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New Green Home Solutions

Green living begins at home, and New Green Home Solutions tells you how. Most of the energy-derived pollution we produce comes as a direct result of our homes – how we heat them, how we cool them, how we keep them well-lit and full of things that make our lives so comfortable. The good news [...]

Got Sun?

Learn a new vocabulary! Take a refresher course on the electrical power of the sun and the wind! Although the enthusiasm of renewable-energy experts Ewing and Pratt might get a bit wearing, they’ve developed a nontechnical reference and guide for home owners thinking about pulling the plug on their utility connections. In fact, after a [...]

How to Harness the Power and Help the Future

We have come along way in developing societies that have electricity and thepower necessary to fuel vehicles and for industry to be successful. All of theseefforts though rely upon the use of energy source that comes from fossil fuels.They are found in the ground and have to be processed in order for us to havethat [...]

Encyclopedia of Renewable Energy for Home and Auto

 
This is the most complete collection of all the smaller renewable energy options for a home that I have found. — Peter Strugar, HomeownerThis is the most complete collection of all the smaller renewable energy options for a home that I have found. — Peter Strugar, Homeowner
This is the most complete collection of all the [...]

The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy

The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and [...]

How to Live off the Grid

 
More recommended reading from BBB Editors.
How to Live off the Grid & be 100% Self Sustainable & Debt Free. Stop oil & utility dependency, Stop paying high gas & utility costs. Live self-sufficient & lower monthly utility bills from an average $500 to $0.00 per month, even sell energy back to the power companies earning [...]

Profitable Renewable Energy: It Can Be Done

 
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Profitable Renewable Energy describes a simple plan to allow every utility consumer to invest in and profit from the current renewable energy boom.  This book should be read by anyone concerned about the spiraling fuel costs, the environment, or their future financial security.  Individuals, business, and legislators alike will [...]

Renewable Energy: Wind Power and Water Power

 
BBB Weekly Recommended Reading.
Renewable energy is energy that is generated from sunlight, rain, tides, geothermal heat and wind. These sources are naturally and constantly replenished, which is why they are deemed as renewable. The usage of renewable energy sources is very important when considering the sustainability of the existing energy usage of the world. While [...]

Power to Change the World: Alternative Energy and the Rise of the Solar City

 
 
After WWII, in a memoir entitled “The Gathering Storm,” Churchill described the buildup to war in terms that evoke uncomfortable comparisons. Today, the palpable sense of another storm gathering demands attention as the sources of instability, once underestimated, reach the headlines. But something crucially different underlies this new threat, something not seen before. While we [...]

Designing a Renewable Energy Home

This book helped tremendously when working with people to design their “dream house”. — Scott Quittem, BuilderThis book helped tremendously when working with people to design their “dream house”. — Scott Quittem, Builder
This book helped tremendously when working with people to design their “dream house”. –Scott Quittem, Builder
This book concentrates on selecting the most appropriate [...]