Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home

Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert,

ISBN 10: 193339272X / ISBN 13: 9781933392721

Editore: Chelsea Green Publishing Company September 2007, 2007

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ENERGY: USE LESS--SAVE MORETHE CHELSEA GREEN GUIDES--A NEW SERIES OF POCKET-SIZED BOOKS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH!Did you know that lowering the temperature of your thermostat by a mere 2 degrees Fahrenheit could reduce your energy bill by 10 percent? Or that energy-efficient light bulbs last about 12 times longer than ordinary bulbs and consume one-fifth the energy? This is just the beginning of what you'll learn in this handy book, containing more than one hundred ideas for saving energy. These tips will save you money, and help you take your first steps in the fight against global warming. Also available: WATER: USE LESS--SAVE MORECOMPOSTING: AN EASY HOUSEHOLD GUIDEREDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: AN EASY HOUSEHOLD GUIDE.

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• Titolo: Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home
• Editore: Chelsea Green Publishing Company September 2007
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 193339272X
• ISBN 13: 9781933392721
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Architecture - Eco - Energy

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100 energy saving tips for everything in your home or business!

Did you know . . .

• Heating and cooling account for about 56% of the energy use in a typical home
• Energy-efficient light bulbs last about 12 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and consume about 1/5 of the energy
• If we all turned off our TVs and other gadgets that are kept on stand-by, we could shut down a couple of power stations in the United States, with huge reductions in CO2 emissions
• Our energy use is projected to increase 17% from 1995-2015
• Our homes produce even more CO2 emissions than our cars

This book gives you 100 energy-saving tips for the home—from simple things like switching off unnecessary lights and having a shower instead of a bath, to more drastic measures such as installing a condensing boiler. If each one of us acts on just a few of these suggestions, we can save money—and help slow down climate change.

Informazioni sull?autore

Amanda Cuthbert has been growing vegetables and fruit for many years in her gardens, allotments, and windowsills. Along with Jon Clift, she is the author of six Green Books' titles on environmental issues. She lives in Devon, England where she works as a freelance writer and marketing consultant.

Jon Clift has a Masters degree in Sustainable Environmental Management and has been growing vegetables and fruit for many years in his gardens and allotments, and windowsills. Along with Amanda Cuthbert, he has authored six Green Books' titles on environmental issues. He works as a freelance environmental consultant and lives in South Devon, England.