How distribution and industrialists seek maximum profitability at the expense of consumers. The Great Bluff of household appliances! Extracts from special envoy of February 2010. Find out more: - Are we in a disposable society? - Industrial obsolescence, the story of a deception: facts and debate - Full report on the Great Bluff of household appliances […]
Month: July 2010
Documentary: RAS Nuclear, nothing to report
Nuclear SAR documentary, nothing to report, EDF and nuclear subcontracting! Documentary broadcast on Arte in May 2009 Nuclear workers come out of the shadows to paint a worrying picture of their working and safety conditions. An exemplary survey. They are called "jumpers", they are responsible for entering the steam generator […]
Download: Live, thrive, consume! The video
Live, prosper, consume…! A squeaky analysis of changing consumer behavior. Aired on June 28 on Arte. In modern consumer society, new and beautiful are no longer enough: you have to own (sometimes in several copies) the latest and most efficient products. Purchases are no longer intended to meet […]
Earthship in video: autonomous house of recycled materials
Video presentation of the "Earthship" houses According to Ekopedia: "The Earthships are houses invented by the American architect Mickael Reynolds in the 70s with the prospect of creating totally autonomous houses at a lower cost. To achieve his objectives, Mickael Reynolds relied on: - the recovery of materials (used tires, […]
Download: links between pollution, hospitalizations and mortality
Short-term links between mortality and hospital admissions and air pollution levels in nine French cities Weekly epidemiological bulletin (02/2009). Summary In France, changes in the levels and chemical composition of urban air pollution, as well as the generalization of the measurement of particulate pollution indicators (PM10) has […]
Download: Green house with positive energy and eco-climatic habitat
Green houses with positive energy in France, an event not to be missed? Research thesis at the end of studies M2irt 2009, by Marion Lepage. .pdf of 30 pages Introduction and definitions What if my house produced more energy than it consumes, while preserving Nature? Here is the concept of the “green house […]
Download: Renewable energy and electricity, orders of magnitude and technologies
Renewable energy resources and electrical solutions .pdf of 58 pages. by Bernard Multon, ENS Cachan. Energy summary pdf that presents a comprehensive approach to humanity's energy needs and resources. Fossil, non-renewable energies, renewable solutions, order of magnitude of radiation from the Sun and the Earth… Each year, nature delivers to […]
Download: Eoltec Scirocco Wind Turbine
Presentation of the wind turbine for individuals from Eoltec, a French company Find out more: forum wind and renewable energies Download the file (a Newsletter subscription may be required): Eolec Eolec Scirocco
Download: Electric motors: operation and technologies
Presentation of the different technologies of electric motors used by industry and for domestic use at home .pdf of 41 pages. Approached technologies: Single-phase asynchronous motors: with phase shift rings, with starting capacitor Motors with mechanical collectors: magnet excitation, wound excitation Synchronous machines: separate excitation, with fixed frequency magnets, step by step […]
Download: Solar Photovoltaic: Definition of MPPT
Definition and explanations on the MPPT: Maximum Power Point Tracking It is an electronic assembly at the level of the regulator which makes it possible to extract the maximum energy from a photovoltaic solar installation. If your PV installer does not know this definition: run away! Find out more: forum photovoltaic solar electricity Download the file (a newsletter subscription can […]