Manufacturers of cooking equipment are putting more of this in to their equipment.
100
This is s series of activities by which discarded materials are collected, sorted, processed and converted into raw materials and used in the production of new products.
What is recycling?
100
Computerized lighting controls and dimming systems, timers and motion detectors and skylights.
What are examples of ways to conserve energy?
100
This is the abbreviation for municipal solid waste.
What is MSW?
100
This is another name for styrofoam.
What is polystyrene?
200
What are radiant heat barriers?
These materials can be installed in attics or on the undersides of roofs to help to help reduce summer heat gain and winter heat loss. They also help to reduce heating and cooling costs.
200
This helps to conserve natural resources and reduces the quantity of wastes.
What is recycling?
200
This involves a check to make sure that equipment is heating and cooking to the temperature that you believe it is.
What is "calibrating equipment"?
200
Food scraps, packages and containers, yard trimmings and old tires.
What are examples of solid waste?
200
This is the biological decomposition of organic materials by microorganisms.
What is composting?
300
What is HVAC?
This is the standard abbreviation for heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
300
This type of heater can be used to heat water on demand.
What is a gas booster?
300
This type of range is most energy efficient and does not require preheating.
What is an "open top" or "open burner: range"?
300
This includes the comlimentary use of a variet of waste management practices.
What is an Integrated Solid waste Management System?
300
This is a systematic way to identify waste reduction opportunities.
What is a Facility waste Assessment?
400
What are economized cycle systems?
This type of ventilation system uses outside air when its cool versus refrigerated air.
400
Putting hazardous materials down the darin will cause contamination of this.
What is ground water?
400
By doing this to a pan that is cooking on top of the stove, one can conserve energy and decrease cooking time.
What is "covering the pan"?
400
This refers to the design and manufacturing of products and packaging with minimal toxic content and minimal volume of materials.
What is source reduction?
400
This is a systematic way of collecting, sorting and weighing waste.
What is a Water Stream Analysis?
500
This includes the routine maintenance and cleaning of equipment as well as periodic equipment inspections.
What is preventive maintenance?
500
More of these are created when wastes are recycled.
What are jobs?
500
This involves the development of an energy conservation planincluding specific goals and strategies.
What is an energy management program?
500
This is the least favorable alternative for the disposalof solid wastes.
What is "land filling"?
500
This is a method used to determine the amounts and types of wastes produced by a specific location on a food service operation.