The Renewable Energy Handbook for Homeowners.

The recent launch of "The Renewable Energy Handbook for Homeowners" heralds a new age in clean, green, efficient electricity for North Americans. It's a step-by-step guide to making (and selling) your own power from the sun, wind and water.

The book is the most comprehensive source for people who want to lessen their impact on the planet, and/or save money by making their living spaces more efficient.

Find out more details about the book, and get a sample of the book in our Renewable Energy Primer. Walk through a typical home which is energy efficient, generates it's own power, and can be independent of the electrical grid.

For those of you who prefer seeing to reading, CLICK HERE for a ninety-second sample of our companion video. The video provides a tour of the author's home while discussing frequently asked questions pertaining to costs and lifestyle adjustments. It is available in VHS and VCD format. The VCD version plays on most DVD players and computers.

There are four ways to order the Renewable Energy Handbook for Homeowners and the Companion Video.
  1. Use our online order form and then pay with "PayPal". This is the most secure method of paying with a credit card. Our PayPal email address is michelle@aztext.com
  2. Print this form and mail the form to us (Aztext Press, P.O. Box 214, Tamworth ON K0K 3GO) with your cheque made payable to "Aztext Press".
  3. The book is available at your local bookstore. If they don't currently have it, ask them to order it for you and suggest that with blackouts and rising electricity rates this is a book that others will be interested in too! Our ISBN # is 28470 23302.


Little House Off the Grid

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95

 

BRAND NEW! Available November 1st!

Like so many other city-dwellers, Cam and Michelle Mather longed for a simpler, quieter life in the country. When they found a century-old farmhouse on 150 acres of land that was in their price range, they jumped at the chance to make their move. The fact that the home was “off-grid” with no power or telephone lines connecting it to the outside world seemed like a bonus!

Twelve years later their life in the country is not quite as simple as they had envisioned but it is peaceful. There were more challenges than they could have anticipated as well as more rewards.

Along the way they installed more solar panels, erected a wind turbine and upgraded and replaced all of the major components of their off-grid electrical system. They installed a solar-thermal hot water system, figured out how to have a phone, internet and satellite TV and kept their home heated with wood cut from their own property. They also carved out a garden and began growing much of their own food.

They acquired many new skills and knowledge but most importantly they learned to appreciate the value of good neighbors, good books and good manure.

 

 

The All You Can Eat Gardening Handbook

CDN Price: $ 24.95
US Price: $ 24.95

 

Whether you've got a small city lot, a typical suburban backyard or a large country property, this book provides the tools you need to get motivated and to start growing healthy, organic vegetables today!

The Renewable Energy Handbook - REVISED and UPDATED

CDN Price: $ 29.95
US Price: $ 29.95

 

Our bestselling handbook has been completely revised and updated for 2010 with lots of new information and graphics.

It is now 8" x 10" in size and still only $29.95.

 

 

Thriving During Challenging Times

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95

 

The Energy, Food & Financial Independence Handbook

The Zero-Carbon Car

CDN Price: $ 10.00
US Price: $ 10.00

 SALE PRICE $10.00 CDN (regularly $29.95)

"The Zero-Carbon Car" provides a solution to the growing contribution the automobile makes to global climate change, through the development of a plug-in electric hybrid vehicle.

 

 

Biodiesel: Basics and Beyond

CDN Price: $ 29.95
US Price: $ 29.95



Biodiesel: Basics and Beyond is a comprehensive guide to the production and use of biodiesel for the home and the farm. Various home brewing methods are investigated and the results of years of resarch are shared. The author Bill Kemp designed a microscale biodiesel production facility that he built at his own home that produces ASTM certifiable biodiesel. At almost 600 pages this is a very comprehensive and detailed analysis of the world of biodiesel!

 

Smart Power

CDN Price: $ 10.00
US Price: $ 10.00

An urban guide to renewable energy and efficiency

Over 400 pages of information about making your home as energy efficient as possible and how to use renewable energy to produce some of your own electricity!

ON SALE FOR $10.00 CDN (regularly $29.95)

 


 Living with Renewable Energy DVD

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95


This DVD is a tour of two off-grid homes; one belonging to William Kemp (the author of The Renewable Energy Handbook). This 2 hour DVD will show you that you don't need to live a spartan lifestyle to live off the electrical grid! Take a tour of these homes and see the components of an off-grid electrical system as they are described in the book. The DVD also contains an interview with William Kemp on renewable energy. This DVD is meant to be a companion to The Renewable Energy Handbook or $mart Power as it does not provide as much detail as the books do.

