To Stay Cup of Coffee! What Can I Do To Help the Environment? – Video RGW

How can I help the environment today? RealGreenWorld has Daily Green Tips to help you reduce your carbon footprint. Today we asked Alaina Caudillo from ReDirect Guide Salt Lake What she did today to help the environment. Since we had our meeting about the Live Green! SLC at Sugar House Coffee she pointed out that she had ordered her coffee in a “To Stay Cup.” What is a “To Stay Cup“? It is a cup…yeah thats really it…just a cup! They use a normal cup instead of a cardboard cup, that has to either be recycled or sent to the landfill both of which pollute the environment more than rewashing a cup.

So next time you are somewhere see if you can reduce the amount of waste you produce by using something that can be washed and reused instead of something disposable “To Stay Cup” is a great way to do this.

RealGreenWorld is so grateful to our sponsors Isaiah Industries of Piquah Ohio, Green American Home (distributors of green roofing materials, Building Integrated Photovoltaic, “BIPV“, Building Integrated Solar Thermal, “BIST“, Energy Efficient Ice Dam Solutions, Alpine Snow Guards and Custom Roofing Insulation.) Classic Metal Roofing Systems (Manufacturers of 95% Recycled Aluminum Metal Roofing Shakes and Shingles), Kassel and Irons (Manufacturers of Energy Star Rated Steel Roofing Shake, Shingles and Tile) and Sol-Ice Engineered Systems a Park City Company (manufacturers of Energy Efficient Roof Ice Melt Systems,

Sol-Ice CEO Dennis N. Duce at the Montage Deer Valley

Building Integrated Solar Thermal, “BIST”

Sol-Ice Solar Siding

, PV/T, “PVT“, Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Hybrid, Alpine Snow Guards, Heated Drip Edge.) The products Sol-Ice manufactures are similar to Heat Cable (NuHeat, RayChem, Easy Heat Chromolux) Heated Drip Edge in hydronic and Electric, the hydronic drip edge is not like anything else on the market, the electric heated drip edge is like HotEdge

Sol-Ice SubDynoEdge on Montage Deer Valley

only cleaner looking and since it has less air space it is more energy efficient. Our Building Integrated Solar Thermal is a hydronic or heated liquid glycol solar system like Dawn Solar (“DawnSolar“) our SubSolarThermal “BIST” has 95% less air space so the transfer of heat to the glycol is more efficient.) Our PV/T, PVT or Photovoltaic/Solar thermal Hybrid system is closest to Solar Drum though it can handle being pressurized to 100 psi, it fits inside any type of PV Module to create solar thermal energy from the same place as the electricity. Our Alpine Snow Guards are made from sheet

Sol-Ice DiamondSnowStops

goods our clients tell us what brand of sheet metal they are using and what color and we match it this means if you use Drexel, Fabrel, Sheffield, you will have a perfect match in color fade and warranty. Our roof ice melt systems are building integrated like our SubSolarThermal, and can be bought in hydronic or electric. The Sol-Ice SubDynoMelt (electric heat trace by Chromolux) the system most similar is the TracePro system by Technitrace which is only electric and runs in the wrong direction without a total transfer of heat since the heat pan is only 2 inches wide.) The next closest thing to Sol-Ice products is the ProDynoMelt which is like the Thermal Technologies T-Zone products, both of these are baton roof systems with a heat sink device under the baton. The transfer of heat in the Sol-Ice product is more than twice as efficient and therefore the amount of energy needed to control ice dams is greatly reduced. There are many other products on the market that strive to resolve ice dams they all use between 19.2 Watts per square foot (for the Thermal Tech T-Panel, Disco and Associates Heat Trace System) and 43.2 Watts per square foot for Bylin Engineered Systems Roof Ice Melt or RIM System. There are a few other Building Integrated Ice Melt systems that use an electrical resistance mat the most popular of these are Warmzone and Heatizon. both of these products use 30+ watts per square foot. Our SubDynoMelt system uses 7.5 Watts per square foot and our hydronic ice dam solution uses under 1 watt per square foot (when you convert the cost of the BTU in natural gas back to the equivalent of the electrical energy to do the same things.) Not only is our product the most efficient system on the market it is also less expensive to purchase and install and with an available 25 year full system warranty there is no other company that stands behind their ice dam solution better than Sol-Ice Engineered Systems of Park City Utah.

