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Green/Sustainable Features of the EcoLodge

*Passive solar attributes include a shading system that reduces heat gain in the summer

*Gray water irrigation system diverts water from shower and sinks to holding tank that is filtered and used to water exterior landscape

*Use a minimum of 76% recycled steel

*Solar radiant heating, all three floors

*Solar generated electricity from two photovoltaic panels that track the movement of the sun

*Green house to supply fresh food, powered by solar and grey water irrigation

*Internal/central humidifier: three story water wall that will slowly trickle fresh water down a porous glass surface to humidify dry desert air

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The first use of gas energy in the United States occurred in 1816, when gaslights illuminated the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.

A shotgun's gauge (EG a 12 gauge shotgun) is the number of spherical lead balls, of diameters equal to the inside diameter of the barrel, that are required to total one pound of lead. A 12 gauge shotgun has an inside diameter the same size as a sphere made from one-twelfth of a pound of lead.

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