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Building Energy Efficient Homes

How did the society come to a place people are seriously concerned about the environment? After all, humans have a long history. I...

Designing and Building an Energy Efficient Home

range (Passive). The "building envelope" is a term that is used to denote how the roof, walls, windows, floors and internal walls ...

Environmental and Cost Effectiveness of Energy Efficient Homes

In eleven pages energy efficient homes are examined in terms of various types that are the most environmentally friendly and cost ...

Geothermal Energy

the footprint we leave on the world. Geothermal energy is made possible because of the heat differential that exists betwee...

Overview of Home Energy Production Issue

could equal out. More importantly, though, the use of this type of equipment would have a marked impact on the overall dependence...

The Performance Gap

The writer looks at the performance gap in the context of energy usage and sustainability. The gap between the design and expected...

Alternative Construction Materials for Homes

In nine pages this research paper focuses on unusual home construction building materials that promote energy efficiency such as r...

PDAs as a Home Nursing Boon

In a research paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which personal digital assistance can be used as home nursing support are...

Environmental and Energy Tax Provisions

the fact that a "tax credit reduces tax dollar-for-dollar," while a deduction "only removes a percentage of the tax that is owed" ...

Energy Crisis

send oil prices soaring to unprecedented levels" (Leeb and Strathy, 2006, p. 19). The end results may well be the end of civiliza...

Chinese Energy Needs and Supply

From this it is possible to see China will not be alone with increasing energy needs, but the pace of that...

The Concept of an Efficient Market

of evidence for investment managers and investors gaining consistent above average profits, there is evidence that abnormal return...

Green Buildings and Sustainable Design

The built environment has a significant impact on general ecological environment, causing damage and pollution with the construct...

The Problem of Energy Security

The writer looks at the concept and problems associated with energy security. The influences including but not limited potential d...

Two Economics Questions

more due in 2012 (ConEdison, 2012). This information was found out by looking at the firms web site and reading their annual repor...

Raising Capital For Renewable Energy Investments

In order to consider this difficulty the first stage is to consider the concept of project finance. Project finance is a structure...

Examination an Energy Diet Product Supplement

In five pages this paper considers the GNC energy supplement product Energy Fuel® in terms of its marketing as a fitness packa...

Considerations in Energy

than non-renewable energy. Renewable energy sources can take a variety of forms but ethanol, alcohol produced from plants is one ...

Need for Energy Alternatives

In ten pages the necessity for making the transition to an energy source that is sustainable is considered in this overview....

Energy: Electricity

involves the fact that energy contained in one place will ultimately disperse outward. As one author notes, "Energy spontaneously ...

Making Hospitals Eco-Friendly

2008). The hospital eventually spend over $1 million to change packaging to non-petroleum based materials and to make the facility...

Heating and Cooling Considerations in a Four Story Building

best in this particular situation is the installation of a geothermal heating and air conditioning system. This is particularly t...

Options in Green Building

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED is one option in accomplishing a green building initiative. There are three so...

Home Depot's Location Strategy

and even employees were concerned. One mused, "They are just doing this to prevent Lowes from getting into the market ... I am wo...

HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ENERGY RESOURCE PLAN

is solar power, or wind power as these are immediately available through natural means. Non-renewable energy is a source of energy...

Energy Source Alternatives

free of pollution as it will rely on hydrogen and oxygen to create the fuel that will produce just water and not exhaust fumes (20...

How Bush Could Be a Better President as a Position Paper

Taxpayers suffer because they have to foot the welfare bill to support those who are out of work. Secondly, the health care cris...

Financial Analysis Validity

this does not mean that it is an accurate theory. To assess this we need to look at the theory. The basic idea is that it is not...

An Efficient Organization-the USPS

Despite claims to the opposite, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is an extremely efficient organization. It may be the most...

Student Assignment on Teamwork

event and then the quiz also allowed different team members to show their varying abilities and become more participative, quieter...