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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies
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- 作者： by Rik DeGunther
- 出版社：Wiley Publishing, Inc.
- 出版年：2010
- 集叢名：--For dummies
- ISBN：9780470596784; 9780470613894
- 格式：PDF,JPG
- 頁數：412
Solar Power Your Home For Dummies is the bestselling consumer guide to solar power in North America. Updates for the second edition ensure that this title continues to provide readers with accurate and timely information on a subject that is constantly evolving. Solar Power Your Home For Dummies, 2nd Edition, includes updates on changes to federal, state, and local regulations, laws, and tax incentives that seek to make solar-power adoption more feasible. Expanded coverage of the technology that underpins full-scale solar-power systems for the home have been added in direct response to consumer demand. With this information, readers are better positioned to weigh the pros and cons of embarking on what can be an expensive undertaking. New small and mid-sized solar products, projects, and applications are discussed, along with updated pricing information for the same.
- Introduction(第1頁)
- About This Book(第1頁)
- Conventions Used in This Book(第1頁)
- Foolish Assumptions(第2頁)
- How This Book Is Organized(第2頁)
- Icons Used in This Book(第4頁)
- Part I: Playing the Energy Game(第5頁)
- Chapter 1: Helping the World through Solar Power(第7頁)
- Chapter 2: Surveying Your Household Energy Efficiency and Use(第25頁)
- Chapter 3: Making Your Home Energy Efficient(第45頁)
- Part II: Understanding Solar — Just the Facts, Ma’am(第65頁)
- Chapter 4: Working with Solar Basics(第67頁)
- Chapter 5: Evaluating Your Solar Potential(第81頁)
- Chapter 6: Calculating Payback on Your Solar Investment(第93頁)
- Chapter 7: Installing Your Solar System(第111頁)
- Part III: Applications Aplenty: Projects from Small to Large(第119頁)
- Chapter 8: Digging In to Landscape Projects(第121頁)
- Chapter 9: Jumping In to Small Projects with Big Results(第135頁)
- Chapter 10: Heating and Purifying Water(第159頁)
- Chapter 11: Diving In to Swimming Pool Projects(第177頁)
- Chapter 12: Supplementing Your Domestic Water Heater(第187頁)
- Chapter 13: Breezeway: Directing Wind within Your House(第203頁)
- Chapter 14: Solar Pumps, Wind Power, Hydro Power, and Batteries in Applications(第221頁)
- Chapter 15: Glass Houses (and Plastic, Too): Greenhouses and Sunrooms(第235頁)
- Part IV: Exploring Full-Scale Photovoltaic Systems(第247頁)
- Chapter 16: Taking a Close Look at Photovoltaic Systems(第249頁)
- Chapter 17: Is a Full-Scale PV System Worth the Investment?(第271頁)
- Chapter 18: Divorcing the Grid: Going Solo with Solar Power Systems(第287頁)
- Chapter 19: Do It Yourself or Contract Out?(第299頁)
- Chapter 20: Finding the Cash to Get the Job Done(第311頁)
- Part V: Buying, Selling, and Building a Solar Home(第323頁)
- Chapter 21: Building a Solar Home from the Ground Up(第325頁)
- Chapter 22: Buying and Selling a Solar Home(第337頁)
- Part VI: The Part of Tens(第349頁)
- Chapter 23: Ten Best Solar Investments(第351頁)
- Chapter 24: Ten or So Best Do-It-Yourself Projects(第357頁)
- Chapter 25: Ten Cheap Solar Projects and Devices(第363頁)
- Chapter 26: Ten or So Worst Solar Mistakes(第367頁)
- Index(第371頁)
