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With greater public awareness of the need for energy independence, the issue of how we can make our existing homes more resource efficient is becoming ever more critical. Residential buildings make up a large fraction of our energy needs, largely due to heating and air-conditioning. So its no longer enough to simply do the small stuff, like switching to compact fluorescent bulbs, or turning down the thermostat at night.
In The Greened-House Effect, author Jeff Wilson brings his twenty-five years of construction experience and knowledge of home building to bear on making our current houses cleaner, greener, and healthier. Think of a deep-energy retrofit (DER) as a home makeover - one that represents a significant investment, but that saves money from the get-go by capturing the energy you drop on the ground every month, every year, through inefficiency, poor design, or simply living in a typical older home.
Using his own familys DER of their 1942 home as a prime example, Wilson weaves a readable narrative at a practical, hammer-and-nail level. He presents the solutions to our building and energy problems, making them seem possible for average homeowners and small contractors by offering the right set of information, skills, and materials.
More technical information is presented in sidebars and graphs, and numerous color photos illustrate the process, including:
- Testing the energy efficiency of your home and learning where improvements need to be made
- Issues of local building codes and regulations
- Financing and paying for a DER
- Major components of the DER, such as roofs, exterior walls, basements, and home systems
Wilsons building experience, along with his lifelong passion for energy issues, all come together to form an inspirational, can-do approach to making our neighborhood, our community, our nation, and our world a better place - one home at a time.
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Chelsea Green Publishing sees books as tools for effecting cultural change and seeks to empower citizens to participate in reclaiming our global commons and become its impassioned stewards. If you enjoyed The Greened House Effect, please consider these other great books related to green building.
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THE GREENED HOUSE EFFECT
Professionals will debate the techniques, and economists will debate the payback, but no one will debate Jeff Wilsons pluck in attacking his own Deep Energy Retrofitall the while living with his family in the house! The Greened House Effect is a good overview of the DER field and a great argument for moving out while you do the work! Jeff must have a very patient wife!
STEVE THOMAS, former host of PBSs This Old House and Planet Greens Renovation Nation
I live on an island. There are 17,000 existing buildings here. Each will be brought into the 21st century, at some point, or be summarily discardeddemolished, dumped, and replaced. The Deep Energy Retrofit method is the key to restoring our existing housing stock. At South Mountain Company we practice this approach. Jeff Wilson does, too, and he has written a comprehensive and robust introduction to the subject that balances practical instructions with design, engineering, and social/environmental context. The Greened House Effect is very informative. And its a good read, too.
JOHN ABRAMS, president and CEO, South Mountain Company, Inc., author of Companies We Keep
Jeff Wilson has provided an extraordinary service to all of us who are struggling to make our homes more energy efficient. I know of no other book that takes the reader on such a thoroughly entertaining but equally fact-filled tour of all the options and challenges in making an older home equal to, or better than, new. For anyone who is serious about making their existing home a better custodian of our planets resources, The Greened House Effect is a must read. If I could add an addendum to my own book, Not So Big Remodeling, Id tell my readers, To really understand how to do a Deep Energy Retrofit right, read The Greened House Effect.
SARAH SUSANKA, architect and author of The Not So Big House series
The Greened House Effect is inspiring, empowering, informative, and entertaining. Jeff Wilson puts a human face on a technical undertaking by relating his familys Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) story as an adventure dramawith defining moments, learning experiences, and palpable joysinterspersed with solid advice about how to carry out ones own DER.
At the same time, Wilson views a single DER in the context of a growing movement that can positively impact our economy, environmental pollution, and national security. The Greened House Effect means a better life, for one family and for the world.
CAROL VENOLIA, architect, Come Home to Nature, and coauthor of Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House
Chelsea Green Publishing
White River Junction, Vermont
Copyright 2013 by Jeff Wilson.
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Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by Sherri James.
Unless otherwise noted, all illustrations are by Matthew Baker.
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