http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-40734 Portable Generators for Sale Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:44:08 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/#comment-40734 Great article. Through this information people will know that combining heat and power is true and not a myth. Great article. Through this information people will know that combining heat and power is true and not a myth.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-28137 Portable Generators for Sale Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:44:08 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/#comment-28137 Great article. Through this information people will know that combining heat and power is true and not a myth. Great article. Through this information people will know that combining heat and power is true and not a myth.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-9623 miggs Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/#comment-9623 Combined heat & power doesn't only work in urban areas. In fact, it's usually not used for homes at all. More often, it's used at manufacturing plants, universities, and other energy-gobbling institutions. They build their own CHP plant, which is far more efficient than what they'd get off the grid. And there is a massive opportunity to do more, though regulations tend to get in the way. Full disclosure: I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, which does CHP and waste energy recovery. So I'm not unbiased on this. But the reason I'm involved is the sheer potential: DOE and EPA estimates suggest CHP and waste energy recovery could slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. That's as much as if we removed every passenger vehicle from the road. Meanwhile, costs would fall due to increased efficiency. Combined heat & power doesn’t only work in urban areas. In fact, it’s usually not used for homes at all. More often, it’s used at manufacturing plants, universities, and other energy-gobbling institutions. They build their own CHP plant, which is far more efficient than what they’d get off the grid. And there is a massive opportunity to do more, though regulations tend to get in the way.
Full disclosure: I’m associated with Recycled Energy Development, which does CHP and waste energy recovery. So I’m not unbiased on this. But the reason I’m involved is the sheer potential: DOE and EPA estimates suggest CHP and waste energy recovery could slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. That’s as much as if we removed every passenger vehicle from the road. Meanwhile, costs would fall due to increased efficiency.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-9622 BCC Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:53:39 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/06/combined-heat-and-power-for-the-home-now-a-reality/#comment-9622 <em>Now</em> a reality? This actually has been a reality for awhile now: http://www.freewatt.com/. I installed the "Freewatt Ready" system this year, which is basically a normal high-efficiency boiler, except that it's configured so that I can slap on the generator piece as soon as I have the $ to do so (forecast mid-2010). Now a reality? This actually has been a reality for awhile now: http://www.freewatt.com/.
I installed the “Freewatt Ready” system this year, which is basically a normal high-efficiency boiler, except that it’s configured so that I can slap on the generator piece as soon as I have the $ to do so (forecast mid-2010).

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