The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit
Having weaned themselves completely from fossil fuels in their conventional 1930s urban house, Rebekah and Stephen Hren provide a map for others to do the same. Their book shows first how to reduce... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1933392622
ISBN13:9781933392622
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
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Finally! A book for the rest of us!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
We've been wanting to make some changes in our life to reduce our carbon footprint and have read a number of books/suggestions along those lines. Unfortunately most of the suggestions have been out of reach of our limited budget. This book was such a great surprise which left me thinking - "Finally, a book for the rest of us!"
Finally, some expert renewable energy authors in the Southeast!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I have an extensive collection of books written about renewable energy and natural building and was getting desperate to find some experts that lived in the part of the country and in the same climate as me and I finally found them! The book is a terrific source of new ideas and source references. Definitely a good buy, especially for those of us who don't happen to live on the West Coast but still want to be really green!
Packed with tips and practical retrofit ideas
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The authors weaned their lives of fossil fuels in their standard 1930s urban house - and they then tell consumers how to retrofit existing homes to do the same, obtaining all power and heating and cooling from renewable sources. From cooking with biogas to using earth plaster to increase the biomass of a house, THE CARBON-FREE HOME is packed with tips and practical retrofit ideas, making it a fine acquisition for any homeowner's library and for general-interest lending collections. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
How to live with-out fossil fuels
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Great guide for both the the greenest of green and those who just want to take a few steps to cut their utility bills. The part of book which deals with why the authors decided to leave their hand built cob round house in the woods for the urban living is particularly interesting.
The Carbon-Free home
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The Carbon Free home is one of the most useful guides I have ever seen to greening your old white elephant. They give practical advice to city dwellers on how to retrofit your home to make it much less of an energy hog and perhaps even carbon free. There are three dozen realistic DIY projects and hundreds of usable tips and suggestions. Nanny Nature gives this book four paws and a tail.
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