From the Los Angeles Times
Green Celebrities
Jay Leno's green garage
100+ cars and still eco-friendly. Take a peek inside and see what keeps Leno so busy with going green.
Los Angeles Times
Car Haven Kind To Environment
By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times staff writer
November 12, 2007
Loving cars and being green don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Following are 10 ways Jay Leno has gone green with his Big Dog Garage in Burbank, Calif., where he houses 150 vehicles in his collection, which runs the gamut from 100-year-old motorcycles and European coupes to 1960s muscle cars and high-performance exotics, such as a McLaren F1.
ΔGeneral Electric solar panels: Leno's 54-kilowatt system powers the lights, tools and air conditioning in his 17,000-square-foot garage, often generating enough extra energy that it feeds back to the grid.
ΔPacWind Delta II wind turbine: A "vertical axis" system, it generates 10 kilowatts of electrical power from wind energy.
ΔWalter Surface Technologies Bio-Circle parts washer: Microbes consume oils and grease and excrete water and carbon dioxide.
ΔOmegasonics parts cleaning tank: Non-toxic ultrasonic cleaning bubbles find and remove heavy grease and microscopic particles.
ΔMX Factor industrial canister exchange system: Replaces aerosol cans with refillable canisters of brake cleaner and cleansers.
ΔA.O. Smith Vertex water heater: The helical coil heat exchanger is 90 percent efficient, generating 76,000 BTUs per hour and producing more hot water more efficiently and at a lower cost than an average, 78 percent efficient water heater.
ΔCalypso HammerHead WaterJet: Pressurizes water to 60,000 pounds per square inch and uses sand and water to cut sheet metal.
ΔEcoJet : A work in progress, this biodiesel supercar is a GM one-off, powered by a Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine.
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