Category: Green Technology

Glass waste is growing tremendously day. But the reduction, you need to know how much trouble can be replaced by a glass combines the acquisition, reuse and recycling.

Whatever the waste, it will make the situation on the ground, both in substance and property. scenario landfill is construction all day, and glass waste is an important clarification. People do not realize the harmful effects of landfill scenario and ignorance of the situation is a scenario to destroy.

Glass waste is not waste, we can retrieve the property, if we try to debate this point. In this piece, can be stopped to change some of the accumulation of functional reuse of facts, and re-used.

Glass Collection

The number of stations to run a business that can help us remove the waste glass, and we have to take their help. In addition, we must strive to honor the accumulation of waste glass. family waste recognize different types of waste containing biodegradable and non biodegradable.

The glass waste is collected in the cartridge open space. Then later, we have the expertise necessary to conclude an agreement on the ruins of the terminal. Glass is used for items can be the use of residents, but they need to stop. explanation is that the terminal waste collection and send it back for reprocessing.

The number of stations to run a business that can help us remove the waste glass, and we have to take their help. In addition, we must strive to honor the accumulation of waste glass. family waste recognize different types of waste containing biodegradable and non biodegradable.

The glass waste is collected in the cartridge open space. Then later, we have the expertise necessary to conclude an agreement on the ruins of the terminal. Glass is used for items can be the use of residents, but they need to stop. explanation is that the terminal waste collection and send it back for reprocessing.

Re-use

Of course, we could help in the evacuation of terminals of waste glass, but the more we must do something, then we can close the waste. We might be reused pitchers, owners, and so on. oil or other liquid to keep the things we use at home. Maybe we could use water jugs swallowing refrigerator and much more. There are countless courses, which can potentially be used in glass objects using nothing more than once. And then all of the proposed system should be reduced by more than throw them around.

Recycling

One of the best stations are equipped with reusable ground heart. Recycling plastic, glass, etc., perhaps we can try to include discussions on the sustainable use of renewable energy, leading to raw materials and much more. And then back to the most appropriate strategy for re-treatment methods to help the experts to the position of reuse is to serve people in the years to come.

Fill out a way to help humanity reuse. This reduces the landfill scenario and sustainable development of the necessary materials, crude oil and at the end of the glass.

Later in the debate can be said that we have to be a respectable buildup of re-use of glass and re-equipped to keep our planet a safer place.

The investment in renewable vigor is developing. Separated from the developing expositive expression flowing on green economy, the stimulus has hailed from Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which has made the skeleton for the organization of 20,000 MW by 2022 in India-in several stages of five years every. The target of the mission is to raise the limit of lattice-joined solar capacity cycle to 1000 MW by 2013 and a more 3,000 MW by 2017 through the obligatory utilize of the renewable power buy commitment by utilities supported with a special tariff.

Even those companies which generated power through the use of coal are shifting their gear. A case in point is NTPC. It plans to venture into wind, hydro, solar and biomass sources. By 2017, India’s premium and largest power company expects to generate 1000 MW of capacity from renewable energy sources. An investment of INR 480 crore in 2010-11 has already been allocated in this sphere.

The renewable energy consultants observe that the growing concern for environment has made a company like NTPC to diversify into the green sector. On November 24, 2010, the power giant has signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank and Kyuden of Japan to set up a joint venture company, which would form 500 MW renewable energy projects in the country.

“In an effort to reduce tariff for solar power, NTPC’s subsidiary NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited has picked 620 MW capacity of grid solar power projects in December 2010 through the mechanism of tariff discounting process,” says a renewable energy consultant. The selected applicants plans to set up projects of 505 MW capacity in Rajasthan, 65 MW in Andhra Pradesh, 20 MW in Gujarat, 10 MW in Karnataka and five MW each in Orissa, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has crafted a strategy to promote solar energy’s off-grid applications such as solar lanterns, home lights, other small capacity photovoltaic systems and solar water heating systems with a 30 percent capital subsidy and/or loan at five percent through NABARD. During 2010-11, NABARD has received Rs 35 crore to subsidise solar lighting systems to be dispersed through regional rural banks across India. The solar energy systems are directly marketed by the manufacturers and system integrators. Guidelines are set by the MNRE for purchase of such systems based on their performance.

Among India’s other companies, Tata Power, India’s oldest and largest private sector utility, plans to step-up its solar generated power capacity to 300 MW in the next five years. It commissioned recently a three-MW solar unit on the banks of the Mulshi lake, near Pune. The company at present produces 3200 MW across the country. “The majority of its future capacity setups are likely to come from the western Indian states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan, as these places have abundance of sunlight and conducive policies,” says a renewable energy consultant. A 25-MW solar project in Mithapur in Gujarat is being implemented, which is expected to begin commercial operations in December 2011. Tata Power has also commissioned a one-MW grid-connected rooftop plant in Delhi.

