Complete Idiot's Guide To Renewable Energy For Your Home

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

Publisher: Alpha
Distributor: Penguin Group USA, Inc
Publication Date: 07-07-2009
Pages: 336
Measurements: 9.22in X 7.48in X 0.79in X 1.21lb