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  Advice given by SerpaDesigns 

  04.23.08 | 01:51 PM

  Don't worry about getting tenants to join voluntarily, just make your case to the landlords and the tenants' ideals will follow suit.

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  Advice given by SerpaDesigns 

  04.21.08 | 09:11 PM

  Perhaps the composting could be done off-site because of the smell. Hydrogen generation from excess wind electricity is a great idea. Although hydrogen is combustible with concentrations between 4-74% so leakage could be a problem.

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  Advice given by Eugc_ 

  02.29.08 | 07:05 PM

  Special permits and adequate space requirements(away from occupied buildings) are needed for wind generation equipment...Been thru the Energy Management program here at Lane CC in Eugene Orgeon. Like the other Ideas though..!.

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  Advice given by Eugc_ 

  02.29.08 | 07:00 PM

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  Advice given by djuoh 

  02.29.08 | 08:09 AM

  I think your cost calculations are a bit off. 10K plus the tax incentive will buy you some enery efficient light bulbs and fixtures, maybe even installed. Unless you can get the equipment and labor donated, this just becomes an idea in the making. Good luck and I hope you prove me wrong with an economical model for everyone to follow. There are a lot of examples out there, but I think the biggest challenge is the money issue

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  Advice given by lindav 

  02.23.08 | 11:00 PM

  You could consider providing NetGreen carbon offsets for your tenants both to cover their driving emissions and emissions from heating the building. This supports wind turbines on family farms and methane digestors on dairy farms. These projects are evaluated to provide efficient reductions of CO2 cost-effectively. There are some carbon offset projects that have been effective through multifamily weatherization so this would probably be a better use of the money to reduce CO2.

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  Advice given by inventorspot 

  02.23.08 | 10:19 PM

  I think it would be important to focus on one thing you could implement that would be a small effort but big impact and try to enact that throughout the whole city, building by building, rather than try to make a model building.
  
  The leverage you get from figuring something that will work and then juust executing it, you would have higher impact for the work rather than having to learn and do everything for the first time and spending your resources that way.
  
  Good luck
  
  Michelle
  InventorSpot.com -Resource for the Inventor in All of Us
  
  
  

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  Advice given by km000243027 

  01.23.08 | 11:46 AM

  The thing about this is that these ideas and ideals are already being implemented. The market is there for it to. It is all about who, what, where, and why. If you could establish programmatic ideas that go about putting these things into effect whether that be by example or by original thoughts one may have, you could actually help by funding charities/organizations that are geared towards these ideas. Also, you can meet with property owners and develop plans that will take advantage of these things as well. Architects are always trying to find sustainable ways of handling things, the only problem is the high initial cost that it takes to bring them into resolution.

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• Q1: How do you create incentives for tenants to comply with things that would be required of them? Do you have ideas on the largest issues at stake here: Containing "smell" of decomposition and safely storing Hydrogen and Methane? (2) Respond

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  Advice given by kemperbark 

  11.01.07 | 11:58 PM

  There's enough eco minded people out there today that you could market towards them. They would be more than happy to comply without any added incentives. One thing you might look into is a new wind generator called a Windbelt. It bypasses the standard mechanical problems with turbines and can be built very inexpensively. You can learn more by viewing this video:
  
  <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4224763.html">Windbelt Video</a>

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  Advice given by ErickB 

  02.24.08 | 01:02 PM

  I would think that the best model is one that doesn't require tenants to change their behavior very much at all. Making it a no-brainer for the apartment building owner is the key...i.e. showing them how the changes you can help implement will actually help them save money. Also, I'd suggest looking at the work of Bill McDonough. If you're not already familiar with him, he's very inspirational.

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