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1447 days ago

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower

Cordwainer from Melville

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower

Dan Chiras

Paperback, 335 pages, illustrated.
2006

Former library copy, with stamps, otherwise clean sturdy condition.

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy will show you how to slash your home energy costs while dramatically reducing your carbon footprint.

Describes the most practical and affordable methods for making significant improvements in home energy efficiency and tapping into clean, affordable, renewable energy resources.

Examines each alternative energy option available including:

Solar hot water and solar hot air systems
Passive and active solar retrofits for heating and cooling
Electricity from solar, wind, and microhydro
Hydrogen, fuel cells, methane digesters, and biodiesel

Price: $10

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A Neighbourly Riddle! Don’t Overthink It… Or Do?😜

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Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post if you know the answer and the big reveal will be posted in the comments at 2pm on the day!

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23 days ago

Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.

Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.

We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?

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As a customer, what do you think about automation?
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1 day ago

Tamahere home in dentist case was once centre of accountant’s fraud

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

It’s been a feature in a recent Hamilton District Court trial , but a Tamahere mansion already has an complicated history.

The property in Woodcock Rd - notable for having a hydroslide in the back yard - the scene of now-disproved alleged sexual offending by Hamilton dentist Rahul Gautam - made headlines more than 15 years ago, when it was a focus in the case of accountant Gary Soffe.

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