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| Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings: All New Listings of the Most Efficient Products You Can Buy | 
 enlarge | Author: American Council For An Energy-efficient Economy
Publisher: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Category: Book
List Price: $8.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 729257
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 245
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0918249465
Dewey Decimal Number: 643
EAN: 9780918249463
ASIN: 0918249465
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Product Description
Alex Wilson, Jennifer Thorne and John Morrill Energy efficiency pays. For over a decade, the Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings has helped people who care about their budgets and about the environment to find energy-saving products. Inside this new, 8th edition:
up-to-date lists of the most energy-efficiency appliances and equipment by brand name and model numbertips, diagrams, charts, and explanation on nearly every facet of home energy use insulation cooking windows dishwashing heating and cooling systems
laundry food storage lighting and much more
updated information on energy-efficiency equipment, appliance standards, and the latest tips for saving energy
expanded information on ENERGY STAR -labeled products, including new ones such as freezers and compact refrigerators
PLUS
which investments in energy efficiency pay for themselves
why Energy Guide labels on appliances can be misleading
which energy-saving products work and which offer more hype than savings
how to save hundreds of dollars by replacing your least efficient appliances and buttoning up your house
Join the millions of consumers who are saving money while saving the earth. Reduce your energy bills and make a positive impact on national security, the economy, and the environment.
Amazon.com Review
Alex Wilson and John Morrill have assembled a comprehensive guide to energy-saving techniques and devices with two goals in mind: save consumers money and save Earth in the process. Wilson and Morrill offer consumers the latest techniques for making their homes more efficient, comfortable, and cheaper to live in, and they supply energy ratings for appliances, light bulbs, water heaters, windows, heating systems, and more. The language is clear and entertaining; you needn't to be a technician or an engineer to understand the suggestions and analyses. Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings will prove incredibly useful for people who are about to build a home or remodel, or who simply want to get the most bang for their buck and not waste energy or foul the environment.
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Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings March 11, 2006
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you want to replace your appliances in your home this is your book to find the most energy efficient products on the market. It rates the products as well as explaining how they work. Tons of information for the everyday consumer. We have used it to help us decide upon which kind of washer & dryer to buy as well as the installation of a heat pump, which replaced the 30 year old forced air furnace. It covers all the types of heating systems as well as cooling systems.
For the washer it compares vertical axis with horizonal axis right down to cost per load, electric and gas, wash and rinse cycle options and even laundry tips.
There is a whole chapter on lighting, both incandescent and compact florescent bulbs.
Hot water heaters are covered: gas or electric, storage types, demand, water pump, tankless, indirect and even solar. It discusses replacing & sizing water heaters for your home and how you use hot water, insulation and how to lower the water temperture. We went as far as to put a timer on our hot water heater so that it only heats water when we need it most, early morning for showers and evening for cooking and dishes.
It even covers windows, home insulation, energy audits and how to read the Energy Guide labels on all products.
We have found this book both informative and a keeper. We have had friends borrow it and some have even gone and purchased their own. This is our 2nd one, we almost wore out the first one which was the 7th edition. The new 8th edition brings us up to date. We gave the old one to friends who were happy to have it.
A terrific book August 26, 2002
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have a house under construction and I need information on windows types, heating and cooling appliance options as well as insulations. This book is over 5 stars. I borrowed a copy from a library and am planning to buy one for reference collections.
Practical energy savings information June 19, 2001
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book covers both the house itself (insulation, windows, etc.) as well as appliances, furnaces, and lightbulbs. Written in 1999, it lists major appliances, windows, furnaces, boilers, and air conditioners by brand name and model number in table format showing the energy ratings of each one. This saves you the time of running around town or making dozens of phone calls to collect this info. It also explains all the information contained on energy labels when you go shopping. In particular, I found the section on windows most beneficial. It details what tests are done to obtain the ratings, which tests are most relevant and which ratings you should pay particular attention to, as there are several ratings on each window. It also was bold enough to say which things you should be spending your money on and which things are nice to have but not absolutely necessary.
Save money on energy bills with this big little book December 14, 1999
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bought this book from amazon for research into healthy houses and I skimmed it for my deadline. I'm reading it closely now. Well written, easy to read, detailed, comprehensive. Even if you haven't a speck of money for new appliances, much less a new heating system, you can save money on energy. It's small--you can fit in your bag to take to the appliance store, but it's packed with stuff. Well worth the price.
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