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278 Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practices<br />

created a win-win situation for all involved, including HOD Landfill,<br />

ACHS, the Village of Antioch, the State of Illinois, Commonwealth<br />

Edison, and the USEPA. Each key player is seeing significant benefits<br />

of the energy system:<br />

• Low energy costs for the high school<br />

• Use of waste heat for internal use in the high school<br />

• Clean, complete combustion of waste gas<br />

• Decreased emissions to the environment through reduced need<br />

for traditional electrical generation sources<br />

• Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions<br />

• Public relations opportunities for ACHS and the community as<br />

the first school district in the U.S. to get electricity and heat from<br />

landfill gas<br />

• Educational opportunities in physics, chemistry, economics, and<br />

environmental management as a result of this on-campus, stateof-the-art<br />

gas-to-energy system

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