Category Archives: Alternative Energy
Posted in Alternative Energy | Current Events | Innovative Solutions | Marcellus Shale | Natural Gas | Water/Wastewater by Marty Muggleton (VP Client Development & Marketing) on April 19, 2011
Part of my job at Larson Design Group (LDG) involves TerrAqua Resource Management (TARM). This subsidiary of Larson Design Group is the first enterprise in PA that recycles water generated from Marcellus development under a permit from PADEP. You can learn more about TARM here: www.tarmsolutions.com.
TARM is a high compliance success story. Our company doesn’t discharge any water. Clients bring us flowback and produced waters, we run it through our treatment system, and the clients take the water back and reuse it in drilling operations again. TARM’s approach protects the environment in many ways. This best practice leads to a sustainable future for Marcellus. TARM has processed and recycled more than 38 million gallons of water in just over 11 months. Recently, TARM and LDG received a national award for engineering excellence.
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Posted in Alternative Energy | Communities | Current Events | Economic Development | Leadership | Marcellus Shale | Politics | Sustainable Design | Water/Wastewater by Marty Muggleton (VP Client Development & Marketing) on March 29, 2011
A couple of major media sources have tried their best to show the worst of the Marcellus. For what my view is worth, it’s been done on purpose. Most notable is the recent work by the New York Times (2/27/11) and an item carried by the Associated Press.
I’m an employee of Larson Design Group, and you would be correct to gauge my objectivity. But when it comes to the work by Ian Urbina of the New York Times, PA DEP Acting Secretary Krancer, and former PA DEP Secretary John Hanger offered up some major corrections. I know a bit about John and trust his rebuttal.
I have affection and respect for the media and I’ve worked with these folks for years, but I question the media’s action when they focus on historical practices, downplay increased compliance, use quotes that are out of context, and can’t get the facts correct or in the proper order. The diplomat in me would say the truth lies somewhere in middle. But in this situation, I think it’s closer to Krancer and Hanger than the New York Times. For a quick summary, see this letter to the Editor of the New York Times. Even Tim Gough’s graphic that accompanies this letter is misleading. Nice.
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Posted in Alternative Energy | Employees | Innovative Solutions | Leadership | Sustainable Design | Transportation by Marty Muggleton (VP Client Development & Marketing) on November 12, 2010
In September 2010 Robert “Chip” Beam, CADD Specialist at Larson Design Group, journeyed from South Williamsport, PA to Bonneville Salt Flats, UT, where his two-door sedan clocked at just under 48 miles per hour, establishing a world speed record.
You may think, “What’s so interesting about a sedan going 48 mph?” The answer is the aforementioned car does not run on gasoline. Beam’s 1989 Mercury Cougar XR7 is completely powered by the gasification of wood pellets manufactured from timber debris often collected at furniture-crafting workshops.
I sat down with Chip to discuss his recent efforts and thoughts on climate change.
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