Energy Systems [Paperback]

McGraw-Hill Companies (Author), Robert Carrow (Author)

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Book Description

Series: Complete Construction | Publication Date: September 1, 1999

This book shows you how to plan and construct the energy-saving homes that today's buyers want. Whether homebuilding is your business or you're constructing or remodeling a single house, this indispensable guide shows you how to maximize energy savings through plans that include systems, layout, and materials. You'll also learn how to predict and compare energy savings accurately; harness the energy of the sun for free heating, lighting, and even electrical power; build "smart houses" with new chip-controlled technology that optimizes savings; and much more. A unique example floor plan helps you calculate heat loss in your own home. For home builders, home buyers, and home renovators; contractors, architects, and engineers alike, Energy Systems Handbook takes a cross-discipline look at the technologies available, and shows you how to build a complete, highly-efficient, money-saving energy system inside any home.Whether you're buyer or builder, this is a book that will pay for itself many times over.

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Features the latest developments! The complete guide to building energy efficient systems for homes. For home builders, home buyers, and home renovators; contractors, architects, and engineers alike, Energy Systems takes a cross-discipline look at the technologies available, and shows you how to build a complete, highly-efficient, money-saving energy system inside any home. Key features: example floor plan for calculating heat loss in your own home; tables and charts that help measure, and compare energy savings; complete coverage of free solar heating, lighting, and even electrical power; the newest information on "smart houses" with new chip controlled technology; complete guide to "green" devices, monitors, sensors, and rebates to further slash energy costs; includes local and national building code compliance guidelines; latest trends, including the "futuristic" energy-conserving home.

Product Details

Paperback: 310 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (September 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070140197
ISBN-13: 978-0070140196
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,310,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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