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A 1,100 square foot home (the average size of a house built by Habitat for Humanity) will have an average use of 450 kWh hours per month. A solar panel system of 2.5 kW or larger will offset a minimum of 51% of the home’s electrical energy use, according to online website for Standard Renewable Energy, www.sre3.com. The starting cost estimated by Standard Renewable Energy to install a 2.5 kW system is $10,580.
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5 Master Composter Course for Fall, 2008, City of Coppell, Larry Wilhelm, Instructor, Earthworm Institute, Grapevine, TX.
Reports from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed that the ground water was being contaminated from municipal solid wastes. Northwest Indiana Sustainable Regional Development, Indiana University Northwest, www.iun.edu/~environw/landfills.html.
6 Id. See, Northwest Indiana Sustainable Regional Development, Indiana University Northwest, www.iun.edu/~environw/landfills.html.
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23 Texas Environmental Profiles, www.texasep.org/html/wst/wst_2mtx.html. The most recent statistics were published in the year 2000.
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25 Id.; page 4-5. The study concluded that since plastic was 8.3%, metal was 7.9%, and glass only 4.8% of all municipal waste collected, that recycling programs were focusing on only 21 percent of the problem.
26 Id.
27 Id.
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29 Id.
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33 Earth911.com, http://earth911.com/plastic/plastic-bottles/
34 Id.
35 Id.
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37 Id.
38 Id.
39 Id.
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43 Id.
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45 Plastic Bag Pollution, Sharon Jacobsen (freelance writer), July 21, 2005, http://www.googobits.com/articles/p4-1604-plastic-bag-pollution.html.
46 Id.
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48 Id.
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50 Id.
51 Id.
52 Id.
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54 Id.
55 Id.
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58 Id.
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60 Id.
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62 Id.
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66 Id.
67 Id.
68 Id.
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72 Id.
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76 Id.
77 Duke Engineering News, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, http://prattpress.pratt.duke.edu/duke-ghana.
78 Id.
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80 Duke Engineering News, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, http://prattpress.pratt.duke.edu/duke-ghana.
81 Id.
82 Oregon State University, http://groundwater.oregonstate.edu/protect/fertilizer.
83 Groundwater Quality and the Use of Lawn and Garden Chemicals by Homeowners, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia State University.
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85 U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Solar Technologies Program, www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_physics.html.
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88 Id.
89 Id.
90 Id.
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92 Id.
93 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, Chapter 9, pg. 94, by Dan Ramsey with David Hughes, Alpha Books published by the Penguin Group, 2d, Ed., 2007.
94 Id.
95 Id.
96 Id; page 96.
97 Id; page 106.
98 Id; page 104.
99 Id; page 104.
100 Id; Chapter 14, page 163.
101 Id; Chapter 15, page 176.
102 Id; Chapter 15, page 172-173.
103 U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_how.html.
104 Id.
105 Id.
106 http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps.html#2-6.
107 Rooftop Wind – Determining Your Resource, Small Wind, Advice from an Expert, by Mick Sagrillo, American Wind Energy Association, www.awea.org/smallwind/sagrillo/rooftop_wind_determining_your_resource.html.
108 Id.
109 Id.
110 Frequently Asked Questions, Small Wind Slides, www.awea.org/pubs/documents/swslides/101-7.htm.
111 Id.
112 See The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, Chapter 9, pg. 94, by Dan Ramsey with David Hughes, Alpha Books published by the Penguin Group, 2d Ed.,2007.
113 U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Geothermal Technologies Program, Geothermal Basics, www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/geothermal_basics.html.
114 Id.
115 Id; www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/powerplants.html#drysteam.
116 Id.
117 Id.
118 Id.
119 International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, www.igshpa.okstate.edu/geothermal/geothermal.htm.
120 Id; www.igshpa.okstate.edu/geothermal/residential.htm.
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122 Id.
123 Id.
124 Id.
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130 Id.
131 Worms Eat My Garbage, Chapter 2, pg. 3, by Mary Appelhof, with illustrations by Mary Frances Fenton, Flower Press, 2d Ed., 1997.
132 Id.
133 Id, pg. 4.
134 Master Composter Course for Fall, 2008, City of Coppell, Larry Wilhelm, Instructor, Earthworm Institute, Grapevine, TX.
135 The Rodale Book of Composting, Easy Methods for Every Gardener, Chapter 9, pg. 175, Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, Editors, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1992.
136 Worms Eat My Garbage, Chapter 3, pg. 12, by Mary Appelhof, with illustrations by Mary Frances Fenton, Flower Press, 2d Ed., 1997.
137 Id., pg. 16.
138 Id., pg. 13.
139 Id.
140 The Rodale Book of Composting, Easy Methods for Every Gardener, Chapter 9, pg. 176, Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, Editors, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1992.
141 Environmental Bulletin: Worm Composting, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, GI-219, (rev. 1/04).
142 Id.
143 Id.
144 Id.
145 Id.
146 Master Composter Course for Fall, 2008, City of Coppell, Larry Wilhelm, Instructor, Earthworm Institute, Grapevine, TX.
147 The Rodale Book of Composting, Easy Methods for Every Gardener, Chapter 9, pg. 176, Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, Editors, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1992.
148 Environmental Bulletin: Worm Composting, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, GI-219, (rev. 1/04).
149 Worms Eat My Garbage, Chapter 9, pg. 64, by Mary Appelhof, with illustrations by Mary Frances Fenton, Flower Press, 2d Ed., 1997.
150 Id.; pgs. 62-63.
151 Environmental Bulletin: Worm Composting, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, GI-219, (rev. 1/04).
152 Id.
153 Id.
154 The Rodale Book of Composting, Easy Methods for Every Gardener, Chapter 3, pg. 29, Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, Editors, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1992.
155 Id; chapter 2, pgs. 20-22.
156 Id; chapter 3, pg. 30.
157 Id.
158 Id; pg. 31.
159 Master Composter Training Manual, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Solid Waste Overview, Chapter 2, pg. 19, by Howard Stenn, 1994.
160 Id.
161 Master Composter Course for Fall, 2008, City of Coppell, Larry Wilhelm, Instructor, Earthworm Institute, Grapevine, TX.
162 Master Composter Training Manual, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Solid Waste Overview, Chapter 2, pg. 19, by Howard Stenn, 1994.
163 Id.
164 Id.
165 Master Composter Course for Fall, 2008, City of Coppell, Larry Wilhelm, Instructor, Earthworm Institute, Grapevine, TX.
166 Id.
167 Id.
168 Id.
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