Wednesday Words
July 15, 2009
Eco-hypocrite | you are one if you want want to be green and reduce your carbon footprint, but aren’t quite ready to give up luxuries and truly realize how lifestyle choices contribute to climate change
Wednesday Words
July 8, 2009
Plug load analysis | method of understanding the energy needs of an individual, family or group; an essential part of selecting, sizing, and designing an appropriate renewable energy system for a building
Wednesday Words
July 1, 2009
Canadian | Hey. I’m not a lumberjack, or a fur trader. And I don’t live in an igloo, or eat blubber, or own a dogsled. And I don’t know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I’m certain they’re really, really nice. I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it ‘about’ not ‘a boot’. I can proudly sew my country’s flag on my backpack. I believe in peace keeping, not policing. Diversity, not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch and it is pronounced ‘zed’ not ‘zee’. Canada is the second largest land mass, the first nation of hockey and the best part of North America.
Wednesday Words
June 24, 2009
Step-up gearbox | increases turbine electricity production in stages by increasing the number of generator revolutions produced by the rotor revolutions
Wednesday Words
June 17, 2009
Green credit | A new way to purchase renewable electric generation that divides the generation into two separate products: the commodity energy and the renewable attributes
Wednesday Words
June 10, 2009
WECS | Wind Energy Conversion System converts wind energy to mechanical energy, making it available for powering machinery and operating electrical generators
Wednesday Words
June 3, 2009
Anemometer | wind speed is usually measured using a cup anemometer, a device that has a vertical axis and three cups which capture the wind to record the number of revolutions per minute
Wednesday Words
May 27, 2009
N0x | potent greenhouse gas which has a large number of natural sources and is a secondary product of the burning of organic material and fossil fuels
Wednesday Words
May 20, 2009
VOCs | gases and vapours, such as benzene, released by petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, plastics manufacturing and the distribution and use of gasoline; VOCs include carcinogens and chemicals that react with sunlight and nitrogen oxides to form ground-level ozone, a component of smog
Wednesday Words
May 13, 2009
Annulus | space between two concentric lengths of pipe or between pipe and the hole in which it is located
