Empowered Homes


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Illuminate Your Home's Future with "Empowered Homes"! Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards self-sufficiency and sustainable living? "Empowered Homes" is your encompassing guide to embracing the solar revolution and harnessing the power of the sun to fuel your home and your life. Whether you're intrigued by the history and advancement of home solar power, or you're ready to take the plunge and retrofit your own abode, this comprehensive eBook offers an immersive experience into the world of renewable energy. Dive into "Empowered Homes" and unravel the myriad benefits solar energy brings to the table. Discover how you can debunk prevalent myths and shine light on the facts with confidence and clarity. Our sections on Solar Energy 101 elucidate the technical wizardry that turns humble sunlight into electricity and detail the pros and cons of grid-tied versus off-grid systems. Explore the feasibility of solar energy for your dwelling in a focused chapter that guides you through assessing your energy needs and calculating the financial payoff. We provide the tools to meticulously plan your solar setup, considering factors like optimal panel types, orientation, and the complex dance with local building codes and homeowner association dynamics. Financing a solar project can be daunting, but "Empowered Homes" breaks down every available option, helping you navigate incentives, loans, leases, and returns on investment. Select the perfect solar provider with our tips, and gain confidence as you understand warranties and service agreements all before a single panel graces your roof. When you're ready for installation, this eBook is right there with you. From the anticipation of installation day to the exhilaration of DIY projects for the handy homeowner, our step-by-step guidance ensures a smooth transition to solar power. But the journey doesn't end there; "Empowered Homes" delves into system monitoring, maintenance, and integrating solar with smart home technology. We address larger community initiatives, policy advocacy, and the vital role solar plays in emergency preparedness. Finally, envision a brighter future as we explore upcoming technological leaps, and connect with a like-minded community ready to champion solar energy. "Empowered Homes" is more than a read—it's a repertoire of robust resources and real-life stories illustrating the transformative journey of homeowners like you, who decided to turn towards the sun. Don't wait to take the reins of your energy future. The age of solar is here, and with "Empowered Homes," it's at your fingertips. Welcome to your well-illuminated life!




Real Estate Exposed


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Empower Your Home Sale. Sell Faster, For More, With A Full-Market Response. It's time to put your home on the market. It's been done the same way for ages--does it really matter which agent you choose? Well, if you want top-dollar and a full market value, then yes. In line with the traditional home selling process, you may have learned to accept the impromptu house visits whenever it is convenient for the buyer, minimal and sporadic feedback following showings, and underwhelming offers. But there is a better way to sell your home and in Real Estate Exposed, Author Daniel Beer educates you on how to do just that in the shortest amount of time and for maximum profit. By taking an objective look at and deconstructing the traditional home selling process, Daniel Beer provides insight on how to get a full market response and net you more money. WITHIN THESE PAGES YOU WILL: - Learn proven strategies for earning top-dollar on your property - Learn how to avoid leaving equity in the buyer's pocket - Understand how to move your buyer from a thinking state to an emotional state so you can create a negotiating advantage - Learn how to use price as a weapon to enhance your home sale in any market - Receive the full proof real estate agent hiring framework so you never end up stuck with the wrong person again - Easy home improvement wins - The truth behind staging so you can easily and affordably set up your home for the highest sales price - And so much more!




Positive Energy Homes


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Positive energy homes enable people to live healthy and comfortable lives with energy left over to share. Creating a house you love that produces surplus energy is surprisingly easy with a thorough understanding of how buildings work and careful attention to detail in construction. The Passive House standard, with its well-proven track record, forms the basis for creating positive energy homes. This book explores the Passive House ‘fabric first’ approach, as well as the science and practicalities of effective ventilation strategies, smart options for heating and cooling, daylight harvesting, and efficient lighting and appliances. Positive Energy Homes provides home owners world-wide, architects and builders with an understanding of the principles and technical details of building these houses.




