Save Energy and Cut Your Bills: Teach Yourself

Nick White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2010
Teach Yourself (Verlag)
978-1-4441-0117-1 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive guide which shows how conserving energy in the home and elsewhere can reduce heating, energy and other lifestyle costs

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Save Energy and Cut Your Bills offers you straightforward and achievable strategies for reducing your energy bills and living a more environmentally aware life. With lots of useful tools to assess your energy and carbon use, it gives practical advice on everything from heating your home to managing teenage consumers. The book comes with:

- Energy-saving actions categorized into 'no cost', 'low cost' and 'investment' actions
- Detailed installation costs and savings help you to make more effective decisions
- Topical issues, such as HIPs and smart metering
- Guidance on the most effective ways of generating your own power
- Suggestions for green driving and being more sustainable in the garden
- Resource sections for further investigation and assistance

Save Energy and Cut Your Bills include:

Chapter 1: Background to energy use
Chapter 2: How much energy are you using now?
Chapter 3: Developing a strategy for action
Chapter 4: Saving energy in the house
Chapter 5: Generating your own energy
Chapter 6: Saving energy in the garden
Chapter 7: Saving energy on the road
Chapter 8: Future trends

Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of how to save energy.

Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

The Hockerton Housing Project was the UK's first fully self-sufficient ecological housing development. Winners of the 2006 National Energy Efficiency award, they offer advice and support to families, schools and businesses on energy-friendly housing.

: acknowledgements
: preface
01: background to energy use
02: how much energy are you using now?
03: developing a strategy for action
04: energy saving in the house
05: generating your own energy
06: energy saving in the garden
07: saving energy on the road
08: future trends
: taking it further
: glossary
: appendix 1
: appendix 2
: index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.3.2010
Reihe/Serie	Teach Yourself - General
Zusatzinfo	black and white photos; diagrams
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 199 mm
Gewicht	276 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
ISBN-10	1-4441-0117-X / 144410117X
ISBN-13	978-1-4441-0117-1 / 9781444101171
Zustand	Neuware