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Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser ... 16 reviews
Bob Ramlow, Benjamin Nusz
New Society Publishers, 2006
all the basics
After reading reviews for this book I made the purchase hoping to have the basics of solar water heating covered. The book does that very well. Like most of us I'd love to see a book covering a detailed step by step installation with tools, equipment, costs, etc. But people with a handy man ability or a bit more like myself (builder)can figure things out pretty easily. Over All an excellent ...
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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) 6 reviews
Rik DeGunther
For Dummies, 2007
This book answered ALL my questions clearly!
My husband and I have become increasingly consciencious about saving our natural resources. It has been our goal to add solar panels to our house but most of the books out there were not written for the average person. This book answered all our questions in a language we could easily understand. We learned how to make solar power an investment throughout our entire house! How cool is that?
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America 110 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Cool Head for a Hot, Flat Crowded World
Friedman is a talented writer and astute world observer. He manages to see the larger trends and patterns in the world and brings them together in a way that sheds light on our future.
In his latest book, he takes off from his last book, 'The World is Flat' talking about the trends of globabilization and technology (FLAT), and extends it to include the current situation with the middle class ...
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Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis10 reviews
Newt Gingrich, Vince Haley
Regnery Publishing, 2008
This should be on the required reading list...
This should be on the required reading list of every freshman for college AND high school, AND those intelligent enough to walk into a bookstore.
It was full of so much common sense it just made me want to go "Duh!".
The only question it didn't answer was "Why are Americans being lied to?" - And this was because it was designed to be a handbook on how to solve serious problems and NOT ...
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The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and ...11 reviews
Dan Chiras
New Society Publishers, 2006
Very informative book.
I found this book to be very informative. It provides a wealth of knowledge about being self-sufficient. I am particularly interested in solar and wind power and this book provided some very good information about each of these subjects. Would highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking about living green.
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Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual28 reviews
Solar Energy International
New Society Publishers, 2004
Excellent Book!
Great Book. Well written and easy to follow. This is designed as a workbook for a class, but it is also a great self-led instruction book. Highly recommended.
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The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity17 reviews
Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder
Collins Business, 2007
Excelente atención y Buen libro
Excelente atención de parte de Amazon y el libro se observa bastante interesante. Hasta la lectura que llevo lo recomiendo ampliamente. Saludos
José
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The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living20 reviews
William H. Kemp
Aztext Press, 2006
Awesome book!
Helpful and informative. Easy to understand diagrams and explanations in plain English (i.e. you don't have to be ultra-tech-savvy to understand it).
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Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming53 reviews
Fred Krupp, Miriam Horn
W. W. Norton, 2008
A rebuttal to flat-earthers.
I recommend this book to those people who are in any way swayed by economic arguments as to the cost of tackling climate change. As with the advent of any new technological change from the spinning loom on; there are entrenched interests who will fight tooth and nail to stop change on the basis of societal cost. This book does a good job of proving that changing of our energy usage and improving ...
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Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home30 reviews
Rex A. Ewing; Doug Pratt
PixyJack Press, LLC, 2005
Great exploratory book.
I was thinking about making the move to solar so I decided to purchase this book and do some online research. This book does a great job explaining how solar works and what you can expect with respect to wattage from a solar array based on the size of the array, where you live, time of year, etc. It explains the different types of solar installations and helps you decide which one is best for ...
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Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius11 reviews
Gavin D J Harper
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2007
Information
I am thank full to the author for sharing all that knowledge with us. Full of ideas and information on energy that has been around for a while but I was unaware of it.
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Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems12 reviews
Paul Gipe
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999
A Good Overview of Wind Power Technolgies
Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems by Paul Gipe is an excellent overview of wind power turbines both past and present. It also does an excellent job of acquainting readers with the major components of a Wind Renewable Energy (RE) system and the functions thereof. In the opinion of this reviewer, the book does what it is intended to do: provide an overview a wind-based RE ...
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Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry19 reviews
Travis Bradford
The MIT Press, 2008
Thought Provoking, Very Convincing, and Very Rational
I think what sets this book apart from other literature about solar energy (or renewables in general) is that it seems the author has managed to separate emotion, political bias, environmental guilt-trips, and ulterior motives from the argument he's trying to establish - that solar energy dominance is inevitable. And no wonder - the author is said to have been a fund manager and corporate buyout ...
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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling21 reviews
Daniel D. Chiras
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002
Amazing book - quite possibly the BEST on solar building
My copy of this book is a mess. It has highlighting and notes all throughout the pages and looks well worn even though I've only had the book for a year.
When the time came to do some studying on solar design, this was the book that was recommended to me. And for good reason - it packs a wallop and provides SO MUCH great information in its pages. At the time I got the book I was somewhat of ...
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Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business10 reviews
Paul Gipe
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004
Make This Your 1st Book on Wind Power
Paul Gipe truly knows his industry. Whether you're thinking about installing a small wind turbine or want to invest in a megawatt model, you should make this your first purchase. You'll feel like you've completed a college course on wind power after reading this book.
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Convert It!24 reviews
Michael Brown
South Florida Electric Auto Association (S F, 1993
Very Informative
This is a great book for the EV enthusiast. I was a little surprised that the pages of the book seem like xerox copies. But the quality of the information is very impressive.
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The Clean Tech Revolution: Discover the Top Trends, Technologies, and Companies to Watch 2 reviews
Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder
Collins Business, 2008
Excellent overview of Cleantech/Greentech
I bought this book about two weeks ago, and have slowly been making my through it. I work in the field, and initially was hesitant to take the time to read it because changes in the greentech spectrum happen at a break neck speed, I thought that it would be out-dated the moment it was printed.
What I can now tell you is that I think that the Cleantech Revolution is an excellent overview of ...
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Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job2 reviews
Gregory McNamee
PixyJack Press, 2008
Inspiring, grounded, and action oriented -- not a boring list of lists
If you are looking for the typical career guide that is a dry list of job titles, job descriptions, and employers that is old news the day it goes to print, this is NOT it. Careers in Renewable Energy is what students and career-changing folks will WANT and NEED and can USE to find validation and inspiration as they embark on a career solving our growing sustainability problems!
I teach an ...
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LEED NC Sample Exam: New Construction3 reviews
Meghan Peot, Brennan Schumacher
Professional Publications, Inc., 2007
A Sample Exam with Answers and Solutions
If there is a question in anybody's mind regarding the need for 'Leadership in Energy and environmental Design,' they need only look at what's happened to their winter heating bill over the last two or three years. And it is going to get worse. In an attempt to remove some of the fraud and misrepresentation from the industry the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has created the LEED ...
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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy ...8 reviews
John Schaeffer
Gaiam Real Goods, 2007
Excellent
This book is the absolute best for covering renewable energy on a residential-sized scale. It covers all things solar/renewable energy: converting solar energy to electricity, wind generators, solar water heating, solar water pumping, energy conservation, off-the-electrical grid and grid intertie applications. There's an appendix with charts, maps and worksheets that help you design your own ...
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