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Water
conserving fixtures
are faucets,
toilets, showers and waterless urinals
that use less water than conventional fixtures. |
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Living Machines®
are ecologically engineered natural
on-site wastewater treatment systems. |
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Photovoltaic panels
produce electricity from sunlight. |
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Whole-building energy analysis uses Department of Energy
software called DOE-2 to compare various HVAC, lighting and building
envelope alternates to a baseline. |
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Geothermal heat pumps use energy from a heat exchanger
in the ground for heating and cooling. |
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Solar hot water systems
use sunlight to heat domestic
water. |
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Rainwater systems collect the rain from building roofs
for use on-site. |
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Biomass uses agricultural crops, landfills or other
biological material as solid, liquid or gas fuels for the production
of heat or electric power. |
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Micro wind turbines, no bigger than a satellite dish,
can be mounted on the roof and link to the grid via a two-way
gate
and meter. |
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Fuel cells convert hydrogen and oxygen into water, and
in the process produce electricity. |
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Daylighting is building, glazing and lighting design
that optimizes natural lighting for a building without overheating
it. |
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Green roofs are shallow covers of living plants growing
in light-weight media on top of conventional roofs. They control
stormwater runoff while cooling and cleaning the air. |
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