The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid 2/23/13 Edition

The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid 2/23/13 Edition book cover

The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid 2/23/13 Edition

Author(s): Paul Scheckel (Author)

  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
  • Publication Date: March 12, 2013
  • Edition: 2/23/13
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 288 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1612120164
  • ISBN-13: 9781612120164

Book Description

Comprehensive guide to renewable energy fundamentals!
You won’t find a more concise and comprehensive guide to learn the fundamentals of renewable energy including solar, wind, hydro, biodiesel, wood gas, and biogas! Get off the grid and make the most of the power you produce with creative ways to lower your energy use and cost.

Energy expert and hands-on, off-grid homesteader, Paul Scheckel provides plans to build and maintain a variety of energy-saving and energy-producing equipment, ranging from thermosiphon solar hot water collectors to bicycle-powered generators, even a demonstration size biogas digester that’s perfect for science fairs!

Use less energy, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

As energy prices rise and the pressure grows to wean ourselves from climate-damaging fossil fuels, interest in energy efficiency and off-the-grid living is growing. Drawing on his extensive expertise as a home-energy consultant, Scheckel has crafted a masterfully clear and accessible guide to incorporating power-saving strategies in the home for anyone with the time and ambition to follow them. The first half of the book focuses on improving home-energy efficiency, including recipes for conducting your own energy audit, retrofitting windows and basements to prevent leakage, and wiring the home for monitoring gas and electric usage. The second, more-challenging half covers the installation of alternative energy devices such as solar hot-water heaters, windmills, and hydroelectric turbines. The most eye-opening chapter here is one on biogas, a novel fuel source derived from decaying food and animal waste. With plenty of lucidly written instructions, well-drawn illustrations, and user-friendly sidebars, Scheckel’s manual is an indispensable reference for library how-to sections and homeowners hoping to cut the cord from their corporate power suppliers. –Carl Hays

Review

“A masterfully clear and accessible guide to incorporating power-saving strategies in the home … With plenty of lucidly written instructions, well-drawn illustrations, and user-friendly sidebars, Scheckel’s manual is an indispensable reference for library how-to sections and homeowners hoping to cut the cord from their corporate power suppliers.”

Foreword Reviews

“Provides readers with cost-effective, self-empowered, and energy-efficient home-energy solutions … a one-of-a-kind resource.”

“We all want to lower our energy bills, but alternative energy can be a bit daunting. This great manual is a fantastic introduction to what’s possible and practical. … Chock-full of practical advice and realistic assessments of alternative energy, this book is superior to others on the topic due to its accessibility, organization, and balance. Home¬owners can easily pick and choose from projects without fear of becoming overwhelmed. Highly recommended.”

“A must for those who want to live off grid or simply want to use less energy or live more sustainably.”

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