Archive for September, 2011

Turning trash to Treasure – FDR expands it’s succesful composting program in 2011

“An organic food waste composting program was started in conjunction with Happy Lunches (a meal provider on FDR campus) last year. Due to the success of this program, where all organic food scraps are composted, we have added an additional 4 Eco-silos to the FDR campus. Thse Eco-Silos are concrete structures that have the shape [...]

September 13, 2011 · 16gbarre · No Comments
Posted in: Connections to our Facilities, Gardening/Composting, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Fasten Your DreamBelt

In June of 2011 FDR was visited by two young Doumentarians, Will and Emily.  The documentarians had heard about the important environmental work FDR was doing to green it’s campus, reduce plastic pollution, explore green technology with a wind turbine and develop solutions to environmental issues.  So they came here and interviewed students Mateo Llosa, [...]

September 13, 2011 · 16gbarre · No Comments
Posted in: Websites

Wind Turbine Maintenance Plan and Schematics

Every 3 months the following procedure must be performed to maintain optimal performance: Tighten all Bolts to Concrete Clean Base with Soapy Water Tighten Guidelines Every year the following procedure must be performed to maintain optimal performance: Take down Tower Grease Barings Check that all bolts are tight Check blades for cracks After 6 to [...]

September 7, 2011 · 16gbarre · No Comments
Posted in: Wind Turbine