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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))
Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you’re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the ground up, Solar Power Your Home For Dummies takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to put it to work for you! This friendly, hands-on guide is packed with tips for making your home more energy-efficient though solar power—and helping the planet at the same time. You’ll see how to survey your home to determine your current household energy efficiency and use, and evaluate where solar power would best benefit you. You’ll also calculate what the return on your investment will be before you make any decisions. Once you’ve decided on a project, you’ll see whether it’s best to hire a contractor or do it yourself. We leave no stone unturned—you’ll also discover how to: - Choose and install your best solar system
- Handle small to large solar projects
- Heat and cool your house with solar energy
- Install exterior solar lighting
- Handle swimming pool, water heater, or ventilation solar projects
- Create greenhouses or solar rooms
- Build, buy, or sell a solar home
- Finance your solar investments
- Take advantage of tax rebates and incentives associated with solar power
- Avoid the worst solar mistakes
Featuring ten of the easiest and cheapest do-it-yourself solar projects, Solar Power Your Home For Dummies is the fun and easy way to meet your energy needs with this clean power source!.
Price: $8.71
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Environment: The Science Behind the Stories (2nd Edition)
KEY BENEFIT: The first edition of Environment: The Science behind the Stories made the biggest splash of any new entry in environmental science over the past thirty years. The newly revised Second Edition retains all the popular features of this landmark first edition—including its integrated central case study approach, and focus on current data and critical thinking—while new instructor resources make it easier than ever to give dynamic lectures. Foundations of Environmental Science: An Introduction to Environmental Science, Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values and Choices, Environmental Policy: Decision-Making and Problem-Solving, From Chemistry to Energy to Life, Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology, Species Interactions and Community Ecology , Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology. Environmental Issues and the Search For Solutions: Human Population Growth, Agriculture, Soils, and Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Biotechnology, and the Future of Food, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Resource Management, Forestry, Land Use, and Protected Areas, Urbanization and Creating Livable Cities, Toxicology and Environmental Health, Freshwater Resources: Natural Systems, Human Impact, and Conservation, Marine Resources: Natural Systems, Human Impact, and Conservation, Atmospheric Science and Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, Fossil Fuels: Energy and Impacts, Conventional Energy Alternatives: Hydropower, Biomass, and Nuclear Energy, New Renewable Energy Alternatives, Waste Management, Sustainable Solutions. For all readers interested in environmental science and its issues. .
Price: $37.96
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Craft: Volume 09: transforming traditional crafts
Create cool crafts and save the planet! Craft: Volume 09 focuses on all things green, from transforming recycled, repurposed, and reused materials into eco-friendly projects to features on crafters and companies that promote environmentally friendly practices. Plus: a free gift card in every issue, designed to be pulled out, sewn, and given to a friend -- and just in time for the holiday frenzy, an inspiring gallery of do-it-yourself gifts. CRAFT is a quarterly, project-based magazine dedicated to transforming traditional crafts. Celebrating the do-it-yourself spirit, CRAFT unites, inspires, informs, and entertains the growing community of highly imaginative people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected, and even renegade techniques, materials, and tools..
Price: $8.92
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BA 243- ENVIROMENTS OF BUSINESS PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (THE MARY JEAN AND FRANK P. SEAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)
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From the Atacama to Makalu: A Journey to Extreme Environments on Earth and Beyond
Life on Mars would face challenges that are not so different from those faced by organisms in Earth's extreme environments. This book delves into the limits faced by all life by examining the adaptations necessary to survive extreme environments. It proceeds from absolute deserts like the Atacama to the tops of giant mountains like Makalu, exploring the uniting principles behind the limitations to life. The book then applies these principles to the possibility of life on Mars. For ease of reference, it contains species lists and place-name lists with coordinates, as well as a glossary and an extensive reference list..
Price: $2.95
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Empty the Cup... Before You Fill It Up: Relationship-Building Activities to Promote Effective Learning Enviroments
The activities in this book create more mental space for learning, bring the human connection into meetings, build community, and coach participants to communicate more effectively, Plus, the energizers will revitalize any group any time. Empty the Cup... Before You Fill It Up has 100 practical ideas, exercises, and action steps, including:24 activites to connect, prepare& teach learning groups,plus 10 energizers to revitalize any group. * For Teachers to use in the Classroom * For Administrators to use with Teachers * For Managers to use in Meetings * For Trainers to use with Adult Learners -from book's back cover.
Price: $8.00
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