Author: Jean-Paul
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/01/eco-biofuel-from-bio…

Propel Biofuel Station - South Lake Union, Seattle

I was walking around the South Lake Union area of Seattle when i happened across a pretty little fueling station named Propel. It had a green roof, planters and educational interpretive signs like something you might find at a wetland or bird observation area. It looked more like a grade school garden experiment funded and built by green design architect parents. It changed the way i looked at biofuel and biodiesel stations. I was used to the more home-grown bio-diesel stations you find in Berkeley, or the backyard cookers. The ones that are old, kind of junky and funky, but at the same time give you that community grass-roots-type-action feeling.

Bio Diesel Home Brew

The whole idea of biofuels has been around for a long time, and even the inventor of the diesel engine was a huge proponent of using vegetable oils as a fuel for his engines (peanut oil was considered to be the bio fuel of the future back in the 1900’s - today its…

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Insulated Concrete Forms, most often constructed of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation, are becoming a popular alternative in the northeast as they contribute greatly to an energy efficient, airtight building envelope. Typical insulation values for the ICF forms range from R-17 to R-26, compared to the R-10 (average) required by building codes.

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