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A comprehensive guide to using wind to power private houses and small businesses and farms. Describes and illustrates the wide range of systems now commercially available; suggests criteria for citing; includes equations for figuring out the power potential of various sizes in various conditions; and discusses legal and safety issues. Annotation co

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Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to using wind to power private houses and small businesses and farms. Describes and illustrates the wide range of systems now commercially available; suggests criteria for citing; includes equations for figuring out the power potential of various sizes in various conditions; and discusses legal and safety issues. Annotation co

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Covers power, conservation, and gear.

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There is a new British Standard for the installation and commissioning of Rainwater recycling systems.   This is a useful document and gives plenty of common sense information.  Unfortunately, you have to pay for the standard.

There are many companies out there that can do a competent installation, in fact, you could do one yourself.  Applying the basic building and plumbing rules to such an installation will get the job done.

Currently there is no legal requirement to use this standard in your building project.

Do pay attention to detail when planning a recycling system and think through the requirements that you have. Also you will most likely find it easier to do the installation of the tank early on, so always lay out a full sized DN100 pipe for the cables and water pipe.  You may put these cables in at this time and simply wrap the ends up in a box or bag.

It is very easy to loose the extra units, so be sure to put them in a safe place !

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This text presents a relatively nontechnical description of passive solar heating and cooling principles that can be used in the construction of homes heated and cooled simply through the absorption or dissipation of sunlight. The author, who has designed a number of these homes, discusses region-specific design strategies, the integration of envir

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“Here is the comprehensive guide to heating your home without heating up the planet. For warm feet and a clear conscience, this is the book you need.”–Bill McKibben, author of “Enough! Staying Human in an Engineered World”

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This guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources offers a tour of all the available options including traditional oil and gas furnaces, wood stoves and masonry heaters, active and passive solar systems, and heat pumps. Included i (more…)

Save money and build home equity with a sustainable, ecologically sound home The economic benefits of going green have become increasingly more convincing with every new innovation in energy creation and consumption. The second book in the series by bestselling author Gary Keller, CEO of Keller Williams Realty—North America’s fastest growing real estate company—Green Your Home arms homeowners and homebuyers alike with everything they need to know about (more…)

A practical guide to putting alternative energy into practice in the home–from pioneers in the fieldEnrich your life–and your wallet–by incorporating alternative energy into your daily home life. A new TAB Green Guru Guide, this book offers authoritative, practical, and fun do-it-yourself projects and tips for greening your home.Renewable Energies for Your Home covers biodiesel, ethanol, CNG, hydrogen, electricity, waste vegetable oil, and biomass. You will find the following infor (more…)