Earth Tools

I had a great response from the students presenting “Making the Human Connection to Thermal Performance of Shelter” to the Tulsa Community College class of Engineering Technology taught by Spenser T. Pulleyking, PhD, BSME, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics & Engineering.
If you are in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, reach out to me if you think your organization would like to hear the presentation.
Attached are some of the student responses.
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Have you ever wondered why utility companies selling a product are offering you incentives on how to use less of their product? I looked into this and found there is a great benefit to the utility company; they get to charge you for their loss of revenues and cost for their programs! (See Attached)

However if the customers implement these saving programs on their own, the utility company cannot charge customer for their savings or implementation. Our utility company referred to these as a “Free Rider”.
So is it “Free Enterprise” or monopoly control?

It’s too bad the gasoline companies didn’t think of this earlier, they could have charge for the gasoline saving from more energy efficient engines just by subsidizing your purchase of a car or for the “lost revenues” from electric cars.

Have you looked into your utility companies “Demand Side Management” programs? Who’s the “demanding side”: consumers? Who’s the “managing side”: a company?
Putting it another way, “Consumer control by a company”! I would prefer to be a “Free Rider” customer than a “Lost revenue” customer. What about you?

Now imagine you live down wind of a data center “…where the heat is returned to the environment.” (The heat is not returned but is greater that what had occurred before, concluding that it is an addition.) or “Of the various cooling strategies to return heat to the environment…that include cooling towers accelerate the rate of heat transfer…” (The faster rate of heat transfer will raise the surrounding temperature and humidity.)?

“Facilities with substantial cooling needs sometimes employ thermal storage.”
August 26, 2025 Source:
www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48646/R48646.2.pdf

Have there been any downwind microclimate before and after temperature and humidity studies of the added “heat returned to the environment” or “…with methods that directly consume water.” created by data center developments?

Data center cooling systems alternative
What if the Data Centers installed a Thermal Storage System?
Do these systems work? See data sheet
Community Advantages:
1. Reduced grid infrastructure needs
2. Lower demand at peak time of day
3. Rate payers are not burden with infrastructure improvements
4. Water requirements can be reduced
Developers Advantages:
1. Lower utility cost
2. Higher efficiency cooling during natural night sky radiation cooling
3. 100% chiller loading run time
4. Unit sizes can be reduced due to partial or full offset of thermal storage system used (ice or 32 degree chill water)
5. Becomes a community partner
Developers Disadvantages:
1. Developer pays full cost of equipment installation
2. Additional space needed for Thermal Storage Units
3. Higher maintenance cost.

This type system could be a requirement for Data Center developments.
Your thoughts are welcome?

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What to do after the freezing weather?
1. LOW WATER PRESSURE-If you find your water flow at your fixtures is low, check your faucet aerators and washing machine screens for debris. As my older brother Peter pointed out, debris from the interior walls of the pipes flakes off as the pipes expand and contract. This material could be rust or deposits from the treated water. This is especially true for hot water lines.
2. HOW TO ADJUST YOUR SEWER CHARGES FOR A BROKEN WATER PIPE-When I perform consumer utility audits, I inform customers they can ask for a sewer credit for water leaks. Sewer bill are usually tied to the volume of water consumption. Your water leaks during this winter may have the effect of increasing your summer billing because usually the summer sewer billing is bracketed to a proportion of the winter billing. Utility companies do this because most of their customers winter water use is going into the sewer system and not outdoors watering lawns and washing cars.
3. HOW DO YOU REQUEST A BILLING ADJUSTMENT?
If you do have a water leak after the freeze, present your repair bill or parts bill to your sewer utility provider and request a sewer charge adjustment for water not requiring the sewer service. Your history consumption/billing will provide a clue to your typical winter usage. It has been my experience that the sewer provider will adjust your charges if you ask for it with a repair receipt.
They may not adjust for a toilet leak as this water did go into their system.
By graphing your water use per day, you can determine your excess use from a leak or from dripping your faucets. A “Share in the Savings” calculation form is in the making.
4. Please pay it forward to friends and family.
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210811-REFRIGERATORS LEARN AND EARN-MAINTAIN TO GAIN-There is another set of refrigeration coils that should be cleaned regularly besides your central compressor cooling coil outside. They are usually found on your kitchen refrigerator and are located near the floor. Air is drawn in below the door at the floor level (coolest air is at the floor) and is discharged in the rear of the unit. This is why there should be at least a 1” air space behind the unit so the hot air can dissipate to the room, similar to your central unit compressor outside.
Using a bottle brush and a vacuum, you can remove the layer of dust that is causing you higher energy use as well as keeping the kitchen cooler.
The before photo shows that there is at least 45% of the coil blocked, i.e. 45% more energy needed. A regularly cleaned coil will make your refrigerator last longer and use less energy. This is especially true if you have pets.
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Recognizing our “Earth Tools”! Place bags of leaves around your exterior faucets to create a dead air pocket will also help keep them from freezing. It is like putting extra socks on your feet!
If the trees do it to protect their water absorbing roots, why wouldn’t we use the same technique? See “Blanket Tree”

Do not block any dryer or other vents as this creates a fire hazard.
Continue use by mixing the leaves in your spring garden compost.

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“To tank or not to tank, that is the cold shower timing question?”
It’s not about how long you use it, it’s more about when you will get to use it. The utility industry refers to this as “DSM” (Demand Side Management) programs!
Define the terms: Demand Side are Consumers, Managers are Suppliers, i.e. supply side control of consumer usage.

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