books about: energy-smart

books about: energy-smart

books:

Energy-smart

Clean Technology 2008: Bio Energy, Renewables, Green Building, Smart Grid, Storage, and Water

CRC, 2008

These proceedings from the 2008 CTSI conference provide the most prestigious forum in the world for leading clean tech scientists. The papers from the conference have been compiled into one easy-to-use resource to create the most authoritative and comprehensive compendium available across all of clean technology. This book covers bioenergy fuels, ...

Cut Your Energy Bills Now: 150 Smart Ways to Save Money and Make Your Home More Comfortable and Green
Bruce Harley

Taunton, 2008

We have all heard the news: oil prices have exceeded $100 a barrel and natural gas rates have exploded by 74% over the past four years. And these costs will continue to rise. So how can the average homeowner lower their energy bill and still maintain a comfortable, healthy, and green house? The answer is: Bruce Harley's 136 Ways to Cut Your ...

The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart (Mother Earth News Wiser Living ...

Paul Scheckel

New Society Publishers, 2005

Great information that will save your money
The first third of the book is general information about energy, how it is made, how to count it, how to work the numbers. It should be a required class textbook for High School seniors. This background information is very well written and easy to understand. But, that ...

Computer-Aided Lean Management for the Energy Industry
Roger N. Anderson, Albert Boulanger, ...

Pennwell Corp., 2008

In this new look at energy business operations, an expert team of scientists and engineers provide a road map for transforming energy business capabilities to meet growth imperatives in an increasingly competitive global economy. Extended to the energy industry are the best practices in computational sciences and the lean management principles ...

Residential Lighting: A Practical Guide to Beautiful and Sustainable Design

Randall Whitehead

Wiley, 2008

A most excellent book
Well detailed, provides basic info about lamp types, color, and specific information/suggestions for each room, even outdoors/landscape lighting. A bit pricey, but still worth it. Read it cover to cover.

Power Electronics in Smart Electrical Energy Networks (Power Systems)

Springer, 2008

Power Electronics in Smart Electrical Energy Networks introduces a new viewpoint on power electronics, re-thinking the basic philosophy governing electricity distribution systems. The proposed concept fully exploits the potential advantages of renewable energy sources and distributed generation (DG), which should not only be connected but also ...

Smart Homes For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))

Danny Briere, Pat Hurley

For Dummies, 2007

Food for thought.
My husband and I are in the midst of a major remodel/expansion of our 1968 tract home so we have read pretty much every remodeling book we could find. This book offers a lot of information and food for thought on how to bring an outdated home into the technology age. ...

Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

Peter Woit

Basic Books, 2006

The emperor has no clothes
I am writing this blurb in reply to Lubos Motl's (you guess it, another String practitioner whose livelihood is being threatened by this book) comment. The fact that Peter Woit runs a blog critical of String only shows that he is consistent with his opinions. It ...

547 Ways to Be Fuel Smart
Roger Albright

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000

Is your home the enemy of your budget and the secret ally of your fuel supplier? Fuel conservation does not have to equal discomfort. Learn how to stay warm and keep your fuel budget at or below last year's level with the 547 money- and energy-saving tips in this book. For example, set your thermostat back just one degree and save. Clean your ...

Hydroelectricity (Sources of Energy)
Diane Gibson

Smart Apple Media, 2004

Examines the function of NASA and the impact of its various space exploration programs.

Advances in "smart" oil, gas drilling. (Exploration).(IntelliPipe,): An article from: Energy

Business Communications Company, Inc., 2002

This digital document is an article from Energy, published by Business Communications Company, Inc. on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 627 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

Renewable Energy Resources: Understanding Global Issues

Trevor Smith

Smart Apple Media, 2003

A student favorite in our library
When our copy went missing, this was a replacement for a heavily used and student friendly title. This is the perfect level for the "reluctant" 9th grade student. Great pictures and text is meaty yet easy to understand. Lots of reports from this, and the teachers like ...

Smart Dust: Sensor Network Applications, Architecture and Design
Mohammad Ilyas, Imad Mahgoub

CRC, 2006

Sensor networks continue to grow in importance for modern communication networks. The fruit of recent efforts aimed at miniaturization and highly advanced functionality, smart dust sensor networks offer powerful, cost-effective solutions to densely distributed, high-resolution applications. In chapters carefully selected from the popular Handbook ...

Wind Power (Energy Sources)
Neil Morris

Smart Apple Media, 2006

A detailed look at energy sources, how their power is harnessed and used

Smart Kitchen: How to Create a Comfortable, Safe, Energy-Efficient, and Environment-Friendly Workspace

David Goldbeck

Ceres Press, 1994

A must have for anybody designing a kitchen
This book is well organized and very effective in delivering essencial information for the design of a kitchen.Every detail/problem has been thought of and/or resolved. It gives direct and clear recomendations that will deffinitively save you money, time and effort.