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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | As oil prices continue to rise, many people are starting to think about how to unhook from the electricity grid. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses completely on off-grid, sustainable living and rural energy independence. Author/engineer William H. Kemp, who is a leading expert in small- and mid-scale renewable energy technologies, designed and built his own off-grid home. The result is a house that has all the standard “middle-class” creature comforts while using less than five times the total fossil-fuel energy of the average North American house. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of off-grid living and contains chapters on energy conservation; heating and cooling; backup power; domestic water heating; wireless communications; photovoltaic, wind, and microhydro energy generation; battery selection; and inverters. Since its release in 2003, The Renewable Energy Handbook has been a top-selling technology book and is recognized as the best book in its field. The book is augmented with hundreds of illustrations, line drawings, photographs, and appendices. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | William H. Kemp | | Paperback: | 592 pages | | Publisher: | Aztext Press | | Publication Date: | April 01, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0973323329 | | Package Length: | 8.7 inches | | Package Width: | 5.9 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 31 reviews |
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 Great informative book Jul 19, 2010
I was very impressed with both the information and the easy to read and comprehend presentation. It is very easy to see the time and effort put into this book and the author has a very plain way for presenting the information. This book provides detailed advise on making your home a much more efficient and money saving place to live. It is not specifically geared towards Off-Grid Living and has a wealth of valuable information for any home owner wishing to have a more efficient house. It provides a good look at renewable energy options and is a great source of information.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 limited information Dec 12, 2009
This is yet another renewable energy book that is far to generalized and does not tell you how to really get off the grid. Lot's of information on how to do it to a tiny cabin, but not a regular house (at least in any specific terms). Pretty well written if you want to familiarize yourself with alternate energy or what's involved in going off the grid, but you sure won't know how to actually do it. Cheaper to read a few articles on-line than to buy this book.
WHAT A HANDBOOK!!! Jun 30, 2009
This excellent work by the engineer William H. Kemp has made me to decide about installing my own small-wind turbine generator.
In this book you will find the basics about renewable energy, without entering in much technical details, so as a good introductory book it is excellent. Living in a farm with excellent resources all the year round, wind and water, not only I will install a wind generator, but because of this book I have started thinking about in micro hydro electricity production, chapter 8; chapters 9 to 11, are dedicated with some extend to batteries, converters DC TO AC, and DC regulation or controllers.
Evidently if you want to know a little bit more you have to study more, I would recommend too to the excellent manual by Hugh Piggott, HOW TO BUILD A WIND TURBINE.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
A rather simplistic book. May 24, 2009
I bought this book at the same time as another very good renewable energy reference based on the "Customers who bought this..." cross sell offered by Amazon. That's a mistake I won't make again.
The book may be helpful to a neophyte in the renewable energy field, but anyone with any kind of background will find it very basic. That the author uses the book to make subtle political statements is annoying. I was looking for detailed information, not political diatribe. I was disappointed.
Highly recommend it. Apr 06, 2009
I purchased this book based on the reviews here at Amazon.com. I am very pleased with the content and the manner in which it is written. I highly recommend it!
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