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Live in a Home that Pays You Back
- A Complete Guide to Net Zero and Energy-Efficient Homes
- Narrated by: Wayne LeGette
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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Featuring programs and resources for the US and Canada
“An authoritative and comprehensive overview of the benefits of energy-efficient homes.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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An eye-opening look at the health benefits of energy-efficient homes, trends in household energy use, and its effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Explains a home’s true cost of homeownership after factoring lowered utility costs, enhanced property value, mortgage discounts, and other financial incentives.
The “whole-house efficiency blueprint,” chapter describes how things work, along with eco-friendly options for roofs, siding, insulation, doors, windows, lighting, appliances, water conservation, heating, cooling, ventilation, heat pumps, air- and heat-exchange systems, indoor air quality, and more.
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The home building opportunities will inspire you to roll up your sleeves and be the general contractor. It explains construction for modular, manufactured, log and timber, and prefab home kits, along with photos of model homes.
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Mortgage financing covers down payment assistance, nationwide energy-efficient mortgage programs, PACE financing, mortgage qualification guides, and how to roll the retrofit costs into the mortgage. Features programs for US and Canada.
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