Page 14 RAIN May 1976 ECOTOPIA continued from page 13 Goddard Socia·l Ecology Summer Program Box SE3 Goddard College Plainfield, VT 05667 This summer's program will run from June 7 through August 27, based at Gate Farm-a beautiful 40-acre learning and research center adjacent to Goddard's campus. The program-with excellent facilities for food production, solar, wind and methane research, aquaculture, pollution testing and experimentation with alternative energy systems-stresses social and cultural as well as technological alternatives to our present systems. ~ The staff and visiting lecturers, including Murray Bookchin, director of the program, Dan Chodorkoff, Scott Nielsen, Milt Kotler, Sam Love, Robert Reines, Karl Hess, Steve Baer, Nancy Todd, Eugene Eccli, Wilson Clark, John Todd, Rayna Reiter, Charles Woodard, James Nolfi, Gil Friend, and Hans Meyer, will present a broad spectrum of courses and practical workshops ranging from Eastern philosophy to building . compost privys. Cost of the program, probably the best single source of upto-date developments in these areas on the East Coast, is $1985, including room, board and tuition. Write for detailed information and sneak in to some of the mini-courses if you can't afford the.whole program! (TB) ) A Position Paper on Energy Conseroation, California Council, American lnstitute of Architects American Institute of Architects 1736 Stockton St. San Francisco, CA 9413 3 Many states have been considering regulation of energy use in buildings. This CCAIA paper, like similar recent statements by the national AIA, gives an excellent evaluation and perspective on much proposed legislation and ·lays out broader and more compreheJ1sive guidelines for energy conservation. (TB) Under a Puerto Rican law which went into effect in July 1974, the government pays for fuel cost increases for anyone_ using less than 425 kwh of electricity per month. 74% (736,000) of residential customers are keeping their use of electricity low enough to meet the sub- , sidy standards at a cost of $48 million to the government. Much of the success of the program is attributed to the island's energy conservation campaign, which includes teaching people to read their meters to be sure they are staying· within the limits. For more information contact Nydia Verge, Head, Consumer Relations Office, Puerto Rico Water Respurces Authority, GPO Box 4267, San Juan PR 00936. Source: Alternative Sources of Energy U.S. oil fields are replenishing their supplies through natural processes ar the rate of 10 barrels a day. The U.S. uses more than , 7 million barrels per day. This is to say that w'e are currently using as much oil in 3 hours as oil deposits have produced in 5 centuries. (From the Minneapolis Tribune via Alternative Sources of Energy) District Heating Development Work in Sweden, Peter Margen, 1975, R~port AE-VS-159 from: I Studsvik AB Atomenergi, Sweden S-611-01 Nykoping 1 Sweden Two-thirds of the energy in our fossil fuels that are· used to generate electricity ends up as wasted heat energy. At least ~000 MW(tl al ELECTRICITY PROOUCllON ONLY Mortite, $1.95 for 90 ft., from Mortell Company Kankakee, IL 60901 or from your hardware store I know it's the wrong _season for this, but I'm tired of getting chewed out for the eco-heresy of not covering our windows with sleezy plastic that makes.the world look like a hangover. And no one ever seems to have heard of this neat stuff, though we always.used it on our windows (in addition to storm windows) when I. was growing-up. Mortite is a modeling-clay-like caulking that comes like a long grey earthworm wound into a coil. You just unroll it and squish it into the cracks around your windows. Doesn't give the dead air space storm windows are supposed to, but it really takes care of infiltration-which is the biggest heat loss in a ho~se. In the spring, just roll it up again fo'r next year. Good stuff. (TB). Energy Manual for Parks: A Handbook for Interpreters and Naturalists Park Project on Energy Interpretation National Recreation and Park Assoc. 1601 North Kent St. Arlington, VA 22209 This manual was prepared along with an Energy Activity Guide (see RAIN, Feb.I March '76) for use by naturalists to explain our energy situation to people. · Well done, with clear graphics and gent1~ stated explanations of how natural systems are powered, why we use so much energy, how to cut down and why even if more energy were to become available we would sbon have •to change our game. It only lacks strong ties to the parks themselves, what they represent, and why peopJ.e ar~ there. I would personally rather have the stars telling me what is good than an interpret~r reminding me of the problems we've brought to the parks in 0ur heads, but this manual and the nicely graphic Guide should have broader use than in the parks. (TB) oP=-211 . __rMW(e) • j p: 2110MW FO.! DISTRICT HEATING oQ/jp =6 oQ/>P =10 1-lO•nrl ,,P., Ch,1111fC)l11ut1lisedpowc, relative to (1) ) b) ELEC TRICIT Y c) EL ECTRICITY •1000 MW •2110 MW PASS -OU T HEAT BACK PRESSURE (HIGH TEMP.> HEAT !LOW TEMP.> we waste it. Sweden has for years been using that "waste." heat for space heating in the districts surrounding the dectr_ical generating plants, resulting in beneficial use of 70-80% of the energy in the fuel rather than the 20-30% that we get. Makes sense. This report is outdated in that it refers to use with nuclear as well as fossil fuel thermal plants and was produced before Sweden's recent decision to abandon nuclear power in favor of energy conservation, but it contains reports on recent Com'parison of energy efficiency of electrical produqion alone and electrical production combined with district heating. Show this chart studies on district heating. (TB) • to anyone who s.till believes we can't'do better by more efficient energy use than ~y using up more energy.
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