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PART ONE Home Energy Efficiency |
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1 Getting Ready for Renewables |
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The Big and Little Energy Picture |
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Build a Bicycle-Powered Battery Charger |
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2 Do Your Own Energy Audit |
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Heating and Air Conditioning |
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Prioritizing Your Improvements |
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Measuring Insulation Value |
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How Much Insulation Do You Need? |
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Choosing and Installing Insulation |
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Stopping Air and Moisture |
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When "High Performance" Doesn't Perform |
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Looking at the Big Picture |
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Heating and Air Conditioning |
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Electric Energy Monitoring |
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My Hot Water Heating Story |
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PART TWO Renewable Energy |
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Solar Hot Water Collectors |
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Additional System Components |
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Build a Solar Hot Water Batch Heater |
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7 Solar Electric Generation |
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Living with Solar (and Wind) Power |
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8 Wind Electric Generation |
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Using Wind Energy at Home |
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Estimating Energy in the Wind |
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Wind Machines and Controls |
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Foundations and Anchoring |
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Wind Wisdom from an Expert |
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9 Hydro Electric Generation |
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Measuring Flow and Estimating Power |
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10 Renewable Electricity Management |
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Balance of System Components |
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Mapping Motivations ... and Watts |
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Basic Steps for Making Biodiesel |
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Mixing Biodiesel with Other Fuels |
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How Wood Gas Generators Work |
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Four Stages of Gasification |
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Cleaning and Filtering Wood Gas |
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Working Safely around Wood Gas |
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Build a Simple Wood Gas Cook Stove |
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Solids, Liquids, and Volatile Solids |
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Retention Time and Loading Rate |
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Types of Methane Generators |
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Biogas Is More than a Gas |
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Resources |
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Metric Conversion Charts |
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Index |
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