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| Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings | 
 enlarge | Authors: John T Krigger, Chris Dorsi
Publisher: Saturn Resource Management
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 151755
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1880120127
EAN: 9781880120125
ASIN: 1880120127
Publication Date: May 2004
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Residential Energy is the best book available on home energy conservation. This book introduces readers to a home's parts, before explaining all the important possibilities for energy conservation. Readers will learn that effective energy conservation requires an integrated approach that identifies the biggest sources of energy waste. Residential Energy is the perfect reference manual for: building inspectors, energy auditors, weatherization technicians, carpenters, heating and air-conditioning specialists, insulation contractors, plumbers, electricians, libraries, and home improvement enthusiasts.
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 Both a course book and a reference book October 18, 2008
Based on an earlier review I bought both this book and the recommended Insulate and Weatherize, and I found both useful. The latter is a very helpful and accessible guide, while this book (Residential Energy) is one that I know I will need to read more than once and aferwards come back to often; it is quite packed with info. There is a difference between "doing something useful" to reduce energy costs and "doing most everything that can be done" which, given escalating energy costs (despite any temporary downturns) in our future, is what we need (because if you allocate money to make your house use 50% less energy but energy costs double, how are you going to repay yourself?). As a "local energy committee" person in a small town concerned about helping people weatherize adequately, I keep finding there is more that I need to know, and this is the book that helps.
Great Book To Get Into The Home Energy Tech Field July 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nicely done book for beginning residential energy auditor at the coomunity college level. Updated with lots of additional info in the back. With the cost of energy becoming a current issue, this book covers it all. So, if you want to enter this emerging field, this book would be a helpful start.
 Consider "Insulate and Weatherize" Instead November 4, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Consider starting with "Insulate and Weatherize: Expert Advice from Start to Finish" by Bruce Harley instead which is a more practical "Go Do It" book with lots of photographs. "Residential Energy" does have more formulas and the like.
 Useful, but perhaps better resources available November 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book might be useful for someone just digging into the issues of residential heating and cooling. It's presentation format doesn't presume the reader has much prior knowledge of the material, which dovetails nicely with the medium-level details of the material. I consider it a pretty decent overview, but by the time I had read it, other materials I had covered made this book redundant.
Very good book! January 11, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was a very helpful book with a lot of information and good presentation. I enjoyed it a lot. I think that you will too!
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