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Shariff, Jamil. 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius. US: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2008.

50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius

Authors: Jamil Shariff

Published:  December 2008

eISBN: 9780071549608 0071549609 | ISBN: 9780071549592
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Transportation
  • Project 1: Estimating Your Existing Transportation Related Emissions
  • Project 2: Finding Another Way Around
  • Project 3: Flat Isn’t Phat
  • Project 4: Round and Round
  • Project 5: Driving Smart
  • 3 Staying Inside
  • Project 6: Fabric Walls
  • Project 7: Fixing Your Windows
  • Project 8: Using Thermal Mass
  • Project 9: Testing Methods of Insulating
  • 4 Waste and Value
  • Project 10: A Worm Compost Bin
  • Project 11: Making a Bit of Methane
  • Project 12: Return Your Trash
  • Project 13: Ant Rules
  • Project 14: Seed Bombs
  • 5 Efficiency
  • Project 15: Installing an Energy-Efficient Light Bulb
  • Project 16: Calculating Your Energy Savings from Project 15
  • Project 17: Auditing Your Appliances with an Energy Meter
  • Project 18: Getting Used to “Better Than Off”
  • Project 19: A Responsible Shopping List
  • 6 Using Water
  • Project 20: A Simple Water Purifier
  • Project 21: Evaporative Cooling
  • Project 22: Saving Water around the House
  • Project 23: Collecting Rainwater
  • 7 Heating with the Sun
  • Project 24: A Simple Solar Cooker
  • Project 25: Simply Heating Water with the Sun
  • Project 26: A Circulating Water Heater
  • Project 27: Solar Thermal Panels on your Roof
  • Project 28: Solar Thermal Hot Water on the Roof of Your House
  • 8 Water and Air
  • Project 29: A Model Water Wheel
  • Project 30: A Model-Sized Water Wheel
  • Project 31: The Spiral Water Pump
  • Project 32: Making a Fire Piston
  • 9 Heat and Power
  • Project 33: Demonstrating the Power of Hot Air
  • Project 34: The Energy of a Hot Cup of Tea
  • Project 35: Concentrated Solar Thermal Motion
  • Project 36: A Thinking Man’s Cold
  • 10 Electricity
  • Project 37: The Homopolar Motor
  • Project 38: A Coin Battery
  • Project 39: Take One Room Off-Grid
  • 11 Solar Electricity
  • Project 40: Assembling a Solar Module from PV Cells
  • Project 41: PV Panels on Your Roof
  • 12 Wind Power
  • Project 42: A Plastic Cup Vertical Axis Drag Turbine
  • Project 43: Raising a Guyed Tower
  • Project 44: Installing the Turbine
  • 13 Alternatives to Your Car
  • Project 45: Traveling with a Leitra
  • Project 46: Frame and Fabric Tops
  • Project 47: A Zotefoam Fairing
  • 14 Alternative Fuels for Transport
  • Project 48: A Blender Batch of Biodiesel
  • Project 49: Tearing Up Your Fuel System and Feeding in Waste
  • 15 Spaces and Structures
  • Project 50: Building with Earth
  • Project 51: The $500 House
  • Project 52: Attend a Public Consultation or Planning Meeting
  • Index