Thursday, April 06, 2006

World’s Largest Laundromat uses Solar Hot Water

On the roof there are 36 solar hot water panels. Inside are a 157 washing machines and 145 dryers.

These panels, installed by Solar Service, save the laundry, in Berwyn, Chicago “about $2,000 a month."
++Read more from the article in the Chicago Tribune.

Largest Solar Kitchen?

This is at the Academy for a Better World on Mount Abu,1,300 metres above sea level, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The solar reflectors “produce steam which is used to cook vegetables and rice for up to 18 000 people.”
See pictures HERE
A combined project of the ::Brahma Kumaris India, and ::Solare-Bruecke, Germany (amongst others).

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