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Solar Rooftop DIY: The Homeowner's Guide to Installing Your Own Photovoltaic Energy System (Countryman Know How)

Author : Mike Sullivan

Publisher : The Countryman Press

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 26,20 MB

Release : 2016-09-13

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1581575335

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The do-it-yourself guide for converting your home to solar power Solar energy is clean, efficient, sustainable—and expensive. Or is it? Many homeowners simply assume that the cost of solar panels is out of their reach, but in reality, the technology is quickly becoming attainable for the middle class. Rather than leasing panels from one of those home solar startups (and letting them reap the financial benefits), why not join the thousands who are doing it themselves? In Solar Rooftop DIY, sustainable energy expert Mike Sullivan offers five design plans—ranging from a few simple panels to a complex, roof-covering array—for building a rooftop PV energy system for any home. Each plan has clear and detailed step-by-step photographs showing the installation process. Many of them require no additional labor—just a few days' commitment for the average weekend warrior. With energy costs only set to increase in the future, now is the time to make the switch to solar and start selling power back to the grid.



Solar Rooftop DIY

Author : Mike Sullivan

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 13,78 MB

Release : 2016-09-13

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1581573987

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The do-it-yourself guide for converting your home to solar power Solar energy is clean, efficient, sustainable—and expensive. Or is it? Many homeowners simply assume that the cost of solar panels is out of their reach, but in reality, the technology is quickly becoming attainable for the middle class. Rather than leasing panels from one of those home solar startups (and letting them reap the financial benefits), why not join the thousands who are doing it themselves? In Solar Rooftop DIY, sustainable energy expert Mike Sullivan offers five design plans—ranging from a few simple panels to a complex, roof-covering array—for building a rooftop PV energy system for any home. Each plan has clear and detailed step-by-step photographs showing the installation process. Many of them require no additional labor—just a few days' commitment for the average weekend warrior. With energy costs only set to increase in the future, now is the time to make the switch to solar and start selling power back to the grid.



Backyard Building: Treehouses, Sheds, Arbors, Gates, and Other Garden Projects

Author : Jean Stiles

Publisher : The Countryman Press

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 12,68 MB

Release : 2014-06-02

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1581576579

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Here is the very best of backyard building: Popular building authors Jeanie and David Stiles—whose treehouse once garnered a spread in Architectural Digest—have gathered dozens of original plans for treehouses, playhouses, and sheds, as well as a summer house, tea house, garden arbor, and functional workroom. Backyard Building will cover backyard accessories, the fundamentals of tools and materials, and useful tips based on real-life questions from the couple’s popular website. Its unique style, with hand-drawn illustrations to guide the reader through the building process in a user-friendly way, stands out from the crowd. The clear, detailed drawings are not only easy to follow but a pleasure to look at; they are supplemented by irresistible color photographs.



Solar Revolution

Author : Travis Bradford

Publisher : Mit Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 19,68 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780262524940

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Energy technology & engineering.



Dry-Curing Pork: Make Your Own Salami, Pancetta, Coppa, Prosciutto, and More

Author : Hector Kent

Publisher : The Countryman Press

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 44,89 MB

Release : 2014-11-03

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1581576528

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Make your own dry-cured pork delicacies at home with the know-how you’ll learn from this book. Over the centuries, dry-cured pork has evolved as a food of the changing seasons. Its flavors are truly a taste of the landscape and climate, and they have served as a crucial, long-lasting food source for many cultures. Dry-cured pork is the ultimate slow food. It doesn’t need to be complicated but it’s important to have clear, step-by-step instructions. That’s where Hector Kent comes in. Kent, a science teacher by trade, has written the book he wished he’d had when he made his first prosciutto: One that brings together the critical components of curing in the simplest form possible, with photographs and illustrations to assure the reader of safe and delicious results. In addition to basic recipes, Kent offers readers interviews, advice, and recipes from several trend-setting dry-curing operations across the country.



Hawaiian Antiquities

Author : Davida Malo

Publisher :

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 19,96 MB

Release : 1903

Category : Ethnology

ISBN :

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Electric and Hybrid Cars

Author : Curtis D. Anderson

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 26,19 MB

Release : 2010-03-30

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 0786457422

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This illustrated history chronicles electric and hybrid cars from the late 19th century to today's fuel cell and plug-in automobiles. It describes the politics, technology, marketing strategies, and environmental issues that have impacted electric and hybrid cars' research and development. The important marketing shift from a "woman's car" to "going green" is discussed. Milestone projects and technologies such as early batteries, hydrogen and bio-mass fuel cells, the upsurge of hybrid vehicles, and the various regulations and market forces that have shaped the industry are also covered.



Preserving Everything

Author : Leda Meredith

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 19,26 MB

Release : 2014-08-05

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1581572425

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The ultimate guide to putting up food. How many ways can you preserve a strawberry? You can freeze it, dry it, pickle it, or can it. Milk gets cultured, or fermented, and is preserved as cheese or yogurt. Fish can be smoked, salted, dehydrated, and preserved in oil. Pork becomes jerky. Cucumbers become pickles. There is no end to the magic of food preservation, and in Preserving Everything, Leda Meredith leads readers—both newbies and old hands—in every sort of preservation technique imaginable.



The Olympic Games Explained

Author : Vassil Girginov

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 14,39 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780415346047

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Book Description

This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.



Energy Babble

Author : Andy Boucher

Publisher :

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 14,50 MB

Release : 2018-04-09

Category : Design

ISBN : 9780995527720

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This is the story of the Energy Babble, a computational device that acts like a talk radio obsessed with energy. This book explores Energy Babbles from a mix of design and science and technology studies (STS) perspectives, suggesting how design may benefit from STS and how STS may take a design-led approach to the study of technological issues.