In the renewable energy realm, India has large solar energy potential. It is estimated that about 5000 trillion kilo watt hours per year of energy is incident over the country’s land area, with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per square a metre per day.

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The principal at Casey Middle School, to see all the changes done in the remodeling of the school. Alison worked with the RB +B architects, inc. to rebuild Casey Middle School into a school filled with natural day light. Re-opened in August 2010, the school has an amazing amount of windows (inside and out). There are 134 sola-tubes in the ceilings streaming in light throughout the day. The kids have a view to the outside from just about anywhere in the school.

The human body gets 90% of its’ vitamin D from the sun. Studies suggest day light is a vital component needed for a healthy immune system. Healthier kids do better in developmental skills and overall educational performance. During such a critical time of development, natural day light is one thing kids can really grow from. Studies also suggest that kids, as well as adults who stay in well lit environments are exposed to fewer bacterias and viruses that naturally thrive in dark places.

Casey Middle School is also a model in energy efficiency, and solar lighting. An award winning architectural example of a school gone “green.” From the solar panels outside the building, that also provide shade for the bike racks, to the roof top gardens which provide a cooling effect, this building promises to leave a very small carbon foot print. Utilities will be considerably lower than the original 1924 structure. The new ” green” water system is estimated to provide a 43 percent reduction in water use. While the solar panels should see a 54 percent reduction in energy use, making Casey Middle School a marvel to behold.

The high ceilings give the school a light and well ventilated feeling. This well tempered environment gives you space to breath in, and inspires creative thinking. The one thing that I noticed was the calmness of the class rooms. The kids didn’t seem to have that anxiousness that kids exhibit, when they’ve been locked up in a room without much day light. They seemed more relaxed and genuinely more engaged with their studies. Alison will credit most of that to the wonderful staff, but I think the schools environment is supportive of that as well.

Security is another element I spoke to Alison about. The school opted for an open view school, meaning that all the class rooms have ample windows, for viewing in and outside the class room. No hiding what’s happening behind closed doors anymore. Since lack of visibility within class rooms can create problems, Alison together with the architects, chose transparency. There are glass windows, on the walls of the classroom facing into the hallways. The glass fish-bowl effect means that the teachers and kids can be seen, and being seen means a shift in behavior as well. The main glass entrance doors are locked during school hours, so that all visitors must enter through the main office door to gain access to the rest of the school.

The cafeteria hall is now called the cafe, which gives the room a sense of dignity, located in the central area of the schools main floor. It’s very open and bright, with massive windows. A clean, modern space with style, that the kids can actually care about. I talked with Allison a little about the food in the school. She encourages the kids to trade their strawberry milk and chips in for fresh fruits and granola bars! “You can look around the lunch tables and see kids have more apples and oranges on their trays.”

Art and music are fully supported by the new building, structures within for better sound quality, and high ceilings with lots of light. The new Library is warm and welcoming, the colors lift your eyes from floor to ceiling. With art projects placed as decorations, and spacious open study areas that give students plenty of room for their projects. It also has a modern feel, the western wall of the original building is still in place, housing new windows while giving the library a bit of Casey’s’ historical charm.

Another topic we touched on was advice. I asked Alison, “After all your years of being a Principal, what’s the one message you really feel needs more press, something that you would share with incoming families or families with a child in middle school?” Her answer was, “I would probably say how important it is for you to spend time with your kids. It’s easy for parents of middle school children to feel like the kids can be left alone after school for a couple of hours while they finish up at work. They are getting older, and you do want to give them a strong sense of responsibility, but they still really need you, especially from 3:30pm-5:30pm.”

It was a delight to visit with Alison and take a tour of the new building. I actually attended the old Casey back in the 70?s, when it was such a gloomy place. It had dark hallways that made it difficult just to see where your locker was, let alone what was in it. Small stair cases that were packed with students during passing periods, making it difficult to get to your class on time. My Science, French, Art, and English classes were all in the basement. It was dismal down there when I was a kid, a sad place for a class room.

When the day was over, you walked out of school feeling like you had just been in a movie theater for 8 hours. Now the school is light and lively, and has a cheerful, uplifted feeling. Classes that were in the basement are gone now, and have been quite appropriately replaced by an underground parking structure. Students for years to come will enjoy this campus, a progressive design that could be used as a template for other communities.