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Completed Projects
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First Energy Forum
-- Jan 23, 2010 Some words about what happened.
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Second Energy Forum, "Save Energy $$$ Now"
-- Oct 2, 2010 More words.
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KSC and co-sponsors presented on October 19, 2011
'Making Home Comfort Affordable in Klamath County' to 101 people at the Klamath County Library.
The centerpiece of the program, Tyra Arraj's DVD "Paying Too Much to Heat Your Home?"
was followed by a panel discussion with local contractors and other experts.
Sponsors for this event included AAUW, AVISTA Utilities, Eco-Solar, the Klamath Basin Home Builders Association,
the Klamath County CofC, the Klamath County Library, KSC, KLCAS, the LWV of Klamath County, OIT/OREC,
the Oregon Human Development Corporation, Pacific Power, SCOEDD, Seasons Change, and SOFCU Community Credit Union.
These books related to home energy efficiency
are available at the Klamath County Library.
Tyra Arraj's video
The video, Paying
Too Much to Heat Your Home? was a joint project of Tyra Arraj (cinematographer, editor, producer), KSC,
and various contractors. This very informative video is available for $10.00, see link above.
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Possible Future Projects
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Storm windows
These are low-cost retrofit storms, with two styles that have already been prototyped:
(a) A transparent style, with a light wood frame, covered on both sides with heat-shrink transparent film.
These are typically left in place through the winter and removed in spring.
(b) An opaque style with better heat retention, made from insulation board covered with cloth. These would typically be
removed every morning and replaced at night -- though this is necessary only for solar heat gain or occupant vision outside.
Both kinds slide into the window opening from inside the house, have pulls at the bottom for easy removal, and would seal
firmly to prevent cold-air convection.
We might partner with a local industry in developing and/or manufacturing these windows.
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"Heater-Helper"
This would be a low-cost window-mounted solar heater. It would hang outside a South-facing window, or rest on the ground and
lean against the bottom of the window opening. It would occupy a few inches of space at the bottom of the window, leaving the rest
clear for vision. It would contain a fan, thermostat, and back-draft damper, so that solar-heated air would move into the room
when the sun shone on the heater, but warm house air would not be cooled at night. It would use only a small amount of electricity,
and the heat it brought in would remain in the room for a few hours after the sun had set.
We might partner with a local industry in developing and/or manufacturing these heaters. There is a potential
to sell them in a wider area than just locally.
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Geo-thermal solar greenhouse
This would be a demonstration project, perhaps in the back yard of one of the members.
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Wind turbine
This also would be a demonstration project -- but who knows where?
Concerning energy projects, contact
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