Warm House
Warm House

Author: Olivia Parker

Publisher: Publifye AS

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 8233933902

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""Warm House: Efficient Heating Solutions for Every Budget"" tackles the crucial challenge of maintaining a comfortable home temperature while considering both financial and environmental impacts. This comprehensive guide explores a range of heating methods, from cost-effective solutions to high-end technologies, emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability. The book's unique approach combines technical knowledge with practical advice, making it accessible to a wide audience. Readers will discover the fascinating evolution of home heating, from ancient Roman hypocausts to modern smart thermostats, providing context for current heating practices. The book's structure progresses logically, starting with fundamental concepts like heat loss and insulation, then moving to budget-friendly solutions such as DIY weatherization, and finally exploring advanced options like geothermal heat pumps. Throughout, ""Warm House"" emphasizes that effective heating is achievable at any budget through a combination of smart choices and strategic investments. What sets this book apart is its holistic perspective, considering not just technical aspects but also human behaviors that influence energy consumption. By incorporating insights from architecture, environmental science, and psychology, ""Warm House"" offers readers a comprehensive toolkit for creating warm, efficient, and sustainable living spaces, regardless of their financial constraints.

Warm House Cool House
Warm House Cool House

Author: Nick Hollo

Publisher: Choice Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781920705497

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This book does more than just explain the benefits of low-energy dwellings (lower power bills and more comfortable surroundings) and how average Australians can achieve them. It inspires and encourages the reader with examples of beautiful and comfortable homes that are energy-efficient and immensely livable. Illustrated throughout with photos, sketches and plans (including a colour section), all the examples are Australian from all our different climatic zones.

Warm House, Cool House
Warm House, Cool House

Author: Nick Hollo

Publisher: Choice Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781742232966

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"Provides valuable advice, illustrated by more than 100 inspiring contemporary examples of low-energy housing design, to help keep our homes cool in summer and warm in winter with little or no cooling and heating by appliances." - cover.

Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

Author: Neil Cherry

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-07-14

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 9780470085967

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A Linux smart home is about controlling and monitoring devices and information around your home using a standard personal computer, Linux, and its vast array of open source tools. You don’t have to be a master programmer to create one. If you like to tinker with Linux, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will guide you through cool home automation projects that are as much fun to work on as they are to use. Home automation used to be limited to turning on lights and appliances, and maybe controlling your thermostat and lawn sprinkler, from your computer. While you still might not be able to create all the Jetsons’ toys, today you can also Build a wireless network Create and set up a weather station Automate your TV and sound system Spy on your pets when you’re not home Set up an answering system that knows what to do with calls Increase your home’s security If you know how to use Linux and a few basic development tools — Perl, the BASH shell, development libraries, and the GNU C compiler—Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will help you do all these tricks and more. For example, you can Discover the best sources for Linux-based home automation devices Set up a wireless network, create a wireless access point, build a bridge between wired and wireless networks, and route your own network traffic Build a personal video recorder with MythTV that will record to DVD, or set up a wireless streaming music system Create a smart phone system that takes messages and forwards them to your fax, modem, or answering machine Build a weather station that notifies you of severe weather alerts Control and secure your home automation network, and even check on your house when you’re away The bonus CD-ROM includes all kinds of cool open source software for your home automation projects. Linux Smart Homes For Dummies even includes lists of cool gadgets to check out and great ways to automate those boring household chores. A smart home’s a happy home!

Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1991-11

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.