Energy: Use Less-Save More: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home (The Chelsea Green Guides)

Type
Book
ISBN 10
193339272X 
ISBN 13
9781933392721 
Category
Sustainability  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2007 
Pages
80 
Description
100 energy saving tips for everything in your home or business! Did you know . . . Heating and cooling account for about 56% of the energy use in a typical home Energy-efficient light bulbs last about 12 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and consume about 1/5 of the energy If we all turned off our TVs and other gadgets that are kept on stand-by, we could shut down a couple of power stations in the United States, with huge reductions in CO2 emissions Our energy use is projected to increase 17% from 1995-2015 Our homes produce even more CO2 emissions than our cars This book gives you 100 energy-saving tips for the home—from simple things like switching off unnecessary lights and having a shower instead of a bath, to more drastic measures such as installing a condensing boiler. If each one of us acts on just a few of these suggestions, we can save money—and help slow down climate change.     - from Amzon 
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