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Reading Assignments

Readings

Grinnell Energy Course Feb 2008

The readings listed should be read earlier for discussion on that day.

Monday, Feb 11

• Vaithewswaran – Power to the People pg 19-45 (27 pages)
• Mander – Technologies of Globalization pg 344-359 (16 pages)
• Mollison – Village Power Generation pg 1-14 (14 pages)

Wednesday, Feb 13

• Lovins et al – Natural Capitalism pg 150 – 161 (12 pages)
• Lambert
  • The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, (17 pages, sections 1-8)
  • Entropy pg 1-17 (17 pages)
• Gamble – Basic Energy Definitions, Formulas, Conversions pg 1-5 (5 pages)
• Leckie et al – Other Homes and Garbage pg 35- 39 (5 pages)

Monday, Feb 18

• Lovins et al – Natural Capitalism, Chapter 6 Tunneling Through the Cost Barrier pg 111-124
• Gamble – Living Wisely and Well: Energy pg 1-9 (9 pages)
• Lovins - If it's Not Efficient, It's Not Beautiful, 1 page
• Lovins et al – Natural Capitalism pg 104-107, Appliances (4 pages)
• Mcdonough & Braumgart – Cradle to Cradle pg 62-67, pg 72-81 (Eco-Effectiveness) (16 pages)
• Fishman – How many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World? pg 1-8 (8 pages)
• Mcdonough and Braumgart – Reinventing the world – ecoeffective design pg 1-3 (3 pages)
• Mcdounough and Braumgart - The Next Industrial Revolution, pg 1-7 (7 pages)
• Orr - The Nature of Design excerpt, 1 page

Wednesday, Feb 20

• Perlin – A golden Thread: 2500 years of Solar Technology and Architecture
  • Passive Solar pg 1-7
  • Solar Thermal pg 1-7
  • Photovoltaics (Solar Electric) pg 1-9
• Gamble – Ten Misconceptions About Solar Energy, pg 1-5 (5 pages)
• Gamble – Power your Home with Wind and Sun, pg 1-2 (2 pages)
• Mollison – Village Power Generation pg 15-28 (14 pages)
• Perez & Schwartz – Evergreen Solar, pg 72-77 (6 pages)
• Tonnessen – Solar Hot Water in a Cold Climate (2 pages)
• Leike et all – Other Homes and Garbage, – pg 303-304 (2 pages)
• British Wind Association – Top 10 myths about wind power (1 page)
• British Wind Association – Harnessing the Energy of the Wind (2 pages)
• Leike et al – Other Homes and Garbage – pg 44-49 (6 pages)
• Iowa Association of Municipal Utilites – Transforming Wind Power (1 page)
• Winnie Red Rocker – Here’s how I built a Wind Generator (6 pages)
• Iowa DNR – Hydro Energy
• Leike et al – Other Homes and Garbage pg 75-91
• Schepp – Nectar of the Future 1 page
• Thicke – Think Past Biofuels to Solar, Wind, Plug-In Hybrids 1 page
• Poulain – Jean Pain: France’s King of Green Gold pg 1-5 (5 pages)
• U of Florida – Waste Digester Design, Student Project pg 1-3
• Thermolectric module – pg 1-2
• SEE ALSO http://www.varmaraf.is/engl/ta.htm

Draft Due for Article Review, Web Research Report Due

Saturday, Feb 23

Field Trip:

• CERA, IAMU in Ankeny, Tom Hurd Architect in Mason City, Top of Iowa Wind Farm

Monday, Feb 25

• Lovins – Natural Capitalism, pg 82-110 (chapter 5, Building Blocks 29 pages)
• Gamble – Living Wisely and Well: Home Heating and Cooling pg 1-4 (4 pages)
• Lovins – Super-Efficient Passive Building Frontier pg 79-81 (3 pages)
• Rocky Mountain Institue – Home Energy Brief – Lighting, pg 1-4 (4 pages)
• Terneoy – Not Your Father’s Daylighting pg 1-4 (4 pages)
• Muhns – Hybrid Solar Lighting, pg 1-4 (4 pages)
• Coleman – Four Season Harvest, excerpt 2 pages
• Mckibben – A Grand Experiment – Eating Locally 4 pages
• Coleman – Four Season Harvest video – on reserve in library, 30 minutes
• Smithson, SUV vs PV, 1 page
• Schepp, Enablng Clean Power, 1 page

Take Home Exam #1 Due

Wednesday, Feb 27

• Gamble, Design for the Future. 7 pages
• Kunstler, The City in Mind, pg 1-3
• Columbo, Ecofriendly Valley is Model for Europe, 2 pages
• Register - Ecocities, pg 172-185
• Register - Ecocities, pg 134-171
• Mckibben – Curitiba, pg 1-4
• Walljasper – New Lessons from the Old World, pg 1-7
• Sidoti – Utility Offers to Buy Tiny Ohio Town, 1 pg
• Ocegueda, The 10 Perfectly Perverse Incentives (cartoon), 2 pages
• (Lovins, Twenty Hydrogen Myths, pg 4-8
• State Energy Resource Center – Renewable Energy Incentives, 6 pages
• The Community Solution – Cuba, Life after Oil pg 1-8
  Group Project Wiki Due

Monday, March 3

• Bess, Light Green Utopia, pg
• Danish Island
• Navarre, 2 pages
• Van Jones clip on Youtube

Article Review Final Draft Due, Radio Project Due This Week

Wednesday March 5

Project Presentations, Celebration
Final Presentations Due, Individual Projects Due, Take Home Exam #2 Due

Now your learning can start......