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Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings - 10th Edition

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings - 10th Edition

Save Money, Save the Earth

Increasing the energy efficiency of your home can save you money, help the environment, and enhance your comfort, but how do you decide which improvements are the most beneficial and cost-effective? Completely revised to incorporate the latest …

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Solar Home Heating Basics

Solar Home Heating Basics

A Green Energy Guide

As fossil fuel supplies dwindle, home heating will be one of the major challenges in temperate and cold climates. The reserves of natural gas used to heat the majority of North American buildings are rapidly being depleted. This latest Green Energy …

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Home Sweet Zero Energy Home

Home Sweet Zero Energy Home

What it takes to develop great homes that won't cost anything to heat, cool or light up, without going broke or crazy

Zero energy homes produce at least as much energy as they consume through a combination of energy efficiencies, passive design and renewable energy production. California has adopted zero net energy as the new residential standard for 2020; many …

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The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy - Revised & Updated Edition

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy - Revised & Updated Edition

Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower

Energy bills have skyrocketed in North America, and traditional energy sources can be as damaging to the environment as they are to your pocketbook. The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy will show you how to slash your home energy costs while …

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Green Transportation Basics

Green Transportation Basics

A Green Energy Guide

Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon. Greener cars and fuels will be a necessity for many years to come.

Green Transportation Basics is a guide …

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Solar Electricity Basics

Solar Electricity Basics

A Green Energy Guide

Solar energy is an abundant resource. Once a curiosity, solar electric systems are becoming commonplace. As we transition away from finite and polluting fossil fuels, clean, reliable, and affordable renewable technologies such as solar electricity …

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Serious Microhydro

Serious Microhydro

Water Power Solutions from the Experts

edited by Scott Davis

Waterpower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world today, and microhydro is a mature, proven technology that can provide clean, inexpensive, renewable energy with little or no impact on the environment.

Serious Microhydro brings you …

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Solar Water Heating - Revised and Expanded

Solar Water Heating - Revised and Expanded

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems

Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. Solar Water Heating, now completely revised and expanded, is the definitive guide to this clean and cost-effective technology.

Beginning with a review of the history of solar …

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