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Alternative energy and the properties of water and much more - sun, wind and water.
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WATER STORAGE
Author - A. Ludwig
NEW from the man who bought us the greywater book and subtitled Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers and Ponds this is a complete and intensely practical guide to large scale water storage - and boy are we going to need it.
£ 13.95
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TAPPING THE SUN - A GUIDE TO SOLAR WATER HEATING
Author - n/a
Back at last in a new (and sadly more expensive) format. Buy this succinct, good value booklet before you install solar water heating and save a lot of heartache, wasted time and money. Mind you looked at like that it is an absolute bargain
£ 7.99
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THE SOLAR HOUSE
Author - D. Chiras
We are short of cheap books on passive solar heating and cooling - however this is a comprehensive, well written text, worth the price.
£ 25.00
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A HANDBOOK OF GRAVITY FLOW SYSTEMS
Author - T Jordan
A sound set of principles on how to designa gravity flow drinking water system. Originally written for Nepal but with valuable info for anywhere in the world.
£ 14.95
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RAINWATER HARVESTING
Author - Pacey and Cullis
Similar idea but not in such great depth as 'Rainwater Catchment'. Stuff on storing rainwater, building tanks etc., but with the addition of a good section on farming with runoff water in rural areas. Good for developing water strategies.
£ 15.95
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FLOWFORMS - THE RYTHMIC POWER OF WATER
Author - J Wilkes
The author is credited with the invention of flowforms and at last he has published an illustrated book showing both the beauty and practical applications of the flowform.
£ 16.99
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RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY
Author - Gould & Peterson
Design, construction & implementation of low
tech strategies for collecting and storing rainwater, including how to build various types of rainwater storage vessels.
£ 16.95
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SENSITIVE CHAOS
Author - T Schwenk
The most interesting source book for the concept of transfering force into physical form. A tad expensive but worth every penny.
£ 18.95
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PRACTICAL PHOTOVOLTAICS
Author - R Komp
A comprehensive guide to the theory and reality of solar electricity, also a detailed installation and instruction manual.
£ 14.95
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OUR SIMMERING PLANET - WHAT TO DO ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
Author - J. Gupta
Do we need to worry, what is the evidence,
what is going to be the impact and what can be
done? Best overview of this pressing topic.
£ 9.99
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PUMPS FROM THE DUMP
Author - S. Gupta
Shows you how to make all sorts of small scale pumps and water transporting materials from inner tubes and other old stuff you may have lying around.
£ 2.50
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SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH SOIL FILTERS
Author - Combined
Not a design manual but one that gives the info
on what soil filters are and what they can and
cannot achieve. Essential descision making tool
(and pretty interesting stuff too).
£ 10.95
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WATERSHEDS - A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR HEALTHY WATER
Author - Dobson & Beck
A fascinating overview of the fundamentals of
watershed ecology.
£ 13.95
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GUIDELINES ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WINDFARMS AND HYROELECTRIC SCHEMES
Author -
Based on Scottish criteria - gives a good guide to
what officialdom is thinking when they look at a
scheme you want to submit.
£ 12.99
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SOLAR HEATING IN COLD REGIONS
Author - J. Rozis & A. Guinebault
One of the most readable technical guides on solar heating where the mean temperature is below 10ºC.
£ 15.95
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SOLAR WATER HEATING - A D-I-Y GUIDE
Author - Paul Trimby
Build your own Solar Water heating system - the
principles, installation details and resource list.
And it actually works!
£ 7.99
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CHOOSING WINDPOWER
Author - H. Piggott
Essential guide to deciding if you want a wind
system, and if you do, which to choose. Updates and replaces 'Its a Breeze'
£ 7.99
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SUNDIALS - THEIR THEORY & CONSTRUCTION
Author - A. Waugh
Get to grips with the theory then build yourself all sorts of fascinating solar timepieces.
£ 7.95
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LIVING WATER
Author - O. Alexandersson
New Edition. An eco-logic bestseller based on Victor
Schaubergers fascinating work on the properties of water. Insights into the energy transformation
of spiral forces of water and air.
£ 12.99
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WINDPOWER WORKSHOP
Author - H. Pigott
Explains the structure and theory behind wind generation and how to build yourself a functioning turbine.
£ 12.00
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