Csi Your Home

“CSI YOUR HOME” will help you analyze habits of energy consumption in your own home. The book connects small behaviors and large environmental impacts. You will investigate the science of carbon emissions, building envelopes, waste streams, water use and transportation. When you are “energy literate” you will become energy efficient. You will inform others about the significant savings that could result from behavior changes. You will demonstrate the simplicity of do-it-yourself alterations to homes and lifestyles. You will network with others who are engaged in similar projects, with similar awareness. By reading this book and following its suggestions, you will make a personal contribution to sustainability and energy conservation.

CSI Your Home was written by teachers, and edited by scientists and a commercial energy auditor. The primary authors are a father-daughter team of educators, Amy Rude and John Rude.

Amy teaches English at City High School, an innovative charter school in Tucson, Arizona.

John is an administrator at East Los Angeles College, with decades of experience teaching English and technical writing.

Dr. Armando Rivera-Figueroa, a chemistry professor, was trained at University of California-Irvine and directs science and technology research projects in Los Angeles.

Professor John Grimmer, instructor of geology and earth science, wrote the Environmental Education curriculum for the Los Angeles Community College District.

Terrence Redd owns and operates Energy Services and Technologies, Inc., a California firm that has performed thousands of audits for low and middle income home-owners.