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The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living




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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.042
EAN: 9780973323320
ISBN: 0973323329
Label: Aztext Press
Manufacturer: Aztext Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 592
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: Aztext Press
Sales Rank: 7516
Studio: Aztext Press




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As oil prices continue to rise, many people are starting to think about how to unhook from the electricity grid. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses completely on off-grid, sustainable living and rural energy independence.



Author/engineer William H. Kemp, who is a leading expert in small- and mid-scale renewable energy technologies, designed and built his own off-grid home. The result is a house that has all the standard “middle-class” creature comforts while using less than five times the total fossil-fuel energy of the average North American house.



The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of off-grid living and contains chapters on energy conservation; heating and cooling; backup power; domestic water heating; wireless communications; photovoltaic, wind, and microhydro energy generation; battery selection; and inverters.



Since its release in 2003, The Renewable Energy Handbook has been a top-selling technology book and is recognized as the best book in its field.



The book is augmented with hundreds of illustrations, line drawings, photographs, and appendices.





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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Renewable Energy handbook
I believe most topics covered just scratch the surface of the field. One needs a lot more information from other sources.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Renewable Energy Handbook
If you are looking into various forms of alternative energy, this book covers it all, even a few you may have not thought about. A clear non-engineering discription ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - tripe
This book is a web site printed out in large type. Books printed thirty years earlier are more usefull.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Awesome book!
Helpful and informative. Easy to understand diagrams and explanations in plain English (i.e. you don't have to be ultra-tech-savvy to understand it).



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - informative
Lots of useful info. Gives you a new way to look at the world.



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