Verno Solutions remains committed to improving UMBC and the environment and will continue to work with any interested parties to mitigate human caused damage to the environment, including but not limited to climate change, air and water pollution, and habitat destruction.

Our proposal will use a liquid desiccant system to dehumidify the air instead of using the cooling coils of the HVAC system. The liquid desiccant system is designed to add an aesthetic feature to the building as well, in the form of an indoor water feature.

A liquid desiccant system captures water from the air using a solution that has a more negative water pressure than the air, forcing the water into solution until saturation. The water saturated solution can then be heated to expel the moisture outside of the building through the use of captured waste heat or solar water heaters.

This waterfall distinguishes this dorm from all the other dorms on campus, displaying energy efficient technology that modernizes the building. Large amounts of glass and shade structures also allow an open window area in the lounge of the building without having damaging effects on the building’s energy efficiency.

01. Double fuel efficency of two billion cars from 30 mpg to 60 mpg.
02. Drive two billion cars only 5000 miles per year rather than 10000 miles per year, at 30 mpg.
03. Raise efficiency at 1,600 large coal fired power plants from 40 to 60 percent.
04. Replace 1,400 large coal fired power plants with natrual-gas-powered faclities.
05. Install carbon capture and sequestration capactiy at 800 large coal-fired power plants, so that the carbon dioxide can be separated and stored underground.
06. Install carbon capture and sequestration at new coal pants that would produce hydrogen for 1.5 billion hydrogen-powered vehicles.
07. Install carbon capture and sequestration at 180 coal gassification plants.
08. Add twice today’s current global nuclear capacity to replace coal-based electricity.
09. Increase wind power fortyfold to displace all coal-fired power.
10. Insrease solar power seven-hundred fold to displace all coal fired power.
11. Increase wind power eightyfold to make hydrogen for clean cars.
12. Drive two billion cars on ethanol, using one-sixth of the world’s cropland to grow the needed corn.
13. Halt all cutting and burning of forests.
14. Adopt conservation tillage, which emits much less carbon dioxide from the land, in all agricultural soils worldwide.
15. Cut electricity use in homes, offices, and stores by 25%, and cut carbon emissions by the same amount.

This is the scale of the project that the world needs to take on and where technology needs to go. Verno Solutions will innovate and drive the world towards this goal, but the whole world needs to participate. What are you doing today to decrease your carbon footprint?

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