Renewable Energy
Solar-powered desalination plants use the sun’s energy to take which shakable mineral you might keep on your kitchen table out of ocean water, thereby making it safe to drink?
Salt
Car “go-go juice” used to contain tetraethyl lead—until we realized it was a health and environmental hazard. Today, you’re filling up at the pump with the unleaded variety of what liquid?
Gasoline
Nest and Ecobee are examples of smart versions of what temperature equipment, that can adjust temperature to not just be more comfortable, but also more efficient for the environment?
Thermostat
In a 2012 speech, Barack Obama compared Boulder City's Copper Mountain Solar Facility to what ginormous hydroelectric piece of infrastructure straddling the Arizona-Nevada border?
Hoover Dam
What place does Clayton County rank in production of solar energy per capita?
10th
What term is used for a renewable energy resource that comes from organic matter (for example, wood and manure)?
Biomass
Who is the world leader of known coal reserves?
USA
CFLs use far less energy than conventional lightbulbs. The F and L stand for "fluorescent" and "lightbulb." What does the C stand for?
Compact
In 1954, Bell Labs showcased the potential of the first silicon solar cell by making it turn a toy Ferris wheel. That display may or may not have impressed which scientist who used his earnings from inventing the telephone to get the labs up and running?
Alexander Graham Bell
What is energy burden?
Energy Burden = annual utility bills ÷ annual income
An energy burden rate above 6% is considered high
48% of Clayton County residents experience energy burdens higher than 6%
A hydroelectric plant generates electricity from the flow of which natural substance?
Water
Where is crude oil processed, cleaned, and separated into different fuels and products?
Refinery
What kind of door test do energy efficiency experts use to test the sealing efficiency of a home, changing air pressures to see how much air escapes? It’s also the word for a machine gardeners use to loudly and quickly move leaves around.
Blower Door Test
Introduced by Montana Senator James E. Murray, the Resources and Conservation Act of 1959 paved the way for what U.S. government agency to form in 1970?
The Environmental Protection Act
What energy resource does Clayton County have limited access to?
Natural Gas
What kind of energy do wind turbines convert to electrical energy? (Hint: It’s the kind of energy that is created by wind.)
Kinetic
Fuels that were formed millions of years ago from dinosaurs and plants that died and decayed in the soil are called what?
Fossil Fuels
Name two items that seal cracks around windows and doors.
Caulk and weather-stripping
This power plant started operation in New York in 1895, transporting electricity long distance to the city of Buffalo.
Niagara Falls Dam
What is the average cost of an electricity bill in Clayton County, Iowa?
~$162.03
A big part of managing any equipment energy is what machine that starts with a "T", which is designed to be rotated by water, gas, or other fluids?
Turbine
Which nonrenewable resource do we have the largest supply of in the U.S.?
Coal
Commonly used in lightbulbs today due to its energy efficiency, LED is short for what three-word semiconductor light source?
Light-emitting Diode
The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions created by human activity is better known by what two-word term which originated from a concept conceived by environmentalists William E. Rees and Dr. Mathis Wackernagel during the 1990s?
Carbon Footprint
What does an energy district do?
An Energy District is a local institution created to strengthen communities by leading, implementing, and accelerating the locally owned clean energy transition.
Energy districts provide resources that help lower energy costs, improve air quality through reduced reliance on fossil fuels, and retain wealth that coincides with the lower energy costs.