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Whether it's a matter of technology
development and demonstration, or
teaching and training, clearly Salemi's
"team green" is on the move.
Their technology projects to capture
the sun's energy, and to monitor buildings'
and homeowners' energy use will ultimately
feed into novel George Brown software algorithms
for energy conservation and into greener solutions
for the average homeowner or building operator.
Andrew Stewart: There is a big market out
there for all these old dishes and all
this roof space, you know, for, you know, solar power and
because we were able to manufacturer it so
cheaply that, you know, it could be a viable
alternative to use that bit of roof space, use
the parts, the actuators are actually on these
old satellite dishes and a lot of the parts
there and the way they're already
mounted is already set up for you, so you
don't have to add anymore, you just have
to retrofit what you've already got.
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Geodi Noble: From the aspect of seeing
other homes with these dishes and even some
restaurants and different
commercialized facilities with these
satellite dishes that are derelict
they're just sitting there useless. To see
a lot of potential commercializing this
research project, and getting this on top of
those houses, would be a great opportunity, I
think, for this project and for this school.
Leo Salemi: What is involved with this
technology, all of them including myself
really weren't aware of what's happening
with sustainable energy, okay, but after
finishing this project, boy, our eyes are
wide open, and there's a lot of opportunities
out there, so, that's the skill that the
students were able to get out of this
project, and so just being aware of the
technologies now they're looking at new
avenues to explore.
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When principal investigator Leo Salemi says there's more
to come in summer 2010 on his technology projects,
we suspect it's an understatement.
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