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Acid-Catalyzed Preparation of Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oil: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory
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Bladt, Don; Murray, Steve; Gitch, Brittany; Trout, Haylee; Liberko, Charles – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
This undergraduate organic laboratory exercise involves the sulfuric acid-catalyzed conversion of waste vegetable oil into biodiesel. The acid-catalyzed method, although inherently slower than the base-catalyzed methods, does not suffer from the loss of product or the creation of emulsion producing soap that plagues the base-catalyzed methods when…
Descriptors: Fuels, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Undergraduate Students
Look beyond the Obvious Energy Savers to Conserve School Dollars.
Wisniewski, Adrian T. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, school system's energy conservation project that insulated utility tunnels and pipes in two schools. Energy savings will pay back the insulation cost in less than two years. (MD)
Descriptors: Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation, Facility Improvement
Marketing Conservation.
Ellis, William B. – School Business Affairs, 1987
In 1986, Northeast Utilities began helping shool administrators combat school building energy wastage through a program called Energy Alliance. The typical school can reduce its energy bill by 30 percent by adopting a wide range of conservation measures, including cogeneration, relamping, and energy audits. (MLH)
Descriptors: Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Audits, Energy Conservation
How to Cut Costs by Saving School Bus Fuel.
Seiff, Hank – 1984
A program started in Washington County, Maryland in 1980 has been successful in saving school bus fuel and bringing down transportation costs incurred by its fleet of 200 buses. Driver training and motivation, as well as a partial transfer to diesel buses, are at the heart of the program. The drivers are taught five fuel saving techniques: cut…
Descriptors: Diesel Engines, Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation
Computerized Fleet Maintenance.
Cataldo, John J. – School Business Affairs, 1985
The Computerized Fleet Maintenance (CFM) program of a New York school district has major component areas of garage operation, vehicle replacement, and fuel consumption. CFM detects high expenditures and provides the rationale for bus replacement. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Maintenance
Saving Green on Energy Costs
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Tacke, Diane L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2006
In recent years, colleges and universities have begun efforts to reduce their energy costs, an initiative that can not only save an institution money, but also strengthen relationships across campus. Board leadership has been central to this endeavor in setting goals, prioritizing projects, and financing those projects. Using her experiences with…
Descriptors: Costs, Energy, Energy Management, Energy Conservation
1985 Winners of the Cost Reduction Incentive Awards. Tenth Anniversary.
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1985
Fifty-two cost reduction efforts on college and university campuses are described, as part of the Cost Reduction Incentive Awards Program sponsored by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the United States Steel Foundation. The incentive program is designed to stimulate cost-effective ideas and awareness of the…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Campus Planning, Change Strategies, College Administration