Energy Savers

Energy Savers
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
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Provides consumers with home energy and money savings tips such as insulation, weatherization, heating, cooling, water heating, energy efficient windows, landscaping, lighting, and energy efficient appliances.

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings
Author: Alex Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1996
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780918249241

The updated 5th edition of Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings identifies the most energy-efficient home appliances by brand name and model number. Reader-friendly and packed with illustrations, this handbook helps any homeowner save energy and money. Chapters include: -- energy use and the environment -- insulating and sealing air leaks -- new window options -- space heating -- cooling and air conditioning -- water heating -- refrigeration -- lighting...and much more This book is as compact and efficient as its subject matter. Its 274 pages are crammed with money-saving information. A directory of manufacturers helps the reader access purchase information on recommended appliances.

Save Energy, Save Money

Save Energy, Save Money
Author: Alvin Ubell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2001
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0028642791

-- Alvin Ubell, the Household Hints and Safety Reporter with Good Morning America, is the recognized expert on this topic. -- This book will be heavily promoted. A deal with the Cleveland affiliate of PBS has already been formed. In addition, Alvin Ubell will promote the book in Family Circle -- a magazine which has a circulation of over 10 million readers. -- This book will be out by the time the home heating season begins. Save Energy, Save Money will be a timely book that teaches readers what they can do to cut energy costs in the home and in the car. This book will be based on Alvin Ubell's Energy-Saving Guide for Homeowners -- a book which sold over 1,000,000 copies in its 10 printings from 1980 to 1988. Save Energy, Save Money will be a Do-It-Yourself book that covers specific things that all homeowners/car owners can do to save on their bills, such as how to make your furnace more efficient, how to save on lighting; how to minimize heat loss through windows and doors, how to use your appliances economically, how to find the most energy efficient car for your need, how to save on car fuel costs, how to take advantage of energy tax breaks, and more!

The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success

The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success
Author: Mark Jaccard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2020-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108479375

Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.

Toward a Sustainable Energy Future

Toward a Sustainable Energy Future
Author: International Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The manner in which we produce & consume energy is of crucial importance to sustainable development, as energy has deep relationships with each of its three dimensions -- the economy, the environment & social welfare. These relationships develop in a fast-moving & complex situation characterized by increasing globalisation, growing market liberalisation & new technologies, as well as by growing concerns about climate change & energy-supply security. In order to make energy an integral part of sustainable development, new policies need to be developed. Such policies must strike a balance among the three dimensions of sustainable development. They must reduce our exposure to large-scale risk. The IEA has synthesized a number of experiences with policies aimed to promote sustainable development. These experiences are reported in seven subject chapters on energy supply security, market reform, improving energy efficiency, renewable energies, sustainable transport, flexibility mechanisms for greenhouse gas reductions & on non-Member countries.

Will China Save the Planet?

Will China Save the Planet?
Author: Barbara Finamore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509532668

Now that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast, will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe? Many signs point to yes. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, is leading a global clean energy revolution, phasing out coal consumption and leading the development of a global system of green finance. But as leading China environmental expert Barbara Finamore explains, it is anything but easy. The fundamental economic and political challenges that China faces in addressing its domestic environmental crisis threaten to derail its low-carbon energy transition. Yet there is reason for hope. China's leaders understand that transforming the world's second largest economy from one dependent on highly polluting heavy industry to one focused on clean energy, services and innovation is essential, not only to the future of the planet, but to China's own prosperity.

The Power of Existing Buildings

The Power of Existing Buildings
Author: Robert Sroufe
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 164283050X

Your building has the potential to change the world. Existing buildings consume approximately 40 percent of the energy and emit nearly half of the carbon dioxide in the US each year. In recognition of the significant contribution of buildings to climate change, the idea of building green has become increasingly popular. But is it enough? If an energy-efficient building is new construction, it may take 10 to 80 years to overcome the climate change impacts of the building process. New buildings are sexy, but few realize the value in existing buildings and how easy it is to get to “zero energy” or low-energy consumption through deep energy retrofits. Existing buildings can and should be retrofit to reduce environmental impacts that contribute to climate change, while improving human health and productivity for building occupants. In The Power of Existing Buildings, academic sustainability expert Robert Sroufe, and construction and building experts Craig Stevenson and Beth Eckenrode, explain how to realize the potential of existing buildings and make them perform like new. This step-by-step guide will help readers to: understand where to start a project; develop financial models and realize costs savings; assemble an expert team; and align goals with numerous sustainability programs. The Power of Existing Buildings will challenge you to rethink spaces where people work and play, while determining how existing buildings can save the world. The insights and practical experience of Sroufe, Stevenson, and Eckenrode, along with the project case study examples, provide new insights on investing in existing buildings for building owners, engineers, occupants, architects, and real estate and construction professionals. The Power of Existing Buildings helps decision-makers move beyond incremental changes to holistic, results-oriented solutions.

ThriftStyle

ThriftStyle
Author: Allison Engel
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1623545021

A must-have guide for bargain-hunting fashionistas looking to make a statement without sabotaging their budgets. With this easy-to-use resource, savvy shoppers can cultivate upscale, upcycled wardrobes at thrift and consignment store prices. Shoppers will learn to navigate the racks of their local consignment shop, spot name brands like Versace, Dior, and Burberry, select the best quality items, and repair secondhand clothes that need some love. Photo-filled chapters on thrifted handbags, jewelry, scarves, and other accessories show what's available and give tips for distinguishing quality items from fakes. Interviews with expert tailors, dry cleaners, shoe repair wizards, and fabric-dyeing professionals explain what makes a damaged piece of clothing worth renovating. Before-and-after photos show what can be done to refashion less-than-perfect finds.