TY - BOOK AU - Scheckel,Paul TI - The homeowner's energy handbook: your guide to getting off the grid SN - 9781612120164 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - TJ808 .S328 2013 U1 - 696 23 PY - 0000/// CY - North Adams, MA PB - Storey Publishing KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Dwellings KW - Insulation KW - Architecture and energy conservation N1 - 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 N2 - "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."-- ER -