Sustainable Systems, Year One

Week 8 Reading + Reflection

Lost/Wasted Energy:

  1. Automobiles- about 75% of energy produced is lost
  2. When a stove is cooling down- the heat energy is being lost, not collected
  3. Planes- co2 emission and like automobiles, a large amount of every produced is lost
  4. Power plants- up to 75% of the energy in the fuel at the start of the process
  5. Opening the fridge- loosing heat energy
  6. Leaving chargers plugged in- when you are not charging a devise, leaving plugs in waste energy. it can also ruin your chargers!
  7. Throwing away food- food that has gone bad is usually thrown away and wasted
  8. Leaving tvs plugged in- when the tv is turned off, it is still using energy because it is plugged in
  9. Leaving lights on- wastes energy when leaving lights on and not in the room

Ways of Recapturing Loss of Energy:

  1. Build the perfect automobile that doesn’t lose energy! Or there can be a machine to extract the energy lost from the air and put it in a tank to then be used later on.
  2. Creating machine that is connected to the stove top to collect the heat- some type of wire that will collect it and store energy in a tank under the sink. Then the tank can be hooked up to the house and possibly used for electricity.
  3. Create machine to extract the energy lost from the air and put it in a tank to then be used later on.
  4. Create machine to extract the energy lost from the air and put it in a tank to then be used later on.
  5. Have a machine that can collect the energy when you open it. Or have a lever that realizes when the door open and it turns off the energy so no energy is lost. Food won’t go bad since the door is only opened for a very small period of time.
  6. Create a devise that can be put on the end of the cord and it can collect and store the energy that would usually be lost- Then you can use the devise as a portable charger.
  7. Use old food like fruits and vegetables for compost!
  8. Have a device connected to the tv that stores the energy that would originally be lost.
  9. Turn lights off! Have a device that will collect the energy if someone forgets to turn them off.