The Home Energy Diet: How To Save Money By Making Your House Energy-smart

Paul Scheckel

New Society Publishers, Limited, 2005 - Education - 309 pages

With rising energy costs, homeowners are beginning to examine the energy efficiency of their own homes, asking questions about where energy comes from and how much it costs, how to choose new appliances and what options exist for renewable energy.

The Home Energy Diet answers all these questions and more while helping readers take control of their personal energy use and costs so they can save money, live more comfortably and help the environment. Energy auditor Paul Scheckel first explores energy literacy, and then describes how your home uses—and loses—energy you pay for via:

Electricity
Hot water
Heating and air conditioning
Windows, walls and insulation

The Home Energy Diet involves readers in learning about their own homes by: measuring, metering, investigating and considering habits related to household energy use; learning how to quantify energy consumption and cost and making informed decisions about cost-effective improvements and upgrades. The book explores the misunderstood concept of efficiency versus cost by comparing fuel costs and equipment choices, including the possibility of using renewable energy for meeting home energy needs. This authoritative guide makes efficiency fun through personal anecdotes and humorous “tales-from-the-basement” energy misadventures.

Since energy efficiency is an investment that offers returns greater than Wall Street, readers can earn several hundred dollars every year just by following the advice in this book. As a bonus, many of the energy-saving strategies described can make for improved indoor air quality and healthier, more comfortable homes.

Paul Scheckel is an energy auditor who has visited thousands of homes, educating people about energy efficiency, cost-effective improvements and indoor air quality. With a passion for efficiency and renewables, he walks the talk by living in a solar-powered house and driving a car powered by vegetable oil in his home state of Vermont.

What people are saying

Review: The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart

User Review  - Autumn Sabo - Goodreads

The best of the many energy efficiency books I read since starting my new job. An excellent reference.

Review: The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart

User Review  - Mark - Goodreads

I got this book as a bonus to the kill-a-watt I asked for xmas (thanks Kiddo!). It really goes into depth about what you need to know about energy efficiency, where and what the typical problems are ...

About the author

Paul Scheckel is an energy auditor who has visited over 3,000 homes, educating people about energy efficiency, cost-effective improvements, and indoor air quality. With a passion for energy efficiency, he walks the talk by living in a solar-powered house and driving a car powered by vegetable oil, in his home state of Vermont.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Home Energy Diet: How To Save Money By Making Your House Energy-smart; Books for living wisely from Mother Earth news; Volume 6 of Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
• Author: Paul Scheckel
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited, 2005
• ISBN: 0865715300, 9780865715301
• Length: 309 pages
• Subjects: Education / Multicultural Education; House & Home / Remodeling & Renovation; House & Home / Sustainable Living; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection