Home energy

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6372212

Halacy, D

A consumer guide to help the homeowner sort through a range of options for improving the energy efficiency of his home, this book presents only those designs, systems, and applications that make sense in the mid-1980s. Suggestions are given for improving existing building systems. Subsequent chapters describe specific alternative energy and its applications: solar domestic water heating, passive solar heating and cooling, active heating and cooling, heating with wood, energy from the wind, and photovoltaics. Guides and shortcuts to information help the consumer through the decision process. Heating and cooling degree-day maps, computer software and applications, and energy tax credit information appear in the appendix. Each chapter includes photographs and diagrams to illustrate the systems and lists of suppliers. 32 tables.

• OSTI ID: 6372212
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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17 WIND ENERGY
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
299000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
CONSUMER GUIDES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
HOUSES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RETROFITTING
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WOOD FUELS