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The E-Base Goes Live

The E-Base Goes Live

For the ‘E-Base Goes Live’ project, Robert will be living at the E-Base for two weeks, relying completely on renewable energy. Using the latest in satellite, internet and digital media technologies, he will be sharing his message on renewable energy and climate change with an international audience.

Throughout the project, live text and video conference links with schools and organizations will allow Robert to showcase alternative energy sources in one of the harshest environments on the planet.

E-Base Location

The E-Base is located at Bellingshausen Station, a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbor on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands, located at 62°12’S, 58°58’W.

A Sustainable Base for the Future

The E-Base is a sustainable green building, constructed from carefully selected post-consumer recycled materials.

One cornerstone of sustainable design is to retain as many resources as possible within a community. However, as there are no building materials produced in Antarctica, the decision was made to use sustainable building materials, such as structurally insulated panels from WinterPanel, 100 percent post consumer recycled rubber interior flooring from EcoSurfaces and an energy star watertight blanket with low VOCs for the roof and siding from Metacrylics.

http://ebase.2041.com/

Tim McCormack and Robert Mechielsen run you through a smorgasbord of new and exciting green technologies, and interviews with the very people that make it all work.  Immerse yourself into the latest green ideas, practical solutions, and investment strategies that will turn the Global Warming affect around.  Watch how it all gets done!    

www.greentech.fm

 The Celsias Show with Doug Snodgrass

Date: Live Every Tuesday beginning March 11, 2008
Time: 11 PM Eastern time / 8 PM Pacific time (U.S.)
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=13434&cmd=tc

http://www.celsias.com/category/the-celsias-show

Solar Tracking Skylights, Inc. 

Solar Tracking Skylights, Inc. offers patented skylight products and technologies that track the sun throughout the day to capture more of the sun's usable light. By reflecting light that would otherwise be lost when the sun is low in the horizon early and late in the day and throughout the day during winter months, Solar Tracking Skylight products produce greater light levels for a longer duration than any conventional skylight.

www.solar-track.com

Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste. By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation

Coal Burning

http://styrohomenews.blogspot.com

+ or - Zero Energy House

http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

There is a new breed of building systems emerging on the scene. Similar to Sip's and Icf's but without all the FAT. EPS Foam Composite Panels seen to fit the bill, Produced locally and lightweight, so that only modest equipment is required to handle/install them.

View a collection of companies producing these systems today at http://ergodesk.blogspot.com