文档介绍：Advance Praise for
The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy
Dan Chiras strikes again! With this latest addition to his already impressive list
of titles, Dan makes it as easy as possible for you to effect your own transition
away from fossil fuel dependence. I've never seen a prehensive, better
written, or anized primer on this subject. When you need practical advice
from a warm, smart and informed human being, Dan Chiras is the one to turn to.
— Bruce King, PE Director, Ecological work, and author of
Buildings of Earth and Straw and Making Better Concrete
The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy makes abundantly clear the
predicament that humankind has created regarding how we procure and use
energy. Ways that we might extricate ourselves from this predicament are placed
squarely on the shoulders of renewable forms of energy, rather than fossil fuels.
This book shows how we, as individuals, have the power and technology
available now to embrace renewable energy for a bright future.
— Kelly Hart,
Who says home energy improvements have to plicated, or boring?
Dan Chiras' The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy waltzes the reader
gracefully through various efficiency upgrades that put household heat and
coolness in their proper places, then expertly jazz-dances through state-of-the-art
technologies like solar electricity, heat pumps, and biodiesel fuel. This
easy-to-understand, timely book should be distributed by local governments
and utilities to homeowners throughout the country. Imagine how much
less dependent we'd be on uncertain, expensive supplies of oil and natural gas!
— Dave Wann, coauthor of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and
Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods
Dan Chiras is one of the most authoritative writers in the field of renewable
energy. His multiple other books create prehensive library for homeowners
looking to live a lifestyle in harmony with their values. Not onl