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Easy, inexpensive, do-it-yourself solar energy projects
Featuring step-by-step instructions and useful photos and illustrations, this hands-on guide is filled with solar energy solutions you can put to use right away. Solar Power for Your Home shows you how to set up a variety of simple, money-saving solar projects quickly and easily, such as a solar water heater, a solar pool pump, solar lighting, a solar oven--and even a solar-powered lawn mower!
Learn all about the different types of solar technologies, including passive solar and photovoltaic, and determine which best suits your projects. You'll get details on assessing current energy use in your home, estimating the costs of solar installations, and calculating your overall savings. Reduce your carbon footprint--and your energy costs--with help from this practical resource.
Solar Power for Your Home covers:
- History, benefits, and potential detriments of solar energy
- Fundamentals of solar technologies--passive solar, photovoltaic, concentrating solar energy, and more
- Evaluating home electricity consumption
- Creating a personal energy plan
- How and when to contract your solar project
- Emerging technologies--thin film, nano, and hybrid solar and solar storage
- Funding options including rebates, incentives, and grants
- Standards, conversions, and helpful resources
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a quick and understandable introduction to solar power and other forms of alternative energy. The book includes the history of solar power, describes various types of solar power, provides a brief description of how to calculate your energy savings with solar, and discusses how to find and select a contractor.
My complaint is that the title gives you the impression that the book will focus on the issue of solar power and the home. Between chapters on history, extensive discussion of industrial and commercial applications not applicable to residential situations, and additional forms of alternative energy such as wind and geothermal, there's precious little space left that actually addresses things a homeowner wants to know when evaluating whether solar is right for him.
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