Sustainability

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Above Windy Acres was featured in an article by Viridian Energy, please take the time to read.

Clean Renewable Wind Power

We are happy to announce that phase I of our Wind Turbine project is completed and producing power! The 20 kw Jacobs is a welcomed sight, helping offset 1/2 our electrical needs, and producing clean renewable energy! See how you can make a  clean green energy choice and help our ourenviroment!

Here at Windy Acres, we strive for efficiency, and when we had the opportunity to pursue alternative energies as a fuel source, we naturally looked to the wind.  When the winds are over eight mph we begin to produce power! You now have a opportunity to purchase clean renewable energy, with the deregulation of electric in New Jersey, you now can choose where and how your energy is produced! Windy Acres has made that choice, we are a 100% Wind Powered company. What energy we do not produce we buy from a wind generated company , you can too just follow the link below. You too can save money and secure our future energy needs, help make a difference today!

 

 http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/electricity/index.cfm/mytopic=10400

 

 

 

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Enviromental Computer Controls

We use a enviromental computer which controls the heating and cooling systems to stage each level of heating or cooling to utilize our electric efficiently.

Recycling Our Water

One third of our water useage is recycled. We use a trough system that allows us to sub irrigate the pot and recapure the run off and decrease our consumption of water. It is collected an stored in tanks like this.

Here are Cyclamen which are grown on our trough sub irragation system. 100% of the water used on these throughs is captured and reused. Also our computer system turns these benches on when they need to be watered.

Here is the gutter that collects all the excess water and brings it back to the tank.

Conserving Heat

In this photo the Curtain is being used for shade, but during the nights in the winter months they close to "lower the ceiling" if you will to save on heat. Also in this section we use radiant heat to warm the floor.

 

We heat the soil of the plants by using radiant heat, these tube carry warm water through them to heat the soil, there for allowing us to hold slightly cooler air temperatures, to reduce energy usage.