Physical Description:print xii, 171 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1. Carbon Busting for Fun and Profit -- Chapter 2. Conventions and Assumptions -- Assumptions and Methodology -- Correcting for Savings -- Interactions -- Conventions -- Sources of Information -- Interpreting Savings Figures -- Chapter 3. For Busy People: Top Recommendations at a Glance -- From Carbon Miser to Carbon Buster -- Chapter 4. Your Family?s Carbon Pie -- Interpreting Home -- Consumption Graphs -- Electricity: The Most Expensive Form of Energy -- What?s the Carbon Balance? -- How to Benefit from Fuel Switching -- Your Home?s Carbon Pie -- How Much Does It Cost? -- Chapter 5. Home Improvement: Green Home Design -- The Law of Diminishing Returns -- Tunneling Through the Cost Barrier -- Whole System Design -- Chapter 6. Green Transportation -- Efficiency Comparisons -- Bicycling -- Public Transit -- Cars -- Chapter 7. Electric Power -- Your Home?s Power Bill -- Lighting -- Power Vampires -- Refrigerators -- Freezers -- Dishwashers -- Cooking -- Solar Ovens -- Clothes Washers -- Dryers -- Computers and Home Office Equipment -- Entertainment Electronics -- Green Power -- Renewable Energy Sources: Making your Own Green Power --
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