http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/ 2012-05-15T22:45:04-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/ http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-08-18T14:39:58-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=biomass&rev=1313692798&do=diff Biomass Biomass , a renewable energy source, is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms, such as wood, waste, and alcohol fuels. Biomass is commonly plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce heat. For example, forest residues (such as dead trees, branches and tree stumps), yard clippings and wood chips and garbage may be used as biomass. However, biomass also includes plant or animal matter used for production of fibers or chemicals. Biomass may also… text/html 2010-04-01T11:41:24-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=contactinfo&rev=1270136484&do=diff [''SWITCH Kingston''] SWITCH The Sustainable Energy People If you are looking for information on renewable energy and you live or work in South-Eastern Ontario, consult our website, contact us by email or phone 613-547-6700 x129. text/html 2010-03-11T10:47:05-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=geothermal&rev=1268322425&do=diff Introduction Geothermal technology relies on the fact that the Earth remains at a relatively constant temperature throughout the year, warmer than the air above it during the winter and cooler in the summer, similar at a cave. The geothermal heat pump takes advantage of this by transferring heat stored in the Earth or in ground water into a building during the winter, and transferring it out of the building and back into the ground during the summer. The ground acts as a heat source in winter a… text/html 2010-03-25T14:37:59-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=other_re&rev=1269542279&do=diff There are a variety of other renewable energies that can be good for the planet and save you money. Some of them have grants and rebates to assist us in adopting them. Here are some of the ones where we have some information: * Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) * Geothermal * Green roof technology * Biomass * Wind * Greywater conservation * Rain water recuperation * Energy Efficient Design text/html 2011-07-27T12:14:56-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=solar_cell_imp_moth_eye&rev=1311783296&do=diff New advances in solar cell technology are being based on the inner eye of moths. The moth's inner eye is so black that it absorbs almost all light with no reflection to help the insect see at night. Certain species of moths have ridges and other eye adaptations that minimize light reflection. 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The research team calculated that the amou… text/html 2011-08-26T16:32:06-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1314390726&do=diff A move from “traditional” energy sources to ones that produce little or no greenhouse gas emissions is required by the Global Warming Situation/Crisis. Whether we can succeed, how fast we must change, how we should accomplish and promote change, and many other interesting questions will NOT be addressed here. Other groups can do that far better than we can. What we will try to do is offer reliable, verifiable, high-quality information to help purchasers and users of renewable energy equipment ma… text/html 2011-09-02T12:09:08-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=switch_web_site&rev=1314979748&do=diff Click here to access SWITCH web site text/html 2010-08-03T09:13:26-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=tracker&rev=1280841206&do=diff Pierre Nadeau Irradiance gain by tracking Solar irradiance, or the intensity of the light reaching the Earth, is dependent on the sun’s angle of elevation. Solar radiation is always at highest on a plane that is perpendicular to the sun’s ray. As the azimuth and the elevation angle change throughout the day and the year, the incidence angle of the solar radiation varies constantly on given areas. Orienting panels to keep them facing the sun can achieve significant energy gains in comparison of… text/html 2011-06-29T16:35:19-04:00 http://switchkingston.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=tutorial&rev=1309379719&do=diff Overview We want to fill the pages of the Energy Digest with the best, most accurate, and most complete information possible about renewable energy. To do that, we need more resources than we have, and the best source of that information is you, the interested reader. In the long term, SWITCH and its partner organizations can better invest their time in editing and in fact checking texas holdem strategy than in fact-creation. That is why we have chosen the vehicle of the wiki for this Energy Di…