The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid / Paul Scheckel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 696 23
LOC classification:
  • TJ808 .S328 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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.

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