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Advance Praise for

The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy

Dan Chiras strikes again! With this latest addition to his already impressive list

of titles, Dan makes it as easy as possible for you to effect your own transition

away from fossil fuel dependence. I've never seen a more comprehensive, better

written, or better organized primer on this subject. When you need practical advice

from a warm, smart and informed human being, Dan Chiras is the one to turn to.

— Bruce King, PE Director, Ecological Building Network, and author of

Buildings of Earth and Straw and Making Better Concrete

The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy makes abundantly clear the

predicament that humankind has created regarding how we procure and use

energy. Ways that we might extricate ourselves from this predicament are placed

squarely on the shoulders of renewable forms of energy, rather than fossil fuels.

This book shows how we, as individuals, have the power and technology

available now to embrace renewable energy for a bright future.

— Kelly Hart, www.greenhomebuilding.com

Who says home energy improvements have to be complicated, or boring?

Dan Chiras' The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy waltzes the reader

gracefully through various efficiency upgrades that put household heat and

coolness in their proper places, then expertly jazz-dances through state-of-the-art

technologies like solar electricity, heat pumps, and biodiesel fuel.This

easy-to-understand, timely book should be distributed by local governments

and utilities to homeowners throughout the country. Imagine how much

less dependent we'd be on uncertain, expensive supplies of oil and natural gas!

— Dave Wann, coauthor of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and

Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods

Dan Chiras is one of the most authoritative writers in the field of renewable

energy. His multiple other books create a comprehensive library for homeowners

looking to live a lifestyle in harmony with their values. Not only is his style

accessible and easy to read but is thorough in what to do, how to do it and why.

Dan walks his talk living in a solar, green home and devoting untold hours to

sustainable living causes. He is truly one or our national heros!!!

— David Johnston, What's Working: Visionary Solutions for Green Building, and

author of Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time

Dan Chiras has done as much as anyone in America to promote and popularize

the use of renewable energy. He works his magic again in The Homeowner's Guide to

Renewable Energy. As Peak Oil looms, the lucidity and clear thinking of Dan Chiras

becomes our first line of defense.

— Stephen Morris, publisher and editor,

Green Living: A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment

If you're thinking about investing in a renewable energy system for your home, Dan

Chiras' The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy helps clarify the decision making

process. After beginning with the all important discussion about energy efficiency and

conservation, Dan guides you through everything you need to choose which renewable

options to integrate into your lifestyle. A great addition to my bookshelf!

— Mick Sagrillo, Sagrillo Power & Light

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News are leading the way to a wiser, more sustainable world.

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