Building Energy Efficient Cooling and Heating (BEECH)
Summary
SCH Number
2013068401
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Building Energy Efficient Cooling and Heating (BEECH)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/26/2013
Document Description
Altex has defined and is developing the Building Energy Efficient Cooling and Heating (BEECH) system, which provides cooling and/or hot water in response to commercial building demand. BEECH's thermal input can be waste heat from commercial heat sources, or can utilitze low-cost solar thermal collectors. The grant will not cause a physical change in the environment or a resonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment because the grant involves engineering and bench-scale testing that will be performed in the existing Altex Technologies offices and labs in Sunnyvale, CA. The full scale demononstration will also be performed inside the Altex laboratory, where there is an existing, permitted hot water boiler.
Contact Information
Name
Heather Bird
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Sunnyvale
Counties
Santa Clara
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061 (b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
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