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)

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Renewable energy sources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dwellings--Insulation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture and energy conservation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

TJ808 / .S328 2013

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