The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid / Paul Scheckel.
Material type: TextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, ©2013Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 160342847X (ebk.)
- 1612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781603428477 (ebk.)
- 9781612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 696 S314 | Available | 33111007193994 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 696 S314 | Available | 33111007088731 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Home energy efficiency. Getting ready for renewables ; Do your own energy audit ; Insulating your home ; Deep energy retrofits ; Home energy monitoring -- Renewable energy. Solar hot water ; Solar electric generation ; Wind electric generation ; Hydro electric generation ; Renewable electricity management ; Biodiesel ; Wood gas ; Biogas.
"Each chapter of 'Homeowner's Energy Handbook' provides a comprehensive discussion of renewable energy sources along with 'green guides' for building your own energy-saving -- and energy-producing -- equipment. Step-by-step instructions show you how to build a bicycle-powered generator, a biodiesel processor, a thermosiphon solar hot-water collector, a biogas generator, a smokeless wood-gas camp stove, and more."-- From publisher description.