of geothermal heating at his home in Ontario.
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Image: Geothermal heating trenches © Peter Armstrong
10.08.2006 from sustainablog:
Photovoltaics in Botswana Local renewable installations make so much sense in areas of the world still untouched by electricity.
Image: Photovoltaics in Botswana

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Geothermal power plant, Philippines
08.08.2006 from The Energy Blog:
The exploitable geothermal resource potential of Indonesia has been conservatively estimated at 20,000 MW. The new Sarulla project will begin tapping in to this underground heat bounty.
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia]
Image: Geothermal power plant, Philippines
No need for pylons
07.08.2006 from theWatt blog:
Biodiesel, microhydro, wind turbines, photovoltaics, solar thermal: life can be very comfortable with renewables.
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Related topics/regions: [Canada] [Shelter & housing]
Image: No need for pylons © Worldwatch Institute
04.08.2006 Green Horizon, magazin Regionalnog centra za zivotnu sredinu za Centralnu i Istocnu Evropu (REC), i Guardian Foundation održaće u oktobru trening za novinare koji se bave temama održive energije.
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Related topics/regions: [Eastern Europe] [Environment] [Media]
Image: © REC
04.08.2006 In an open letter to Kosovo citizens and the Parliament, Organization for Democracy, Anticorruption and Dignity ÇOHU and the Anticorruption Network have reacted on the grave energy situation in Kosovo as well as on other problem which tackle different spheres of public life.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [Governance]
04.08.2006 from The Energy Blog:
'This is one of the most interesting technologies I have seen, if only they could build one,' says James Fraser, who examines the plans for a 50MW solar tower in Australia and elsewhere.
Image: Planned solar tower

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Unlike other renewables, geothermal energy doesn't depend on the sun
03.08.2006 from Gristmill blog:
Geothermal energy has a big advantage over other renewables: it offers steady baseload power to electricity grids because hot rocks in our own planet provide continuous energy.
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Image: Unlike other renewables, geothermal energy doesn't depend on the sun © Greenpeace International

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