Residential Energy 5th edition

Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings

by John Krigger & Chris Dorsi

Residential Energy is widely recognized as one of the best textbooks available on home energy conservation. It's used by hundreds of colleges and technical schools across North America.

Residential Energy is an essential reference manual for home energy raters, energy auditors, weatherization technicians, carpenters, heating and air-conditioning specialists, insulation contractors, plumbers, electricians, and home-improvement enthusiasts.

This book introduces readers to a home's energy-related components, then explains all the important possibilities for energy conservation. Readers will learn that effective energy conservation requires a whole-house approach that addresses the biggest energy wasters first.  The focus is on the background and principles that underlay all effective energy retrofits.

This edition of Residential Energy marks its maturation into the one complete reference book on energy efficiency for residential buildings. It's packed full of new information on energy consumption, analyzing energy costs, and other energy-auditing information. This is an important reference tool that should be in every energy specialist’s library.

A compact disc is included that contains a complete copy of the book. It has bookmarks, clickable cross-references, and a searchable index.

320 pages, 11 chapters, 24 appendices, and nearly 400 illustrations, charts, and tables.

Industry Reviews

This is one of the best books available on home-energy conservation.
—Jim Gunshinan, The Wall Street Journal.

Residential Energy is one of the best available books on weatherization and building diagnostics. With each new edition...it has solidified its reputation as an essential reference work for those working to improve the energy efficiency of homes.

—Martin Holladay, Energy Design Update

The Homeowners Handbook to Energy Efficiency presents similar information to Residential Energy but is briefer and oriented toward a consumer audience. Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide gives step-by-step procedures for saving energy with building-shell improvements. Saturn Hydronic Systems Field Guide documents procedures for saving energy in HVAC and water-heating systems.

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