The independent home : living well with power from the sun, wind, and water / by Michael Potts.

Main entry:

Potts, Michael, 1944-

Title & Author:

The independent home : living well with power from the sun, wind, and water / by Michael Potts.

Publication:

Description:

xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

A Real goods independent living book

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index.
Foreword / John Schaeffer -- Ch. 1. Declaring Independence -- Ch. 2. Homework: Outgrowing Dependence -- Ch. 3. Harvesting Our Own Power -- Ch. 4. Home Utilities -- Ch. 5. The Tree Game: Reckoning Our Footprints On the Planet -- Ch. 6. Choosing a Site for Energy -- Ch. 7. Planning a New Independent Home -- Ch. 8. Building the Home Energy Machine -- Ch. 9. Pioneering and Settling the New Energy Frontier -- Ch. 10. Home Entropy: Improvements and Repairs -- Ch. 11. Growing With the Land -- Ch. 12. Generalists and Specialists -- Ch. 13. Living With Constant Change -- Ch. 14. Solar Neighborhoods -- Ch. 15. Independent Futures -- Resource List.

ISBN:

0930031652 (pbk.)
9780930031657 (pbk.)

Subject:

Dwellings Energy conservation.
Renewable energy sources.
Renewable Energy
Habitations Économies d'énergie.
Énergies renouvelables.
Recursos energeticos.

Added entries:

Real Goods independent living book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 118979
Call No.: ID TJ163.5.D86 P6; ID:95-B1734
Status: Available

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