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By: Grant, Jazz, and Victoria
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Our house run’s on Geothermal energy and is located in Puna, Big Island, Hawaii.
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Water seeps into the earths crust to be heated up and boiled by hot lava to later become water vapor. We access the vapor by either drilling a hole where there is a lot of it or from a hot spring. The drilled vapor is then used to spin a turbine, which spins a generator creating electricity.
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1. Does not cost a lot of money after the plant is made. 2. Reduces reliance on fossil fuels 3. No pollution 4. Job creation
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1. Not a widespread source of energy 2. Suited for only particular regions of the nation. 3. They can in extreme cases cause earthquakes from the drilling.
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Uses shipping containers to build house or building. It takes place of the whole structure of the house and out side of the house.
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Help decrease the heat transfer in homes, unlike single pane windows. The separation between the two glasses creates insulation. When cool outside, keep the curtains open. When hot outside, close the shade to cool the house.
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Even in Puna, Hawaii, it still has cold months and hot months. For example: Warmest Months: August and September Coolest Months: January, February, and March
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It is used for lighting the house It replaces the regular light bulb. It uses less energy which in the end saves you money.
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It system that stores and collects rain water. Replaces a good amount of water that you need in your house not all of it but a lot and the rain water is obviously free
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It is a toilet that has 2 buttons to flush. One button uses a very small amount of water and the other one uses less than a regular toilet but more than the first. Usually use the first one if u do #1 and use the 2 nd one for #2.
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If one person, on average, flushes from a regular toilet, about 18 gallons per day. And a second person flushes with a dual flush toilet, that can reduce 80% of the normal flush of a regular toilet. What is gallon amount saved per day from the dual flush rather than a regular toilet? How much water would be flushed daily by it?
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