Professor: Energy efficiency needed:
Wes Johnson -- News-Leader.com -- July 15, 2005
Crowder College expert tells task force of huge gains made by Denmark in conserving.
The statistic Art Boyt shared Thursday night was sobering.
During a recent trip to Denmark, Boyt, a Crowder College professor and director of the Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Center, said he took a close look at a large wind-power turbine.
The giant machine generated enough electricity to serve 3,000 Danish homes, a Danish engineer told him.
"He was shocked when I told him it would only serve 1,000 U.S. homes," Boyt said.
The point: Americans can do a lot to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and buildings and still live a comfortable lifestyle...
Crowder College already has built two homes that are powered 100 percent by the sun. Boyt said the MARET center will take that concept even further by developing a retirement community on campus where all the homes and even the cars are powered by the sun.
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