Anna Desimone

Live in a Home that Pays You Back lights the way for enjoying a home that is healthier, more comfortable, saves money, and reduces your carbon footprint. Whether you are planning to build, buy, or retrofit a home, award-winning author Anna DeSimone takes you on a virtual tour of the home of the future. You'll have fun exploring the world of renewable energy, such as solar photovoltaics, wind power, geothermal energy, hydro-electric power, and biomass fuels. You'll learn how "positive energy" puts money in your pocket through incentives such as net metering, net billing, or renewable energy certificates-a tradeable commodity with cash value. The path to zero can be taken in small steps. This book prepares you and your household to make informed decisions for implementing energy-efficient technologies according to your needs and budget. And you'll enjoy many kinds of payback-every step of the way. Directory of Rebates and Incentives by Canadian Province and U.S. State lists policies and programs from government entities and utility companies.

A Complete Guide to Net Zero and Energy-Efficient Homes

Live in a Home that Pays You Back

Welcome to the Agrihood, Living, Shopping, and Gardening for a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle, has something for everyone--new homebuyers, city-dwellers, and retirees. Live in an agrihood, an eco-friendly, healthy-lifestyle community centered around a professionally managed farm. This book takes you through a virtual tour of agrihoods--known for beautiful, sustainably built homes with endless amenities such as charter K-12 schools, clubhouses, fitness centers, boating, golf, horseback riding, swimming, walking, hiking, and biking trails. The latest trends in multifamily housing include organic rooftop farms, community gardens, and individual raised-bed garden spaces for tenants. Grow your own organic food with helpful tips, planting guides, and valuable resources. Learn about organic certification, food safety, bees, biodiversity, composting, and how far food travels. Shop from the farmer you know, and learn the story behind your food. This book describes options for buying fresh, sustainably sourced food from on-farm markets, food hubs, and community-supported agriculture (CSA) season-long farm share programs. Book includes a national directory of agrihoods and lists more than 2,200 resources to buy fresh, locally grown food.

Welcome to the Agrihood: Housing, Shopping, and Gardening for a Farm-To-Table Lifestyle

Housing Finance 2020 is a comprehensive guidebook that explains the industry's newest mortgage programs, and recent enhancements that have been made to boost affordability. The book is also available in Spanish under the title Hipoteca 2020. The author introduces buying-power options such as "sweat equity," do-it-yourself renovations, and energy-efficient mortgages, and explains down payment assistance such as grants, soft second mortgages, and "forgivable" loans.The 50-state directory lists grants and down payment assistance from local nonprofit and government agencies. You'll also learn what support services are available in the community you hope to call home.

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