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Rejuvenation – Step 3: Sustainable Water and Electricity

Written by  Sarah Perkins
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In Step 2 of Rejuvenation, we discussed how there is a sustainable alternative to the way we live, and how it’s possible and achievable now, with the first two basic systems of life: shelter and food.  In this section, we’ll outline the next two basic systems of life: water and electricity.

Water: Self-heating and cooling buildings not only lend themselves to sustainable homes and greenhouses, but solar water distilleries that convert agricultural levels of seawater into safe-water, with little more than the power of the Sun and the C.O.R.E. Technology's basic utilization of thermodynamics.

In a time when the Earth’s water is over polluted, over diverted, and poorly managed, there is a growing populace in need of practical and affordable solutions for safe, clean, drinking water.

C.O.R.E. Distilleries convert agricultural levels of seawater into safe-water, at a fraction of the cost and without multi-billion dollar reverse osmosis and nuclear power plants needed with traditional distilleries.

Electricity: Biogas digesters take organic matter – such as manure, kitchen scraps, butchery refuse, and farming chaff – and through anaerobic digestion, converts the organic matter into nutrient rich, safe fertilizer; and usable methane gas.

By harvesting the methane gas, which bubbles effortlessly to the top, and passing it through a gas generator, electricity is produced.  For anaerobic digesters, approximately 40% of the produced electricity goes back into heating the digester.  For a working example of this system, read Free Electricity!

With self-heating C.O.R.E. Digesters, the efficiency of converting organic matter into an abundant source of electricity is greatly increased; offering free electricity and nutrient rich fertilizer to your local community.

For a visual example of how the C.O.R.E. Technology provides a sustainable means for the four basic systems of life, watch our 7 min video on YouTube, and join me next time for the final installment of Rejuvenation: practical solutions to sustainability and beyond.

Last modified on Friday, 30 July 2010 09:54
Sarah Perkins

Sarah Perkins

Sarah Perkins, a sustainability engineer, spends her time educating construction professionals on the social and economic benefits of understanding and implementing sustainable building techniques.  She’s studied in Denmark with leading sustainability experts, investigating functioning methods for sustainable living, including: passive and active solar technologies, wind turbines, biogas digestion, humanure utilization, greywater restoration, and much more.  Her knowledge and experience in the field led to her position as Construction Manager for the Cliff Village Greenhouse Project, in which Sarah and co-inventor Joe Blundell built the first prototype for a self-heating greenhouse.  This initial prototype, which was later developed into the C.O.R.E. Building Technology, melded together Sarah’s construction and management skills in communication, engineering, and design, with her agriculture skills in organic farming, humanure composting, and edible landscaping.  After further design development, Sarah founded Sustainable Living Systems, Inc., a green-construction and design firm offering The C.O.R.E. Home

Website: www.thecorehome.com/

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