Off the Grid: Modern Homes and Alternative Energy - Couverture rigide

Ryker, Lori

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1586855166 ISBN 13 : 9781586855161

Editeur : Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Ryker Lori

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Off the Grid: Modern Homes and Alternative Energy" confronts the ecological and cultural problems associated with the way we get and use energy, and explains how it is possible to live in a beautifully designed home using much less - no matter where your home is located. Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that binds us together. It is a system of electrical poles, wire, substations, hydroelectric dams, telecommunication towers, and water extraction and sewage systems. From within this system we work, play, and raise families. We have also created one of the greatest environmental challenges known to modern civilization. The signs of our impact upon the world can be recognized in the reports of environmental changes occurring across the earth, and they can also be seen in the growing failures of the energy grids across the world, as the current system is stressed beyond its capacity. Technologies that can be used to live off the grid (geothermal energy use, wind turbines, photovoltaic arrays, micro hydropower, rainwater collection and reclamation, and more) are explained as author Lori Ryker shows how to choose and incorporate these sources according to geography and climate. "Off the Grid" shows how we can take responsibility for our future choices and conveniences now, and proves that off-the-grid living is a concept that can be easily understood and adopted by everyone, regardless of where you live or how much money you make.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lori Ryker grew up in Texas and has lived and worked in a variety of locations including Boston, New York City, Portland, and Basel, Switzerland. She now resides in Livingston, Montana, where she teaches in the School of Architecture at Montana State University and is a partner, along with Brett W. Nave, of Ryker/Nave Design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1586855166
• ISBN 13: 9781586855161
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible