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Appropriate Technology
Degenerative - Systems that degrade over time or fall apart; ongoing investment.
Ex. Car and all other supporting investments like roads.
Generative - Takes energy to create, eventually degrading but saving
more energy then it took to make over time.
Ex. Tools, solar panels.
Regenerative - Living, evolving things. Takes energy to purchase or support, it can repair itself and procreate.
Ex.A forest, a school of fish, permaculture certificate, knowledge.
Energy Conservation strategies are in the categories of:
Domestic
Hydrological
Biothermal Mass (Including woodlots, Biogas, etc.)
Solar Powered Devices
Wind Powered Devices
A few categories for Technological Strategies
(site specific and only limited by the imagination of the designer):
Climate control
Cooking and cook stoves
Hot water supplies
Efficient Electricity and Lighting
Washing/Drying efficiently/passively
Water conservation
Radiant Heat
Convection Heat (cast iron stoves)
Greenhouse, shadehouse
Trellis, air vents
Solar cooking
Solar ponds
Hydro-electric water
Sun chimneys
Fans
Water catchment
Compost toilet/dual-flushers/hand-basin water to toilet
Water wheels/turbines/rams/pumps
Photovoltaic
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