LinkNotes: asphalt

2008-03-10

Solar Collecting Roads

clipped from www.ecogeek.org

Solar Collecting Roads Heat Buildings in Denmark

clipped from www.ooms.nl

Ooms Nederland Holding is one of the most innovative
contractors in Dutch building industry. Making a good and cost-effective
product even better is the aim of the Research & Development
department.

clipped from www.ooms.nl

How it works
Road Energy Systems^® consists of a layer of asphalt concrete that
has a closed system of pipes running through it. The pipes are connected
to underground aquifers (water-bearing sand). In summer the sun heats
the asphalt concrete pavement, which in turn raises the temperature of
the water in the pipes. The water is then transported to the heat source
area, where it is stored for several months.

clipped from www.happynews.com

2008-01-06

New Energy Uses for Asphalt

Dutch company uses asphalt to capture solar energy

(AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski) :: A model of a lattice work of flexible plastic pipes, held firmly in place by a plastic grid, covered over by asphalt, which magnifies the sun's thermal power, is shown at Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV in Scharwoude, northern Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007. The pipe-work by Dutch civil engineering firm Ooms, is claimed to be capable of siphoning the warmth from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.

SCHARWOUDE, Netherlands (AP) [...] A Dutch company is now siphoning heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.
[...]
Solar energy collected from a 200-yard stretch of road and a small parking lot helps heat a 70-unit four-story apartment building in the northern village of Avenhorn.
[...]
"The prospect of relying on the sun for all our power demands is finally becoming realistic," says report in New Scientist.

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2008-03-10

Solar Collecting Roads

2008-01-06

New Energy Uses for Asphalt

Dutch company uses asphalt to capture solar energy

The Associated Press: New Energy Uses for Asphalt