Reading Glossary “World’s First ‘Green’ Dealership” (Unit 9, page 106) green: safe for the environment pave the way: lead or serve as an example in conjunction with: together with conserve: protect; save renewable: can be replaced so it is never used up energy: power that is used to produce heat and make machines work demands: needs consumption: amount used geothermal: using heat from the earth solar: from the sun absorb: receive and keep linked: connected pipes: tubes through which gas or liquid can travel excess: more than enough augmenting: providing something in addition to other things generated: produced generator: a machine that produces electricity purchased: bought or paid for installed: put in facility: building filtered: made clean recycled: to be processed in order to be used again waste: unwanted materials that are left after something has been used or consumed purify: clean circulates: is used again and again committed to: decided to perform a task Summit 2, Second Edition Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use