Tuesday, 18 November 2008

The Solaris Centre


We went to the Solaris Centre this Thursday :
We learnt that "if everybody in the UK switches their TV off from the mains they could be able to close a nuclear plant for a year" that's a whole lot of energy wasted !
In the solaris centre they use alot of different ways to use less energy so possible,
- in the solaris centre the would use solar panels that give out 18 kw's hours,
- they have underfloor heating,
- also they have double grazing,
- they collect rain water and use it to flush the loo's,
- they had two wind turbines that conduct electric all around the centre,
- the roof was make up a old car tyres ,
- and the building was made by the foundations of the old building,
- the also have masonry cavity wall insulation

random fact; "1 gallon of diesel releases 13 kilos of carbon dioxide which is the same as 2stone of rice"


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