Ubiquitous Computing and Technological Innovation for Universal Healthcare


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The current healthcare system faces complications including data acquisition, interpretation, and delivery challenges, particularly in out-of-hospital scenarios. The shortage of medical resources intensifies the demand for efficient information gathering and processing. Moreover, the potential of pervasive computing still needs to be explored in healthcare, limiting the industry's ability to leverage innovations like artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality. Ubiquitous Computing and Technological Innovation for Universal Healthcare addresses the medical field's critical challenges. It presents innovative solutions grounded in the marriage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), pervasive computing, and metaverse intelligence. It outlines how these UAVs redefine out-of-hospital care, addressing the pressing need for efficient data collection and interpretation amid a global medical shortage. Integrating cognitive algorithms is explored to automate diagnosis and enhance healthcare systems' emergency responsiveness. The book revolves around developing and integrating treatment programs leveraging UAV communication. Topics such as artificial intelligence, telemedicine, blockchain, digital twins, augmented reality, and virtual reality are delved into for their role in creating intelligent healthcare systems. The focus on rapid identification of underlying health issues, real-time monitoring in the metaverse, and the economic, social, and environmental impact of these systems adds depth to the discourse. Structured as a vital resource for researchers, academicians, industry professionals, policy-makers, and system designers, this book bridges the gap between theory and application.




Zero-carbon Homes


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Housing is a major contributor to CO2 emissions in Europe and America today and the construction of new homes offers an opportunity to address this issue. Providing homes that achieve "zero carbon", "carbon neutral", "zero-net energy" or "energy-plus" standard is becoming the goal of more innovative house-builders globally, whilst energy providers seek to decarbonise the energy supply to new and existing development. Various new technical systems for achieving these goals are beginning to emerge. For example the passive house whose energy requirement for space heating and cooling is almost zero; the smart grid that has revolutionized the management of energy, whilst enabling the connection of small-scale, renewable energy producers and electric vehicles to the grid; or the European super-grid which will enable zero carbon energy to be generated in the Sahara desert and stored in Norway. This book explores the diverse approaches that are being adopted around the world to deliver zero carbon homes and the different societal systems and geographic circumstances in which they have developed. It postulates a roadmap for delivering zero carbon homes, together with a toolbox approach for policy and practice to suit particular national and local circumstances. A series of case studies are presented that offer lessons for delivering zero carbon homes. These examples are also used to demonstrate how prototype systems can move into the mainstream. The book highlights some of the instruments and mechanisms that could be used to support this transformation and addresses the wider implications of introducing these innovative systems in terms of industry, lifestyle and urban form.




A Melody Called Africa


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Some of the great literary works such as the Bible and Indian epics, among others, provide society with the guiding principles of life. Works by poets have always entertained their readers and will continue to do so. The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, A Tale of Two Cities, Harry Potter, and James Bond have been among the best-selling books of all time for many generations. While some literary and poetic works carry life lessons, many others make us think. Some works are known for the sheer entertainment they provide, while others intrigue. Many works of literature establish a strong connection with their audience through the stories they tell or the message they convey. Readers tend to associate themselves with the emotions described in these works and participate emotionally. Literature therefore has a profound impact on the minds of readers and, in turn, on their lives! A Melody Called Africa reminds the human society that strong and integrated works of literature and art can improve our lives and answer the big weary questions of the mankind.




The Freedom Fight


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Today's pornography stimulates the brain like other addictive drugs and is hooking a generation. No one is immune-men, women, young, or old-to the destructive power of porn. It is waging war against a walk with Christ, a godly marriage (or future marriage), and is sidelining God's people from Kingdom service. This book shows a path to true, lasting freedom with a biblical, clinical, and gospel-centered approach to recovery. You will learn the six roots of porn addiction and how to effectively address them. Before God's truth sets us free, it changes us. And because it changes us, the freedom lasts. Whether you need to quit porn yourself or you want to be equipped to help others, this book is for you. What if addressing a great threat to the Church is also a great opportunity for revival and growth? We are seeing it happen, and if you apply the principles in this book, you can see it happen, too. In The Freedom Fight, you will learn ... why a tsunami of addiction is coming and what we can do about it. the brutal impact of pornography on marriages, spiritual lives and churches. how to stop watching porn for good. how porn impacts the brain and how to renew your mind. why quitting porn is so hard and the keys to make it happen. the six roots of a porn addiction and how to effectively address each one. a tool to help you resist temptation and build new brain pathways.




The History of England


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