The Victoria General Hospital made excellent use of their solar hot water system this summer. According to the SunReports renewable energy monitor that was installed on the system, the performance for July 3 shows a production of 583.79 Kilowatt hours (kWhs). This translates into an energy savings big enough to power 23 homes for a day, or a small subdivision, with the average 3 bedroom home using 25 KWhs. This was the average daily savings for the hospital in July!

We often think of garbage and waste as synonyms, but why does this have to be? “Waste” is often thought of as something that is useless, but perhaps we should be seeing garbage more as a resource? There are a number of good arguments to be made for thinking in this manner.  In addition to the obvious environmental concerns and costs associated with disposal of any kind of waste, but there's also a massive lost economic opportunity if we don't.  Let's look at a few examples of Bio Waste streams and how they are being used all over the world.