Product Details
- Author: William H. Kemp
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- Binding: Paperback
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- Dewey Decimal Number: 621.042
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- EAN: 9780973323320
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- ISBN: 0973323329
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- Label: Aztext Press
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- Language: English
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- Manufacturer: Aztext Press
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Number of Pages: 592
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- Product Group: Book
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- Publication Date: 2006-04-01
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- Publisher: Aztext Press
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- Studio: Aztext Press
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- Title: The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living
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Product Description: 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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