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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Renewable Energy for Your Home

Author : Brita Belli

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 15,43 MB

Release : 2009-07-07

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1101104953

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An essential how-to on powering your home with sun, wind, water, and more. For readers wanting to save money-and the planet-by using alternative energy, this book provides everything they need to know. The five basic sources are fully covered: sun, wind, water, earth, and bio. The benefits, what is needed, and whether it will work for a particular home are all carefully laid out in this comprehensive overview: ? Solar energy for home heating, water heating, and electricity ? Wind power, hydrogen, and micro hydro power ? Heat pumps-air, geothermal, and water source ? Heating with wood and going bio



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home

Author : Dan Ramsey

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 429 pages

File Size : 47,11 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 1592576435

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Solar power (photovoltaics) is now a $1 billion industry, and it's poised to grow rapidly in the near future as more pressure is placed on limited fossil fuel resources and as advances in solar technology drive down the costs of residential solar systems. Twenty-six states now offer tax and utility credits to solar energy users, and the market for solar power products and services is expected to increase 25 to 40 percent each year over the next 20 years. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, Second Edition, helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, explore whether solar power makes sense for them, what their options are, and what's involved with installing various on and off-grid systems.



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition

Author : Dan Ramsey

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 40,4 MB

Release : 2010-04-06

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1101460849

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All the power you need is already there This third edition helps readers understand the basics of solar (photovoltaic) power and explore whether it makes sense for them, what their options are, and what's involved with installing various on– and off–grid systems. • Solar power is a $3 billion industry, and it's poised to grow to $39 billion by 2014 • By 2011, the United States will surpass Germany as the largest market for solar power products



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Greening Your Business

Author : Trish Riley

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 13,81 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781592578856

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The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Greening Your Business provides the most up-to-date concrete, practical steps to take to make money by going green. Setting practical, achievable goals for the right green initiative. Streamlining operations. Innovative staffing strategies to save commuting time and office overhead. Cutting fuel and energy costs. Understanding carbon credits and their value. Making your products greener. Green manufacturing, packaging, and shipping initiatives. Paperless marketing programs, precision-targeted to get more from less. Businesses are always looking to increase their profitability and market share. With rising fossil-fuel costs, consumers searching for environmentally responsible companies, and mounting need for green or greener products, business has jumped on the green initiative and reaped the financial benefits.



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Smoothies

Author : Bo Rinaldi

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 26,58 MB

Release : 2012-05-01

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1101585749

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Green smoothies are not the sugary concoctions that come to mind when people hear the word "smoothie." They are instead highly nutritious creations that are intended to increase energy, boost metabolism, burn fat, and cleanse the body of toxins. Green smoothies utilize fresh, healthful foods, "superfoods," and a multitude of fantastic ingredients that together offer amazing health benefits. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Green Smoothies starts with the health benefits of green smoothies and how to make them properly and fully enjoy them, while the bulk of the book is comprised of 150 fun, nutritious, and delicious recipes, supplemented with numerous variations throughout.



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well

Author : Laurie Rozakis

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 475 pages

File Size : 16,34 MB

Release : 2000-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0028636945

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Book Description

Covers all elements of effective and grammatically-correct writing, including electronic formats, for any type of situation from research papers to business memos.



Solar Today

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Page : 434 pages

File Size : 20,95 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Solar energy

ISBN :

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition

Author : Julieanna Hever

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 437 pages

File Size : 38,66 MB

Release : 2011-08-02

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 1101543361

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The healthy vegan diet-made easy. Vegans face their own special challenges when it comes to nutrition and this book provides answers. There are about one million vegans in the U.S. and about 50,000 new ones every year. A growing number of physicians advocate a completely plant-based diet for many of their patients who suffer from diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Plant-Based Nutrition, readers will find: ? Where to get nutrients that others get from meat and dairy. ? How to avoid the vegan pitfall of overfed but undernourished. ? How to spot hidden animal ingredients in packaged foods. ? Tips for eating at restaurants. ? Special considerations for children and seniors.



The Complete Idiot's Guide to Physics

Author : Johnnie T. Dennis

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 13,14 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Science

ISBN : 9781592570812

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Intended for high school and college students required to take at least one physics course, this book offers an easy-to-understand, comprehensive companion to their school textbooks that brings real-world relevance, and even a touch of fun, to Einstein's favorite subject.



The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy

Author : Dan Chiras

Publisher : New Society Publishers

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 28,22 MB

Release : 2011-07-05

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 0865716862

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Book Description

Presents information on how to improve a home's energy efficiency and switch to renewable energy resourses to provide electricity, hot water, heat, and cooling for a home.