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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...

The Development of a Solar Trash Compactor by SPC

The writer examines the case of Seahorse Power Company, whose founder, John Pross, has developed a solar powered trash compactor....

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...

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...

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 ...

Private Investment in Rural America

To fairly explore the issues presented above it is first necessary to point out that rural Americans are represented by a variety ...

Rural Child Care Importance

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares centralized urban group childcare with rural childcare in a discussion that promote...

Rural China and Communism

might compare the situation to that of the United States in the twentieth century when farmers went bust, depended on government a...

Social Work in the Rural Context

century. After fighting to be taken seriously as a profession, social workers are now an integrated part of civic infrastructure i...

Literature and Film Related to Rural Life

the Grapes of Wrath the family is mobile, that is really not by choice and even when they face such a hardship, they remain close....

Poverty in Rural China - The Impact of Social Work

might more evenly promote growth in all levels of society. This paper will present an overview of the issue of poverty and unequal...

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" ...

The Energy Crisis in California and the Impacts on Education

with the state Capitol in order to "protect schools from shocks generated by Californias energy crisis" (Anonymous #2 PG). The ve...

Energy Policies of the European Union

has been declining, the level was only 50% of the budget in Framework Programme I that took place between 1984-7, which amounted t...

Energy Sector and Market Regulation

for Dominion Virginia Powers profit," published in the Daily Press on September 7, 2003, it is noted that deregulation of the indu...

Feasible Alternative Represented by Nuclear Energy

per cent below 1990 levels" (Environment Canada, 2002). The Kyoto Protocol was really in a state of limbo until October 22, 2004...

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 ...

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...

How to Decrease Foreign Energy Dependency of the U.S.

disruptions. If the flow of energy products into the United States is disrupted, it threatens the countrys economic and energy se...

Geothermal Energy

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

Enhancing Energy Efficiency in HVAC Systems

steam through a maze of pipes throughout the building. Boilers still are in use in many instances, but other approaches have beco...

Corporate Social Responsibility And Energy Management

which formed the core aspects of social responsibility today; these are the charity principle and stewardship principle (Frederick...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Energy Management

This 14 page paper is written in two parts. The first part examines the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), defining...

Conservation Trends and Energy Consumption

United States is embroiled in another Middle East conflict. The average consumer usually finds out about the problems with oil whe...

Energy Concerns

to fossil fuels, yet many people consider fossil fuels a non-renewable resource. Although things die and become a part of the reso...

Geothermal Energy Usage on a Wide Scale is Not Practical

and space heating are fed from geothermal sources (137). The California Geysers project is the worlds largest geothermal electric...

California Energy Issues

In five pages the shortage of energy in California is evaluated in terms of whether or not it is a crisis or simply a challenge to...

Renewable Energy - The Pressing Need

focus on developing more oil resources, or developing renewable energy sources? you must consider reasons both for and against you...