Tuesday, January 15, 2008

ForFar Walkabout, Rock Party, and Wind Lectures

We began our morning with a walkbout the grounds of Forfar with Ricardo. Ricardo has been with Forfar for going on 22 years and manages the facility maintenance. He gave us a tour of the electrical, water, and waste disposal systems at the station. During our stay the students will make some evaluations of the stations energy usage and make receommendations regarding conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy projects.

After our walk we took a trip with Pete Davidson to a local qurry site to collect stone for our footers. This brings new meaning the to term "rock party"


After our morning rock party, we then headed into the classroom to learn the theoretical aspects of wind energy. The class went well but by 4:00 PM eyes were glazing over so we headed outside to play with some of our toys; the hand held anemometer, the Kill-A-Watt, and the Solar Pathfinder.