Transcript A New Robbins Park Cabbin

A NEW ROBBINS PARK
CABIN
Kelly Lorenzi, Kaileigh Degon, Sydney Smith
Active solar Heating
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Uses water to heat the air
Replaces electricity, oil, propane
Install solar panels
8-16 hours of annual maintenance
Need experienced contractor to install
Recycled Materials
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Replaces different types of furniture
Rugs, countertops
Maintain it like you would any other furniture
Dylan’s Candy Bar recycled flooring!
Photovoltaic Cells
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Converts Solar Radiation into electricity
Replaces electricity
Visual Checks and servicing are enough to keep
system working
Must be installed
Sustainable Flooring
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Floors made from organic material
Cork, Bamboo
Replaces other types of flooring
Need good quality dust mop or vacuum to clean
Bamboo flooring
Straw Bale Insulation
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Uses bales of straw for structure or insulation
Replaces fiber glass
Stack bales on foundation with moisture barrier
Can be tied with bamboo
Geothermal Energy
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Energy is produced by the heat stored in the earth’s
core
Cooler water seeps into the earth’s crust, is heated
up, then rises to the surface
Geothermal power plants drill holes to capture the
steam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUQy86ZMpQ
Advantages and Disadvantages of
Geothermal Energy
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Advantages:
-Available at reservoir sites easily
-Vast and reliable
-Power plants have the ability to work day and night
regardless of weather condition
Disadvantages:
-If you don’t have pollution control it can pollute the
air
-Making the power plants can affect stability of the
land.