Cope Environmental Center
Energy Use Monitioring
This is what we need to do to monitor our power use.
Monitoring Hardware
Whole House
- [EUM-2000]
Energy Monitoring Technologies, Inc. - Miami, FL - http://www.seanadams.com/pge/
MRTG - http://www.micrometer.com/
- http://offog.org/code/electricity.html
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/16/1626241&tid=232&tid=222&tid=126&tid=159&tid=1
- http://www.duncaninstr.com/di-lst.htm
- http://www.powermeterstore.com/
Outlet Devices
- [Kill-a-Watt]
P3 International - New York, NY - [Watt's Up?]
PC interface and logging capability
Electronic Educational Devices, Inc. - Denver, Colorado
Cool Product Sites
http://www.strawsticksandbricks.com/ http://www.thriftyplanet.com/
Home Design Ideas
- [Do-It-Yourself]
Home Energy Online - [[2]]
Landscaping
General Landscaping
kentucky bluegrass-conventional, need lots of water and chemicals to thrive in our area "xeriscaping": landscaping that minimizes water demand -->proper soil prep, drought-tolerant plants, rainwater harvesting, mulching. Costs half as much as standard landscaped yards.
native species: beech tree http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rdsduse/in.htm talk to stephanie about this
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07225.html
http://www.bobvila.com/ArticleLibrary/Subject/Energy_Efficiency/PlantSun.html
Landscaping for Wind
might be a concern for us because we are working with an older and leakier house. could reduce our energy use by 10-40 percent, depending on how windy it is in our area and how much draft gets in. -most effective windbreaks are trees or shrubs with low crowns and dense foliage -where to place them? -page 180 has placement of trees around hypothetical house evergreens for wind, deciduous for sun we want the evergreen upwind from house. rows of trees, one or more The optimum distance for reducing wind velocity is about one to three times tree height. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07225.html
Landscaping for Heating and Cooling
trees can assist in cooling by the shade they produce and by the process of evapotranspiration deciduous treeson east and west sides of the house only in areas that are more than 60 degrees e or w of due south from the house. Don't place on south side where winter sun will be blocked from providing energy (even bare branches can block a lot of sunlight).
what is our "solar window"?-how much sunlight do we get per day based on our placement? http://oikos.com/library/energy_outlet/landscaping.html http://oikos.com/ http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07831.html
we need to think about how much space we have above and below ground for the vegetation to grow--tree roots can be very wide spread
vines on an arbor is another idea that could be cool solar screens awnings
Indigenous Plant Suppliers
Dean Hill, ASLA 9677 Amber Glow Court Fishers, IN 46038 Tel. 317-577-1360 Registered Landscape Architect; services include residential / commercial landscape architecture design and habitat restoration
C. M. Hobbs & Sons, Inc. P.O. Box 31227 Indianapolis, IN 46321-0227 Tel. 317-247-4478 Fax: 317-241-9253 Percentage of product that is native plant material: 15% Product includes trees& shrubs; catalog available
Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse of the Indianapolis Museum of Art 1200 W. 38th Street Indianapolis, IN 46208 Tel. 317-920-2652 Fax: 317-920-2672 retail nursery; native and non-native plants available; many native species may be viewed growing on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Mark M. Holeman, Inc. 7871 Hague Road Indianapolis, IN 46256 Tel. 317-849-3120 Fax: 317-578-0439 mmholeman@aol.com Percentage of product that is native plant material: 20% retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants, native grasses, trees & shrubs;services include residential and commercial landscape design
Marvin's Organic Gardens Main Office: 3989 US Route 42 Lebanon, Ohio 45036Phone:513-398-5753 Fax: 513-398-6015 Garden Center: 2055 US Route 42 Lebanon, OH 45036 Phone: 513-932-3319 http://www.marvinsorganicgardens.com Marvin's Organic Gardens is a full service nursery, landscape design company and garden center located 25 miles north of downtown Cincinnati, in Lebanon, Ohio. Organic, natural and safe gardening practices are the heart of our company. Our goal is to provide plant material that is garden worthy, tough and durable, and not over-used. High percentage of native plant material with some plants available that are not available elsewhere.???
Mary's Plant Farm 2410 Lanes Mill Road Hamilton, OH 45013-9181 Tel. 513-894-0022 Fax: 513-892-2053 sales@Marysplantfarm.com http://www.Marysplantfarm.com/ Percentage of product that is native plant material: 80% retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants, native grasses, trees & shrubs; mail order catalog available
Spence Restoration Nursery
2220 E. Fuson Road
P.O. Box 546
Muncie IN 47308
Tel. 765-286-7154
Fax: 765-286-0264
native@iquest.net
http://www.spencenursery.com
Percentage of product that is native plant material: 100%
wholesale / retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants and native grasses; floral inventories, retention basin / pond planting and design
Springbrook Farms 7300 W. 88th Street Indianapolis, IN 46278 Tel. 317-873-4300 Fax: 317-873-4596 woodland perennial gardens; some native species
Local Food Suppliers
oxford natural foods (on 9th st.)
Elkhorn Farms
6451 Greenmount Pike
Richmond, IN 47374
(765) 966-0097
Nature's Nook 1601 Chester Blvd.
http://www.tpforganics.com/index.htm
Good Earth Natural Foods 6350 Guilford Ave (at Broadripple Ave) Indianapolis
Living Green
http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2005/04/20/recycling_made_simple.html
(information about recycling in Indiana)
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/livinggreen/
(great website with lots of information including info. about green household products such as detergents and cleaning supplies)
Local Furniture Suppliers
Harmon's a-1 Used Appliances & New & Used Furniture
(on W Main between 2nd and 3rd)
http://www.mountainlumber.com/index.html
(not local, but reclaims old wood from buildings)
Gloria's Used Furniture
2440 Lafayette Rd Ste 2
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Salvation Army The Citadel Corp
Po Box 1485
Richmond, IN 47375
Goodwill Industries Of Central In
3791 National Rd E
Richmond, IN 47374
Map of Indiana:
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/NewSite/INDEX/COUNTRIES/US/indiana-map.jpg