 

Renewable Energy Workshop DVD

CDN Price: $ 29.95
US Price: $ 29.95

NEW! This was previously available and SOLD OUT on VHS. Now available on DVD!

A 4-DVD set covering 6 hours of the "Wind World/Solar World" conference held at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre. Includes seminars by William Kemp and Paul Gipe.

Renewable Energy Workshop DVD

Biodesel Basics DVD

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95

Biodiesel Basics DVD is a companion to the Biodiesel book. It is a 40 minute tour of Bill Kemp's microscale biodiesel production facility that he designed and installed at his home. Bill takes you through a step by step guided tour of the equipment and method used to make ASTM certified biodiesel. This DVD should not be purchased without the book as it will leave too many unanswered questions that can only be addressed in the book.

 

Home-Scale Wind Turbine Installation DVD

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95

 This 2 hour DVD provides complete step-by-step instructions for installing a wind turbine on a 100-foot tilt up tower.  
   Grow Your Own Vegetables DVD

CDN Price: $ 19.95
US Price: $ 19.95

Seven Easy Steps to Your Own Backyard Produce Department

This video will show you how to take your backyard and turn it into a produce section, saving you money and producing a wide array of healthy and tasty vegetables. It includes sections on;

  • Soil Preparation - from lawn to lettuce!
  • Winter/Spring Preparation - starting seeds inside
  • Planting - from seeds to transplants
  • Weeding, Watering and What Works - tips for keeping your plants thriving
  • Insects & Pests - planet friendly solutions to garden pests
  • Harvesting & Storage - how to keep your garden's bounty feeding your family through the winter months

Host of the DVD is Cam Mather, publisher at Aztext Press, who has 30 years of experience growing organic vegetables, the last 10 of which he's been off the electricity grid and therefore taken "Low Energy Gardening" to new extremes.

 

Rural Power Pack

CDN Price: $ 39.95
US Price: $ 39.95

 
Combine a copy of The Renewable Energy Handbook for Homeowners, with the DVD and save. Read about energy efficiency and renewable energy and then see it in action in a guided tour of Bill Kemp's off-grid home!

 

Urban Power Pack

CDN Price: $ 39.95
US Price: $ 39.95
This package deal combines a copy of $mart Power: An urban guide to renewable energy and efficiency, with the DVD. Read about energy efficiency and renewable energy and then see Bill Kemp's ideas in practice at his own home and in another off-grid home!

 

Biodiesel Power Pack

CDN Price: $ 39.95
US Price: $ 39.95
The Biodiesel Power Pack combines a copy of the book "Biodiesel: Basics and Beyond" with the companion DVD. Read about biodiesel and then take this guided tour of Bill Kemp's microscale biodiesel production facility.

 

Gardening Power Pack

CDN Price: $ 34.95
US Price: $ 34.95
This package includes a copy of The All You Can Eat Gardening Handbook as well as a copy of the Grow Your Own Vegetables DVD. Read about Cam Mather's garden and then see it for yourself in this DVD.
Renewable Energy SUPER Pack

CDN Price: $ 54.95
US Price: $ 54.95


 

This package includes a copy of "The Renewable Energy Handbook" as well as TWO DVDs; Living with Renewable Energy and Home-Scale Wind Turbine Installation.

Save almost 30%!

Our COMPLETE Library!

CDN Price: $ 142.95
US Price: $ 142.95

Seven books;

The Renewable Energy Handbook,

Little House Off the Grid

The All You Can Eat Gardening Handbook,

Thriving During Challenging Times,

The Zero-Carbon Car,

Biodiesel: Basics and Beyond AND

$mart Power: An urban guide to renewable energy and energy efficiency.

These six books would normally retail for $179.65.

SPECIAL PRICE $142.95  SAVE OVER 20%

Our COMPLETE DVD Collection

CDN Price: $ 62.95
US Price: $ 62.95

Includes four of our DVDs;

Living With Renewable Energy,

Biodiesel Basics,

Home-Scale Wind Turbine Installation and

Grow Your Own Vegetables.

A regular retail value of $79.80.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE OF $62.95. Save over 20%!

SAVE OVER $50 ON OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND DVDs

CDN Price: $ 199.95
US Price: $ 199.95

All 7 books and all 4 DVDs.

Regular retail price would be $259.45.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE OF $199.95! Save OVER $50!!


We offer discounts to Renewable Energy Dealers and not-for-profit and charitable organizations to use the book as a fundraiser.

If you are a bookstore, please contact us for volume-order information