Solar Thermal (ST) water heating is a great way to take advantage of free energy from the Sun. Before we go in-depth on how solar thermal water heating works, let's go over the bare essentials.
1) Solar Thermal water heating is different from Solar PV (electricity)
2) Solar Thermal water heating is different than Solar Thermal power generation.
Our first night in Jackson, WY had us staying at the amazing Amangani Resort. The Amangani was constructed to blend in to the natural habitat and look as if it is part of the mountain. The builders did a very good job achieving that! By building the resort into the hill it is able to achieve considerable savings in its heating bills by relying on the hill for thermal mass. All the rooms face West, which provides the residents with amazing sunset views, but also prov
I'm sure I'll be writing a fair amount about CFLs on this blog, because even though they make so much sense, there still seems to be a fair amount of misconception about them by some in the public.
On my recent trip to Jackson Hole, we took a snowmobile tour with Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Tours up to Granite Hot Springs. Aside from the beautiful day we had and the spectacular views we were fortunate enough to see on our way to the hot springs, there were
I love "world at night" pictures and being able to see electricity consumption around the world.
While I dont know much about the Global Energy Network Institute, I do know they have one of the most informative "World at Night" posts I've seen. While the base picture is from NASA, they provide a lot of great data to go along with it.
The March edition of Outside Magazine has a great article written by Elizabeth Hightower concerning books that would help Obama in his environmental decisions.
What's a Watt? (for non-engineers) - Part 1
I'm an engineer. While having a discussion on energy efficiency once with a non-engineer, they exclaimed, "I'm not an engineer, I don't have to know what a Watt is to save energy!" Well, needless to say (I am spending my night writing this blog after all), I completely disagree.
I know, the name sounds crazy, but get past the visions of crazy space cults, and you'll see that there is some sustenance here.
While the purpose of Mapawatt is to focus on things you can do to directly lower your energy and water consumption, I just can’t help writing a blog about the other big player in our life: Food!
