The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid - Couverture souple

Scheckel, Paul

 
9781612120164: The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1612120164 ISBN 13 : 9781612120164
Editeur : Storey, 2013

Synopsis

Are you looking for creative ways to lower your energy costs, generate more of your own power, or become less reliant on the grid? Paul Scheckel offers practical advice for taking matters into your own hands. Explaining the fundamentals of solar, wind, water, and biofuel energy production, Scheckel shows you how to build and maintain a wide variety of energy-saving and energy-producing equipment, ranging from thermosiphon solar hot water collectors to bicycle-powered generators. Use less energy, save money, and help preserve the environment.

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À propos de l?auteur

PaulScheckel is an energy auditor and consultant who has visited more than 3,000 homes, educating people about energy efficiency, cost-effective improvements, and indoor air quality. His articles have appeared in such publications as Mother Earth News, Home Power, and Vermont Life, and he contributes a monthly energy and environment column to two state-wide newspapers. A frequent radio guest, Scheckel has also appeared as a guest expert on the acclaimed television show “Ask this Old House”. He lives off-grid in northern Vermont with his family in a solar- and wind-powered house.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Make and Conserve Your Own Energy

With practice advice and a working plan, you can reduce or eliminate your dependence on fossil fuels. Energy-efficiency expert Paul Scheckel shows you the value of producing your own renewable energy -- from sun, wind, wood, water, or biogas -- and then points the way to personal action. Reduce your use, then produce!

Begin by doing an energy audit to boost your home's efficiency, and then explore the opportunities. From investing in basic retrofits to going completely off the grid, your energy future is up to you. Scheckel includes step-by-step plans for building a biogas generator and four other energy-producing projects.

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Éditeur
Storey
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1612120164
ISBN 13 
9781612120164
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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