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Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Installations: Experiences, Improvements and Tools is an Energy Center of Wisconsin report demonstrating hybrid ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) as a viable solution to reduce energy use in commercial buildings.
The report finds that new hybrid systems dramatically decrease up-front costs while delivering financial and environmental benefits nearly equivalent to standard ground-source heat pumps.
With its lower price, hybrid GSHP technology could be deployed widely, saving energy and money in new and existing commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings, according to the report.
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Send a link 10-18-2011 #118
From National Academies Press
Increasing evidence indicates that collaboration between the private and public sectors could improve the ability of a community to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
Despite growing ad hoc experience across the country, there is currently no comprehensive framework to guide private-public collaboration focused on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
Building Community Disaster Resilience through Private-Public Collaboration assesses the current state of private-public sector collaboration dedicated to strengthening community resilience, identifies gaps in knowledge and practice, and recommends research that could be targeted for investment.
You can read this book online, download it for free, and purchase it in print at a 25% discount with the code EEARTH.
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Send a link 08-25-2011 #110
Exelon City Solar is a 10-megawatt solar installation located on a 41-acre brownfield in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. It captures the sun’s rays and converts them into 14,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year. The facility was completed in 2010.
The clean energy generated by Exelon City Solar displaces more than 30 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year – the equivalent of taking more than 2,500 cars off the road and enough to meet the annual energy requirements of up to 1,500 homes.
The July 1, 2011 issue of Energy Assurance Planning Bulletin notes that this facility includes “an electrical outage notification system that emails outage data to responders, energy managers, and other key stakeholders, and aggregates this information in a historical database, where it can be sorted and analyzed for trends. Data tracked by the system include geographic boundaries and numbers of customers affected by outages. GIS data overlays will soon be integrated to help determine whether critical facilities fall within outage boundaries.”
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Mayor Daley, Exelon Officials Dedicate Solar Energy Plant In West Pullman Community
Excelon City Solar Profile
Send a link 07-01-2011 #101
The March 2011 issue of the CIP Report features the Oil and Natural Gas Sector, an integral component and subsector of the energy sector.
In the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year and the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, this issue examines the innovation and protection of oil and natural gas critical infrastructure.
Representatives from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reveal its efforts to assess the vulnerabilities, risks, and consequences of damage to critical infrastructure in the oil and natural gas sector.
Other articles concern the use of radar technology to detect offshore oil spills; the maritime dimension of oil and gas critical infrastructure; an alternative fuel-powered boat, and the potential reservoirs for significant gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia.
The Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security is located in the George Mason University School of Law. It works in conjunction with James Madison University and seeks to fully integrate the disciplines of law, policy, and technology for enhancing the security of cyber-networks, physical systems, and economic processes supporting the Nation’s critical infrastructure. The Center is funded by a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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