David Borton and Marley with Solar Home
Harriet with control panels for photovoltaic array
In the sunshine,
the electric meter turns backwards!
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David Borton and Marley with Solar Home
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Harriet with control panels for photovoltaic array |
| Phone: | (518) 272-7863 |
| FAX: | (518) 270-5204 |
| email: | bortond@rpi.edu |
Earth In Mind
David Orr, Island Press, 1994
Essays on education, environmental education, our environment and where our
current course is leading us.
Beyond the Limits
Donella Meadows et al, Chelsea Green, 1992
An overview of the natural and environmental inputs to economies with a simple
illustrative mathematical model.
The Challenge of Global Warming
Dean Abrahamson, ed., Island Press, 1989
Climate is changing; humans are responsible for at least part of it;
the time for action and an energy policy is now.
Vital Signs
Lester Brown et al, Worldwatch Institute, 1992-1995
Get an idea of some of the massive changes in 50 years that we don't notice
from day to day.
Renewable Energy
Johansson et al editors, Island Press, 1993
Big, 1160 pages, fairly accurate, fairly comprehensive broad overview of
renewable energy sources.
Paradise for Sale
Carl McDaniel and John Gowdy, U. California Press, 2000
This easy reading
book uses the island of Nauru as a parable of our current environmental
situation.
RPI Photovoltaic Tracking Solar Collector
RPI Wind Energy Facility
Crest Guide to
Alternative Energy Resources on the Internet
EcoNet
American Solar Energy Society
EREN: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Network
School of Engineering/ Dept of Mech-Eng/