Save Energy and Cut Your Bills

Overview

Go green and save some green at the same time

Save Energy and Cut Your Bills offers you straightforward, achievable cost-cutting and energy saving strategies. It explains energy legislation and gives various ways to save energy in the home or in a rented property, with practical advice on heating, hot and cold water, electricity and appliances, stand-by systems, lighting, cooling systems--and even how to manage your teenagers' use of energy!

With lots of useful tools to assess energy and carbon use, Save Energy and Cut Your Bills gives practical advice on everything from heating homes to managing those teenage consumers. It includes:

• "No cost," "low cost" and "investment" energy-saving actions
• Detailed installation costs and savings
• Advice on generating your own power
• Suggestions on green driving and being more sustainable in the garden

You can also visit teachyourself.com for tests, extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry--this book gives you one-, five-, and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started.

Table of contents

acknowledgements
preface
background to energy use
how much energy are you using now?
developing a strategy for action
energy saving in the house
generating your own energy
energy saving in the garden
saving energy on the road
future trends
taking it further
glossary

Biographical note

The Hockerton Housing Project was the United Kingdom's first fully self-sufficient housing development. Winners of the 2006 National Energy Efficiency award, they offer advice and support to families, schools, and businesses on energy-friendly housing. A new and comprehensive guide which shows how conserving energy in the home and elsewhere can reduce heating, energy and other lifestyle costs.