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The Chinese Greenhouse is the only complete guide to designing, building, and operating high-performance, earth-sheltered, solar-heated, intelligently glazed, and insulated passive greenhouses, allowing you to grow a variety of vegetables year-round-even in cold climates-in soil or aquaponics grow beds.

Climate change and limits to fossil fuels compel people to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet their needs for electricity. Chiras offers a concise and up-to-date guide covering all the essentials.

A one-of-a-kind book aimed at helping parents raise environmentally responsible children.

Small-scale solar energy production from panel to plug.

Energy bills have skyrocketed in North America, and traditional energy sources can be as damaging to the environment as they are to your pocketbook. The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy will show you how to slash your home energy costs while dramatically reducing your carbon footprint. Completely revised and updated, this new edition describes the most practical and affordable methods for making significant improvements in home energy eff...

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Everything you need to know to power your home or small business – now fully revised and updated! When you need practical advice from a warm, smart and informed human being, Dan Chiras is the one to turn to. - BRUCE KING, PE Director, Ecological Building Network, and author, Buildings of Earth and Straw and Making Better Concrete ... a thorough and comprehensive compendium from the basics to the complex aspects of solar and the imperative to c...

Completely revised and updated – the most comprehensive guide to small wind energy systems Power from the Wind is a great resource for beginners and seasoned wind veterans alike and it’s required reading for all my wind workshop students. — ROY BUTLER, Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC FACED WITH SKYROCKETING energy costs, aging infrastructure and frequent power outages, along with the constant reminders of the environmental impacts...

A clean and simple introduction to generating electricity from the wind.