With rising energy costs, homeowners are beginning to examine the energy efficiency of their own homes, asking questions that range from where energy comes from and how much it costs, to how to choose new appliances and what options exist for renewable energy?
The Home Energy Diet answers all these questions and more, while helping readers take control of their personal energy use and costs so they can save money, live more comfortably, and help the environment. Energy auditor Paul Scheckel first explores energy literacy, and then describes how your home uses - and loses - energy you pay for via:
- Electricity
- Hot water
- Heating and air conditioning, and
- Windows, walls and insulation.
The Home Energy Diet involves readers in learning about their own homes by measuring, metering, investigating, and considering habits related to household energy use, then learning how to quantify energy consumption and cost, and to make informed decisions about cost-effective improvements and upgrades. The book explores the misunderstood concept of efficiency versus cost by comparing fuel costs and equipment choices, including the possibility of using renewable energy for meeting home energy needs. This authoritative guide makes efficiency fun through personal anecdotes and humorous "tales-from-the-basement" energy misadventures.
Since energy efficiency is an investment that offers returns greater than Wall Street, readers can earn several hundred dollars every year just by following the advice in this book. As a bonus, many of the energy-saving strategies described can make for improved indoor air quality and healthier, more comfortable homes.
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Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 644
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0865715300 9781550923179
- LCCN
- TJ163.5.D86
- LCCN Item number
- S34 2005eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVA
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 309 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521096 (OCoLC)752264913 (CaOOCEL)404464
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- How to save money by making your house energy-smart
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Advance Praise 2
- Table of Contents 7
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 12
- CHAPTER 1: Energy Literacy 20
- CHAPTER 2: Electricity 68
- CHAPTER 3: Appliance Energy Use 110
- CHAPTER 4: Hot Water 136
- CHAPTER 5: Heating and Air Conditioning 182
- CHAPTER 6: The Envelope, Please 228
- CHAPTER 7: Buying New Appliances 282
- APPENDIX A: How Much Energy Do You Use? 295
- APPENDIX B: Your Greenhouse Gas Profile 298
- APPENDIX C: Appliance Use Chart 301
- APPENDIX D: Heat-Load Calculations for Your House 307
- Index 314