PROJECT: My project is to find a way to re-use waste water for improving sustainability. This topic will be narrowed out more based on what I find during my research.
METHOD: To find different ways to use waste water on-site.
1. Can I extract heat from warm waste water and transfer it to incoming water?
2. Can I re-use the waste water to water vegetation?
3. How can I go about implementing an on site treatment facility?
4. Can I use the flow of waste water to generate some electricity?
5. Would an algae pond be an effective method of treating waste water?
SPECIAL PROBLEMS: I would like to find information on similar projects to see what it would cost to implement a system of this type. Or if I could find products and methods that already exist. Also what maintenance issues that would arise.
REFERENCES:
Hitchcock, Darcy E. (2006). The Business Guide to Sustainability.
London; Sterling, VA. Earthscan.
Kincade-Levario, Heather. (2007) Design for Water.
Gabriona, B.C. New Society Publishers.
Harvey, L. (2006). A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District Energy Systems.
London; Sterling, VA. Earthscan.
Smith, Peter F. (2005). Architecture in a Climate of Change.
Oxford, Boston. Elsevier/Architectural Press.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)