The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid /
Scheckel, Paul.
The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid / Paul Scheckel. - 287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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."--
9781612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012032592
Renewable energy sources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dwellings--Insulation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture and energy conservation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TJ808 / .S328 2013
696
The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid / Paul Scheckel. - 287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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."--
9781612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012032592
Renewable energy sources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dwellings--Insulation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture and energy conservation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TJ808 / .S328 2013
696