Henry Carter Hull

An overview of natural conditioning that explains how to use passive solar techniques to heat and cool homes and offers tips for choosing a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly backup heating system.

"A stunning piece of work -- perhaps the best single book ever produced about our energy economy and its environmental implications" (Bill McHibbon, The New York Review of Books ). Petroleum is so deeply entrenched in our economy, politics, and daily lives that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail. Companies and governments depend on oil revenues. Developing nations see oil as their only means to industrial success. And the...

Written by a solar expert who has been in the sustainability business since 2009, The Solar Consumer Guidebook provides insight into the process of incorporating solar energy into your "investment" portfolio for the next twenty-five years or longer. By walking through the process of sales pitch meetings, proposals, and finally the implementation of solar panels at your house or place of business, this book gives a comprehensive guide for you to follow,...

Zero energy homes produce at least as much energy as they consume through a combination of energy efficiencies, passive design and renewable energy production. California has adopted zero net energy as the new residential standard for 2020; many other governments are considering similar policies. Developing zero energy homes is the first step towards making all buildings zero energy -- a critical step in mitigating climate change, since buildings...

Explores the lack of progress in the areas of global warming, climate change, and energy consumption.

Shows how renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles, when used together, can sustain a healty economy and create a clean environment.

Learning to incorporate a variety of eco-friendly energy sources into our businesses and homes will make Earth a better place to live. This program explores photovoltaics, the design behind wind turbine technology and the creative processes behind vehicles in the American Solar Car Race. Zero energy houses of the future will use many of these technologies to produce more energy than they consume. Renewable energy technologies are important for the...

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind solar energy. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--

The author presents a commentary on how electricity works and how it affects daily life and examines electricity's theoretical discoveries through the profiles of those such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Marconi.

The energy demands and rising cost of oil have encouraged scientists and engineers to develop renewable energy alternatives. Biofuels are renewable energy sources from organic materials such as plants or animals that are directly converted into liquid fuels. The two most common biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel. Engineered biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel that are made from starches, sugars and cellulose are already in use as...