Check out our sponsors Sol-Ice Engineered Systems a proud Park City Utah Company(Specializing in Building Integrated Solutions like Building Integrated Solar Thermal, BIST,Hydronic Ice Dam Solution, Heated drip edge, like “HotEdge” Heat Cable and Heat Trace Alternatives, PVT, PV/T, Photovoltaic/Solar Thermal Hybrid and custom designed Alpine Snow Guards, Sol-Ice is a one stop shop for all things snow and ice related for your roof.) Isaiah Industries (parent company of GAH, Classic and Kassel and Irons) Kassel and Irons (Manufacturers of Green Metal Roof Shingles and Shakes) Classic Metal Roofing Systems (manufacturers of Aluminum Shakes and Shingle made from recycled pop cans) Green American Homes (Distributors of fine PVT, PV/T, Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Hybrid products, Building Integrated Solar Thermal, BIST, Building Integrated Photovoltaic,BIPV, Specialty roof insulation, metal Roofing and Alpine Snow Guards.)

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RealGreenWorld Talks Restoration and how Saving Embedded Energy Can be Better Than Building Green.

We will be talking with Salt Lake Pediatrician Adam Stevenson and his wife (my cuz!) Chelsea about how they are restoring one of the oldest homes in Centerville Utah to preserve it. Many people think that the best thing to do to reduce your carbon footprint is to buy the “latest/greatest” green gizmo. Many times using something that already exists is much better for the environment. Embedded or Embodied energy is key to this. In order to manufacture anything it take energy.

If something is manufactured today it usually take more energy to produce than it did to make the same thing 100 years ago. Automation makes our lives easier but causes us to use a lot more energy to do what we used to do with our arms and backs. If something was built in 1912 not only did it take less energy to make but it has had one hundred years to amortize the embedded energy so it is often better for the environment. Using up something that is already is usually better than building something new and green.

Check out the other RealGreenWorld episodes.

Episode 1 Good Karma: Local Restaurant Use Farmers Market Video
Episode 2 ArtSpace Commons: Photovoltaic Awnings
Episode 3 Sims Residence: Photovoltaic Roofing
Episode 4 Glover Nursery: Home Garden Photovoltaic System Video
Episode 5 Garbett Homes: Photovoltaic, Thermal, Geothermal Starter Homes – Video
Episode 6 Galloway Residents: Photovoltaic Covered Walkway – Video
Episode 7 Green Roofing with Stands 100 MPH winds in Utah – Video
Episode 8 Fisker Karam Eco Sexy Luxury Electric Car – Video
Episode 9 Hydronic Ice Dam Solution Part One- Video
Episode 10 Hydronic Ice Dam Solution Park Two – Video
Episode 11 Montana Wind Farm Explained – Video
Episode 12 Salt Lake City 5K Race for Racing with Passion – Video
Episode 13 Nissan Versa Eco Cruiser Fun to Drive with Low Carbon Footprint – Video
Episode 14 It’s Not Easy Selling Green – Jeb Blount on Selling Green – Video

Check out our other RealGreenMinute Short shows:

RealGreenMinute 1: Utah Solar Shingles Create Energy and Look Great – Video
RealGreenMinute 2: How to Solve an Ice Dam with a Rubik’s Cube – Video

Check out our other RealGreenQuickies (Videos under one minute long about green products):

RealGreenQuickie 1: Ice Dam Solution Uses up to 1/20th the energy of heat cable – Video
RealGreenQuickie 2: How to get Solar Thermal From a Solar PV Panel – Video
RealGreenQuikie 3: Enviromentaly Friendly Metal Shake Roofing – Video

Check Out Our Daily Green Tips.

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This Weeks Green Guests:

RealGreenWorld wants to thank Sol-Ice Engineered Systems, Your Building Integrated Solution. for making this weeks RealGreenWorld Hydronic Ice Dam Solutions – Video

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Please support those who suport RealGreenWorld. Isaiah Industries The Greenest Roofs Under The Sun. Sol-Ice Engineered Systems, Inc makers of  solar thermal roofing, solar thermal siding, BIPV solar PV Hybrid Systems andthe most energy efficient ice dam solution in the world. We could not have made this weeks episode of RealGreenWorld “Green Roofing Withstands 100 MPH winds in Layton Utah – Video” with out their help.

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