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A guide to radically reduce home energy consumption, and even completely liberate your home from fossil-fuel dependency

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 energy consumption, then to retrofit existing homes to obtain all heating, cooling, cooking, refrigeration, hot water, and electricity from renewable sources. The Hrens also provide advice on renewable methods of transportation and home gardening. These practical approaches fit anyone’s budget and can be implemented over time to progressively liberate a home from fossil-fuel dependency.

Read this book – then grab your handsaw, tape measure, and drill, and get started! A life powered by the sun is waiting for you. Meant as a guide for renovating existing homes, The Carbon-Free Home gives you the hands-on knowledge necessary to kick the fossil-fuel habit, with projects small and large listed by skill, time, cost, and energy saved. For every aspect of your life currently powered by fossil fuels, The Carbon-Free Home offers alternatives you can accomplish yourself to get started using renewable and sustainable sources of power.

« It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive, and comprehensible, guide to making your home work for you and for the planet, inside and out. It’s frugal, it’s sensible, and it will help! » – Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and Fight Global Warming Now

LangueenVersionBrochéDate de sortie initiale15 juillet 2008Nombre de pages260IllustrationsNon

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

Stephen & Rebekah Hren

Deuxième auteur

Rebekah Hren

Coauteur

Rebekah Hren

Editeur principal

Chelsea Green Publishing Co

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Hauteur de l’emballage255 mmLargeur d’emballage205 mmLivre d‘étudeNonLongueur d’emballage22 mmPoids de l’emballage702 gPolice de caractères extra largeNon

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EAN9781933392622

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Anglais

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