The Nerdalize E-radiator

A few nerds cutting a lot of costs

When their thermostat stopped working, and they crowded around a computer for warmth, some Dutch startup founders were inspired.

Nerdalize does double duty
Nerdalize, a young Dutch company, hires out the computing power of its servers to groups in need of research calculations. But don’t look for the servers within Nerdalize headquarters – they are spread around private homes providing free heat! These sleek servers are hung on the wall, silently giving off heat produced while running numbers, perhaps for medical research. The cost of any energy used by these “e-radiators” is even covered by Nerdalize.

Everyone wins 
Nerdalize heaters present a benefit to home owners with a cheaper heating bill, but the company insists they are a win for all involved. While some companies have their own data center, Nerdalize claims its clients pay 55 percent less per computing job.

Nerdalize itself avoids expenses to cool their servers, and the whole process serves the environment by using the same energy to compute and to heat. Though Nerdalize’s e-radiators are currently in a trial phase in only five homes, their startup and energy provider partner Eneco is hopeful of success and expansion.

Info Cloud 
Hello, friends! What do you call the place you live in? Is it a house or a home?

Well, most people live in houses, but they don’t all live in a home, which is a place one is attached to emotionally.

In America, the word home has been turned into a euphemism. Realtors no longer sell houses instead they sell more cozy homes does making a house more attractive to potential buyers.

And once someone buys a house, he or she becomes a home owner.

Other examples of home used as a euphemism can be found in retirement home or nursing home, these are not really homes in the traditional sense. A retirement home is really retirement setter. A nursing home is basically a nursing hospital for the elderly, but the word home is used to make these places sound more like warm places and therefore more attractive to people.

And when Christmas comes around many people go home for Christmas, they go back to where their family is.

Right. Have you notice we say home sweet home, and not house sweet house?

Yes, you know when I have guests over, I always say to them make yourself at home, in other words, deal free to act just as you would in your own home, even if that means putting your feet up on the coffee table or helping yourself to whatever is in your refrigerator.

Language Lab
radiator n.
/ˈreɪdiˌeɪtɚ/
a large, metal device that is next to the wall in a room and that becomes hot and provides heat for the room when hot water passes through it
- Each hotel room is equipped with a radiator.
- The car's radiator needs to be replaced.
radiate v.
- The sun radiates heat.

startup n.
a new business
- Startups need to have people with creative ideas and a steady cash flow to survive.
- Thousands of startups have poured into the app market.
adj.
- You need a loan to cover the startup cost.

thermostat n.
/ˈθɚməˌstæt/
a device that automatically adjusts the temperature in a room to a desired level
- I set the thermostat to 68 degrees.
thermometer n.
/θɚˈmɑːmətɚ/
- an instrument used for measuring temperature

win v.
to achieve victory in a fight, contest, game, etc.
- Our team won its second state championship.
win n.
an act of achieving victory especially in a game or contest
- The football team has had nine wins in a row.
- The process of the game is actually a win for all contestants.

phase n.
/ˈfeɪz/
a part or step in a process : one part in a series of related events or actions
- The subjects' reactions to the treatment were carefully recorded during the trial phase.
- Editing is a crucial phase of movies production.
crucial adj.
/ˈkruːʃəl/
extremely important
- Eggs are a crucial [=essential] ingredient in this recipe.

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