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Author Potts, Michael, 1944-

Title The new independent home : people and houses that harvest the sun / Michael Potts
Edition Revised and expanded edition
Published White River Junction, Vt. ; Totnes : Chelsea Green Publishing, 1999

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Description xxii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Declaring Independence -- Ch. 2. Homework: Outgrowing Dependence -- Ch. 3. Harvesting Power -- Ch. 4. Maintaining Home Utilities -- Ch. 5. Comprehending Energy -- Ch. 6. Choosing a Site for Energy -- Ch. 7. Design for Independence -- Ch. 8. Building the Home Energy Machine -- Ch. 9. Pioneering and Settling the New Energy Frontier -- Ch. 10. Home Entropy - Improvements and Repairs -- Ch. 11. Growing with the Land -- Ch. 12. Generalists & Specialists -- Ch. 13. Solar neighborhoods -- Ch. 14. Living with Constant Change -- Ch. 15. The Will to Survive -- Ch. 16. Forward! -- Home Energy Audit -- Site Map
Notes Rev. ed. of: The independent home / Michael Potts. 1993
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-384) and index
Subject Dwellings -- Energy conservation.
Renewable energy sources.
Solar houses.
Author Potts, Michael, 1944- Independent home
LC no. 99039385 98007767
ISBN 1890132144 (alk. paper)