The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid
Scheckel, Paul2013
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Are you looking for creative ways to lower your energy costs, generate more of your own power, or become less reliant on the grid? Energy expert Paul Scheckel offers practical solutions for adapting solar, wind, wood gasification, biogas, and micro hydro power systems for home use. Step-by-step instructions show you how to build a wood gasifier, a solar heat collector, a bicycle-powered generator, and other energy-saving equipment; make your own transportation fuels, including ethanol, wood gas methanol, and biodiesel; convert kitchen compost into renewable natural gas; and more. Whether you want to live completely off the grid or just save some money on your fuel bills, this guide has the knowledge and skills you need.
Main title:
The homeowner's energy handbook : your guide to getting off the grid / Paul Scheckel.
Author:
Imprint:
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2013, c2013.North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-272) and index.
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.
ISBN:
9781612120164
Dewey class:
696
Language:
English
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BRN:
178975
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Home and Lifestyle | HOME 696 SCHE | Available |