Loading ... “The Carbon Busters Home Energy Handbook” - Slowing Climate Change and Saving Money by Godo Stoyke for home owners is now available at your local bookstores & at www.carbonbusters.org/handbook
Typical family energy savings with the Handbook…..over US$17,000 in five years! The book also documents 73% in carbon reduction, and homes would exceed Kyoto targets by 860%, at a profit.”This book is a dream come true for anyone who wants to reduce their carbon emissions in the most cost-effective way. Godo Stoyke plays the numbers like Mozart played the piano - with joy, inspiration, and accuracy. It should be adapted for every country in the world.”
-Guy Dauncey, Author of “Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Climate Change”.”This really is a great resource! For all of us who want to reduce our environmental impact and save money, here is the invaluable, practical resource we’ve been looking for. Godo Stoyke presents a clearly explained outline of what to do, where to start, and what the costs and benefits will be. If you are concerned about global warming, rising fuel costs, or the world we will leave our grandkids, read this book, and tell your friends.”
-Alexis Karolides, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Breakthrough Design, Rocky Mountain Institute: “Godo Stoyke’s Home Energy Handbook is a timely and practical how-to guide to show each of us how we can contribute to a more sustainable world by reducing our carbon footprint. As a home owner and an ecological economist specializing in full-cost accounting, I found in this book a plethora of wonderful tips for saving energy and money, and tools to weigh various energy efficiency options. I’m eager to get on with implementing many of Godo’s ideas in my own home!”
-Mark Anielski, Ecological economist, and author of The Economics of Happiness
“At last, a book written in plain English that guides you step-by-step through the best choices to make for reducing both energy costs and carbon emissions at a family level. Godo Stoyke has crunched the efficiency numbers so you don’t have to….and offers a return on investment for household, vehicle, and lifestyle that beats the best financial instruments out there– all to the good of the planet.”
-Richard Freudenberger, Publisher, BackHome Magazine
“The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook offers a treasure-trove of practical information that will help homeowners reduce both their energy consumption and their carbon footprint. For those wanting to make a difference with their homes and their lifestyles, this book is a great starting point.”
-Alex Wilson, author Your Green Home, Executive Editor, Environmental Building News
“Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook brings into focus the environmental impacts of personal choices around energy use. Godo Stoyke brings us out of hiding and calls us to action; no longer can we say that the efforts of an individual are too small to matter.”
-Paul Scheckel, Energy Auditor, author of The Home Energy Diet
The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook
Posted March 25th, 2007 by dwbarnes
The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook. For the $10 cost of the book, it promised to carve out $17 000 off the average family’s energy consumption over 5 years, not to mention tonnes of co2 exceeding the requirements of Kyoto by 860%!. Not a bad investment, IMO. I love how he makes you think of the long term costs of a product you may have lying around the house sucking energy and the savings for both you and the environment if you eliminated it or changed it slightly. You’d be surprised how much and how quickly it adds up. For example, you walk onto a car lot and see a Prius and Chevy Equinox. Both are the same price to drive off the lot. However, over 200 000 miles you’ll save the price of the vehicle in fuel costs if you’re driving the Prius. That’s a big one, of course. But even little things like the extra fridge you have in the basement cooling your six pack. Factoring in the costs of the energy running your fridge you’d be shocked at the cost of a cool one really is. Anyway, get the god damn book or expect it in your Christmas stocking this year from me.
