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Dear President Obama: As Commander-in-Chief,
please order your Joint Chiefs
& FEMP Managers
to install Drainwater Heat Recovery Systems (DHR) like the one shown in Fig.
1 (or longer models to increase energy savings) into every federal facility
& ship that wastes hot water. Nearly 25 years have passed since GFX was
evaluated for a DOE
Grant. ORNL
was also funded to verify DOE’s evaluation and explore other applications, yet only
the Army took their suggestions.
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Fig. 1
S3-30
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Fig. 2
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Barracks Complex, Fort Lee,
VA
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For
example, 168 GFX Model S3-30's
similar to one shown in Fig. 1 were installed in the Fort Lee Barracks Complex
shown in Fig. 2. In addition to Fort Lee, a variety of GFX Models
are installed, or slated for Forts Leonard Wood, Wainright, Jackson,
Benning, Drum, Lewis, and Camp Lejuene (Cherry Point). GFX is also featured
in FEMP Publication DOE/EE-0247,
which indicates vast amounts of wastewater heat is recoverable from federal
facilities, yet only the Army Corps of Engineers mandated GFX for LEED
Certified Army Barracks as part of your Buy American Act: (In violation of
this and the Lanham Act, uncertified Canadian knockoffs were installed in
Fort Drum.)
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All materials and equipment must be in compliance with the Buy
American Act as delineated in RFP 52.225-11, Contract and Specifications;
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3.6.1.5 Drain Water Heat recovery System. Gravity Film Heat Exchangers
(GFX) is a vertical counterflow heat exchanger that extracts heat out of
drain water and applies it to preheat the cold water and mixed with hot
water to be used in the shower. The GFX consists of a 3 or 4 inch central
copper pipe (that carries the warm wastewater) with a ½-inch copper coil
wound around a central pipe. Heat is transferred from the wastewater
passing through the large, central pipe to the cold water simultaneously
moving upward through the coils on the outside of the pipe. “GFX shall be provided on all shower drains and
Laundry drains.” [Quotes from Fort Lee P.O. #399-12,
(11/9/09) & 14 Lead Measures &
U.S. Army Barracks Specification].
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In
addition to your help in greening federal facilities with third-party
certified DHR systems, we also need your help in greening new homes
because, despite GFX being recommended by for Energy Star in 1995 &
Energy Star For Homes & HERS in 2004, it continues to be discriminated
against by Energy Star managers -- even with LEED & PATH
certifications. “U.S.
EPA® Energy Star for Homes”, by Glenn Chinery (March 2004)
Yours truly,
Dr. Carmine F. Vasile, GFX’s Inventor
www.gfxtechnology.com;
gfx-ch@msn.com
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