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Green your home all-in-one for dummies

Combines seven previous "Dummies" books to offer a comprehensive guide to greener living, covering topics such as energy efficiency, green cleaning and remodeling, sustainable landscaping, organic gardening, and solar power.

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Wiley
Language
English
Pages
668

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Cover of: Green Your Home All in One for Dummies
Green Your Home All in One for Dummies
2009, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John
in English
Cover of: Green your home all-in-one for dummies
Green your home all-in-one for dummies
2009, Wiley
in English

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Table of Contents

Green living: The world's gone green! ; Reducing, reusing, and recycling ; Making great green diet decisions ; Setting your kids on the path to a green lifestyle ; Keeping your home healthy
Energy efficiency: Taking stock of your energy efficiency and use ; Sealing and insulating your home ; Maximizing your heating and air-conditioning system ; Lighting your home more efficiently ; Increasing your water efficiency ; Taking control of appliances and electronics ; Controlling solar exposure for light and heat
Green cleaning: Bringing "green" to "clean" for a healthier home ; Building an arsenal of green cleaning tools ; Mixing up your own green cleaning solutions ; Making green work of laundry ; Bringing kitchens and baths to a green-clean sheen ; Working outside in for a clean and green home
Green remodeling: Thinking sustainability when you remodel ; Thinking about building materials in new ways ; Green finish and construction materials ; Exploring options for heating and cooling systems
Sustainable landscaping: Pursuing a smart, sustainable landscape ; Making sustainable decisions for your landscape design ; Hardscaping : beauty and function from patios, walls, and more ; Selecting plants for a sustainable landscape ; Finding greener ways to work around (or with) lawns
Organic gardening: Sowing the seeds of organic gardening ; Improving your soil and feeding your plants organically ; Controlling weeds, pests, and disease ; Raising organic vegetables and herbs ; Finding organic success with fruit
Solar power: Soaking up the pluses and minuses of solar power ; Preparing for a switch to solar ; Jumping in to small projects with big results ; Financing your solar investments.

Edition Notes

"7 books in 1"--Cover.

Includes index.

Published in
Hoboken, NJ
Series
--For dummies, --For dummies
Other Titles
Green your home for dummies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
640
Library of Congress
GE196 .G755 2009, TJ163.5.D86

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 668 p. :
Number of pages
668

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25570334M
Internet Archive
greenyourhomeall00yvon
ISBN 10
0470407786
ISBN 13
9780470407783
LCCN
2008941620
OCLC/WorldCat
233544903
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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