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Inspiring Eco homes

The Environmental Blog

Electricity through PV (photovoltaic panels) or wind turbines. Greywater collection. While renewable energy sources are not vital for the building’s core materials, they do reduce your reliance on external energy sources. Some renewable sources include: Heating through solar panels. Rainwater harvesting. Composting toilet.

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Sponsored content: Caravan park gets a sewage treatment overhaul

Envirotec Magazine

They installed new toilet and shower blocks, and upgraded several sports pitches to provide mains water, electricity and drainage at each pitch. Blockfree also installed pump chambers to bring all greywater from the serviced pitches to the treatment plant area. The site had previously been running a septic tank with a soaraway.

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Event - Expo 2020 Dubai UAE: Sustainability Pavilions

Green Market Oracle

Solar energy and lots of it: The 1,055 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.