The Energy Efficient Home: A Complete Guide

The Energy Efficient Home: A Complete Guide Review

Reducing energy consumption and costs is an issue of ever-increasing importance, and European as well as international legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions is tightening up minimum energy standards for new buildings and those being extended or renovated. Energy-saving measures in the home will, therefore, become ever more cost-effective throughout our lifetimes. Find a comprehensive outline of them here.

Home Energy How-To Guide For A Green Home: A Consumer Guide On Moneysaving Home Ideas And Energy Saving Tips On How To Save Power, How To Save Water, ... Energy Efficient And Environment Friendly

Home Energy How-To Guide For A Green Home: A Consumer Guide On Moneysaving Home Ideas And Energy Saving Tips On How To Save Power, How To Save Water, ... Energy Efficient And Environment Friendly Review

Is your home energy efficient? Why bother with cost efficiency? It may come as a shock to most homeowners who give little significance to the benefits of energy efficiency that making the effort to go green can actually help them reduce up to 25% or more of the energy consumption in their home. In so doing, they save hundreds of dollars on their monthly expenses for water, gas and electricity. Making your home energy efficient is a costly process. However, doing just a few things can make a tremendous amount of difference in your home. There are some changes that will cost a decent amount of money to implement into a home. But in general, home energy savings does not have to be overly challenging and overly costly if there is proper planning. This book is a how-to guide for homeowners who need to make green home improvements so they can start their home energy savings campaign. The info here will help you examine if, in fact, energy savings is all worth it to you, your family and the environment you live in. Specifically, you will learn some of the following: • How to determine your current home energy costs • How to analyze costs over savings • How to get started with your biggest needs • How to make home improvement ideas that take minimal time to do but matter a great deal • What lifestyle habits you need to make for consistent home energy management • What your options are for alternative sources of fuel Throughout this book, you will learn plenty of ideas that you can implement right away to better your home’s ability to use energy more wisely so that you can start saving money on everyday needs and live in a more efficient and environmentally friendly home.

The Green Book of Household Hints: Keeping an Efficient and Ecologically Sound Home

The Green Book of Household Hints: Keeping an Efficient and Ecologically Sound Home Review

More than 1,000 ecologically sound tips for efficient housekeeping

The Green Book of Household Hints is an indispensable guide for today's busy homeowner. In this single, convenient volume are hundreds of useful tips on everything from avocados (unripe) to zippers (stuck). There is advice on:

• Appliance upkeep
• Bottled water
• Draft-proofing
• First aid
• Garbage disposal
• Home computers
• Household repairs
• Internet safety for kids
• Laundry
• Painting and decorating
• Pet care
• Stain removal

Whether it's a simple problem such as a squeaky door or a more complex matter such as household pets, The Green Book of Household Hints focuses on advice that really works. Complete with alphabetically arranged entries and a full index, The Green Book of Household Hints is a practical, time-saving guide that no modern home should be without.

Here are just a few valuable hints:

• Avoid placing an air conditioner where the sun beats down on it.
• Deodorize a dog by rubbing baking soda into its coat, then brushing it off.
• Water conducts electricity. If your basement floods, cautiously venture with rubber boots and shut off the power with a wooden spoon.
• Candles will last longer if you snip the wick close to the top.
• Put cornstarch on greasy carpet spills. After l hour, brush clean.
• Use dental floss to truss a turkey. It holds better than string.
• Use a dehumidifier in your basement. The house will be cooler, drier, and your air-conditioning bills will be lower.
• To lay floor tiles, start at the room's center and work toward the walls.
• Don't clean your computer monitor with glass cleaner while it is "on."
• Dry-clean both parts of a suit at the same time. Color changes will match.
• In a fire, if a door feels hot, don't open it. Escape by a window.

Profit from Building Green: Award Winning Tips to Build Energy Efficient Homes

Profit from Building Green: Award Winning Tips to Build Energy Efficient Homes Review

Develop an effective green home building business with the NAHB Research Center's resident expert, Jeannie Leggett Sikora. She has combed through hundreds of annual contest entries and talked to past award winners to develop specific examples and tried-and-true techniques to give home builders the inside track to create successful green building practices, for choosing products to marketing energy efficient homes.

Energy Efficient Homes For Dummies

Energy Efficient Homes For Dummies Review

Hands-on, practical solutions to save money by making smart energy changes

One of the best and most affordable strategies people can employ to combat global warming is to improve the energy and water efficiency of their homes. Energy Efficient Homes For Dummies provides homeowners with advice, tips, and projects to reduce costs, increase energy efficiency, and cut down on waste and pollution. After performing a do-it-yourself home energy audit, readers create an action plan based on their personal goals. Readers are presented with a wide range of potential solutions, from making better use of blinds and awnings to exploring geothermal options in order to reduce household costs and their impact on the planet.

Rik DeGunther (Rescue, CA) is the founder of Efficient Homes, an energy consulting firm that focuses on home energy audits and the design of efficient heating and cooling systems.