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Where to
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on energy
efficiency
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reCoMMenDeD BookS
ewing, rex, Power with Nature: Alternative
Energy Solutions for Homeowners, Pixy jack
Press, 2006 and Got Sun? Go Solar, Pixy
jack Press, 2009
Chiras, Daniel, The Solar House, Passive
Heating and Cooling, Chelsea Green
Publishing, 2002
editors of sunset Books, 136 Best Ways to
Save on Your Home Energy, sunset Books,
2001
Gipe, Paul, Wind Energy Basics, Chelsea
Green Publishing, 2008
harley, Bruce, Insulate and Weatherize,
taunton Press, 2002
krigger, john and Chris Dorsi,
Homeowner’s Handbook to Energy Efficiency,
saturn, 2008
Moffatt, simon, Marc schiler et al., Energy-
Efficient and Environmental Landscaping,
appropriate solutions Press, 1994
USeFUl WeBSiteS
Professional Energy Audits
The residential energy services network,
or resnet, is a national standards-making
body for building energy efficiency rating
systems and offers this helpful primer
on home energy ratings, or hers, on
its website: resnet.us/ratings/overview/
resources/primer/ hP05.htm.
The site for the u.s. Department of energy,
energy efficiency and renewable energy
(eere) provides a helpful Directory of 345
Energy Software Tools: apps1.eere.energy.
gov/buildings/tools_directory.
Free energy audits
lawrence Berkeley national laboratory’s
home energy saver program has online
software that estimates the costs and
savings related to the most important
conservation measures: hes.lbl.gov.
energy efficient rehab advisor provides
recommendations, costs and savings
estimates for energy conservation projects:
rehabadvisor.pathnet.org/index.asp.
The energy and environmental Building
association provides a detailed energy
conservation checklist: eeba.org/
resources/publications/hec/ index.html.
Vectren energy provides energy calculators
for estimating energy savings for various
systems and appliances: vectrenenergy.
com/web/eenablement/learn_about/
conservation/calculators_i.jsp.
The energy star website offers lots of
information about buying the most
efficient appliances: energy star.gov/index.
cfm?c=appliances.pr_appliances.
air Sealing and insulation
energy star provides a do-it-yourself guide
to sealing and insulating for the handy:
energy star.gov/index.cfm?c=diy.diy_
index.
Mother Earth News’ “all about insulation”
is an excellent guide to home insulation:
motherearthnews.com/Do-it-
Yourself/200212-01/all-about-
insulation.aspx.
Financing energy
Conservation Projects
resnet’s section on mortgages provides
detailed information about energy
improvement Mortgages and energy
efficient Mortgages: resnet.us/ratings/
mortgages/ default.htm.
energy star’s website has helpful
information about federal energy efficiency
tax credits: energy star.gov/index.
cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits.
The Database of state incentives for
renewables and efficiency (Dsire) is a
comprehensive source of information on
state, local, utility and federal incentives
that promote renewable energy and energy
efficiency: dsireusa.org.
The u.s. Department of energy, energy
efficiency and renewable energy has a
weatherization assistance Program for
low-income homeowners: apps1.eere.
energy.gov/weatherization.
The alliance to save energy’s website has
useful information about energy-efficient
home and vehicle tax credits: ase.org/
content/article/detail/2654.
The tax incentives assistance Project is
designed to give consumers and businesses
information on federal income tax
incentives for energy-efficient products and
technologies: energytaxincentives.org/
consumers.
The efficient windows Collaborative
provides information on utility programs
that offer incentives and rebates for energy-efficient windows: efficientwindows.org/
utilityincentiveswindows.pdf. GS
