Green Is Good: Save Money, Make Money, And Help Your Community Profit From Clean Energy - Softcover

Keane, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762780681 ISBN 13: 9780762780686

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2012

Synopsis

Here is a no-nonsense guide to how you, the average American, can easily make clean energy and energy efficiency part of your daily life, saving money, making money, and weaning your community off fossil fuels in the process. Energy guru Brian F. Keane walks you through the cost-benefit trade-offs of the exciting new technologies and introduces you to revolutionary clean-energy products on the horizon, making the ins and outs of renewable energy easily accessible. Featuring compelling, real-life stories that bring clean-energy problems and solutions from 30,000 feet to street level, Green Is Good walks you that last mile from awareness to adoption. It demonstrates how all of us can seize the opportunity and profit from it. Keane also discusses the challenges that clean energy faces, laying out time-tested strategies to overcome them. A renewable energy future isn’t just good for the environment; it’s good for the economy, and Green Is Good will show you how—before it’s too late.
 

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About the Author

Brian F. Keane is president of SmartPower. He appears on White House Chronicle and contributes regularly to the Huffington Post. Twice named Connecticut’s Environmental Hero by the People’s Action for Clean Energy, Keane speaks extensively with local and national media about clean energy and energy efficiency. He lives with his wife and their four children in Arlington, Virginia.

From the Back Cover

Here is a no-nonsense guide to how you can easily make clean energy and energy efficiency part of your daily life. Renewable energy used to be prohibitively expensive, but times have changed, and energy guru Brian F. Keane demonstrates just how affordable and effective it can be now. He takes you through the cost-benefit trade-offs of exciting new technologies and introduces you to revolutionary products on the horizon, making all the ins and outs easily accessible. Using compelling, real-life stories that bring clean-energy problems and solutions from 30,000 feet to ground level, Keane will walk you that last mile from awareness to adoption, demonstrating how you can seize the opportunity and profit from it. Packed with clear, easy action steps--from basic to advanced--as well as a guide everyone can use for clean energy, Green Is Good also features a resource section and a helpful glossary of terms. A renewable energy future isn't just good for the environment, it's good for the economy and your bottom line. Keane will show you how . . . before it's too late.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762780681
• ISBN 13: 9780762780686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256