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Grant to lower pollution from 4 towboat engines
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission has received a $1.15 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to install less polluting diesel engines and generators in four towboats used on Pittsburgh area rivers.
Employ passive solar energy and start saving electricity today
By Anita van Wyk
Here are 7 basic fundamentals that will cost you nothing or very little and save you cash for many years to come!
1. Orientation, layout and positioning of your house on the land
Orientate your living areas to the south side of the house, which receives most of the sun throughout the day (north if you live in the southern hemisphere).
2. Insulation and draught proofing
Make sure your walls, roof and floors are insulated and fill any gaps where draughts might come through.
3. Ventilation
Position doors and windows opposite each other to allow for a cooling breeze to flow through the house when the air cool down in the evening of a hot summers day.
4. Windows
Windows on the south side of the house should be bigger to allow more sun to penetrate the house during the day and windows on the north side smaller to prevent heat lost at night.
5. Landscaping
Position trees and plants to direct a cooling breeze into your house, whiles shading it during summer. Plant trees that shed their leave in winter.
6. Shading
Make sure external shading structures are wide enough to block out the sun in summer, whiles still allowing the low winter sun to enter.
7. Thermal mass
Polished concrete, tile or slate floors and brick walls will absorb the heat throughout the day and release it slowly at night, reducing the need to run expensive heaters. Carpet acts as an insulator and will not retain the heat.
Although it’s far easier to achieve passive solar energy for homes during the planning stage, you can incorporate many of these elements into an established house without spending a great deal of money or time.
It might be as easy as filling in a few gaps, installing an additional window or moving your living area from the chilly north side of the house to the sunny south side...
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Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Continues Construction for the Next-Generation Aircraft Carrier, Gerald R. Ford
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Northrop Grumman Corporation lifted two generators weighing over 195,000 pounds each into the aft section of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford , currently under construction at the company's Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va., yesterday.
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4 river towboats to get $3 million green retrofit
Four towboats will get new, "greener" diesel engines and generators thanks to a combination of private funding and federal grants that will be formally presented today, officials said. The Environmental Protection A
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EPA gives Port of Pittsburgh $1.15M for tow boats
PITTSBURGHThe Federal Environmental Protection Agency is giving the Port of Pittsburgh $1.15 to help three companies that use the cities three rivers retrofit four towboats with new diesel engines and generators that will pollute the air less.
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