Main entry:

Ryker, Lori, 1963-

Title & Author:

Off the grid : modern homes + alternative energy / Lori Ryker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, ©2005.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The grid intertie: the interconnection of western civilization -- Sustainable living and off-the-grid technologies -- Practicalities -- The technologies -- The projects : Bungalow remodel: Solar Umbrella House ; Coastal mountain clearing: Barsotti Residence ; Boundary waters family refuge: Twin Lakes Cabin ; Grassland homestead: Fargo and Maestas residence ; Simplified living: Hill Country Jacal ; Suburban footprint: D'Souza and de la Torre residence ; Metropolitan redo: Reade Street townhouse ; Urban pioneering: House R128 ; Sustainability on a budget: Wilson residence ; Self-sufficiency: Four Horizons Autonomous House -- Projects at a glance.

Summary:

"Off the Grid confronts the ecological and cultural problems associated with the way we get and use energy, and explains how it is possible to live in a beautifully designed home using much less--no matter where your home is located. Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that binds us together. It is a system of electrical poles, wire, substations, hydroelectric dams, telecommunication towers, and water extraction and sewage systems. From within this system we work, play, and raise families. We have also created one of the greatest environmental challenges known to modern civilization. The signs of our impact upon the world can be recognized in the reports of environmental changes occurring across the earth, and they can also be seen in the growing failures of the energy grids across the world as the current system is stressed beyond its capacity. Technologies that can be used to live off the grid (geothermal energy use, wind turbines, photovoltaic arrays, micro hydropower, rainwater collection and reclamation, and more) are explained as author Lori Ryker shows how to choose and incorporate these sources according to geography and climate."--Amazon.com.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Table of contents
Sample text

ISBN:

1586855166
9781586855161

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Environmental aspects.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Architecture domestique Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture et économies d'énergie.
energy efficient buildings.
Architecture intérieure Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture Économies d'énergie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305446
Call No.: BIB 251281
Status: Available