mid-scale renewable energy technologies, designed and built his

own off-grid home. The result is a house that has all the standard

"middle-class" creature comforts while using less than 5 times the

total fossil-fuel energy of the average North American house.

The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of

off-grid living and contains chapters on energy conservation, heating

and cooling, backup power, domestic water heating, wireless communications

photovoltaic, wind, and microhydro energy generation, battery selection

and inverters. The book is augmented with hundreds of illustrations,

line drawings, photographs, and appendices.