Green Machine installed at Atkinson Bldg
December 19, 2011
![TP-11-3245-137 Tom Johnson, left, and Dave Light, researchers with UAF's Alaska Center for Energy and Power, inspect the newly installed "Green Machine" designed to recover waste heat from diesel engines in the Atkinson Building.](http://news.uaf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/TP-11-3245-137-300x200.jpg)
The small engine uses waste heat to generate electricity. Facilities Services staff, including Bill Cox and Chilkoot Ward, assisted ACEP in setting up the system to run for 600 hours at the UAF power plant while they evaluate its effectiveness and efficiency for potential use in rural Alaska power plants. Once the test is complete it will be removed.
For more information contact Tom Johnson at 474-5564 or thjohnson@alaska.edu.