Building Your Outdoor Home: 30 Easy Landscaping Projects (Black & Decker Outdoor Home)
Find 30 do-it-yourself projects designed to meet your needs, whether you're starting a new landscape from scratch or renovating an existing one. This book is packed with helpful how-to photos and shows such projects as walkways, patios, walls, fences, decks and gardens You'll also learn about selecting plants and materials for your projects and options that will help improve your drainage. This is a landscaping reference that you can use again and again as you improve your outdoor living spaces. Price: $3.00 (as of Oct 9th, 2023 06:49...
more infoMAXSA Innovations 44449-L Silver 100-LED Silver Solar-Powered Security Floodlight with Motion-Activation
New, Updated version with a Lithium-Ion battery pack means this light is brighter, lighter, and lasts longer than the previous model! Light up entryways, walkways, patios, balconies, decks, steps, driveways, carports, backyard and barns. Also great for RVs or summer camps. 100 high-efficient, super-bright LED bulbs use a fraction of the power of a normal bulb and last virtually forever. Adjustable in Multiple Directions! The sleek, low-profile solar powered LED Security Spotlight includes a rechargeable battery pack, solar charging panel, and a 15-foot cable. On a full charge, this unit will activate up to 120 times, for 60 seconds at a time. Durable rough and ready plastic construction with sealed lens is totally...
more infoUltimate Outdoor Kitchens: Inspirational Designs and Plans
Everyone loves a backyard barbeque in the mid-summer sun-author Michelle Kodis shows how to take that idea to an innovative new level! From a "Whimsical Outdoor Martini Bar" to an "Adobe Kitchen Enclosure," Ultimate Outdoor Kitchens features projects that reflect a range of styles, from sleek modernism to rustic country, with a wide array of architectural influences. With twenty-six chapters divided into three easy-to-navigate sections, Kodis makes it easy to determine which design style and budget will fit your backyard best! In "Just the Basics," readers will learn about ways to create a simple, down-to-the-basics outdoor kitchen/cooking station, with a focus on simplicity and affordability. "Creative Functionality" goes a step further, incorporating special design...
more infoAluminum and Glass Solar LED Path Lights, Set of 4, in Zinc
One of the brightest solar lights on the market, our Aluminum and Glass Solar LED Path Lights shine the way beautifully. Featuring fine workmanship and 6 super bright LEDs per head, they make an elegant addition anywhere around your home. Extra-large solar panels at the top of each light allow for up to 10 hours of light when fully charged. Powder-coated aluminum casing with glass lamps. At sunset, a sensor engages each light automatically to illuminate walkways and plantings. Set of four. This listing is for Zinc. Size: 6" dia. x 23"H. Price: $129.95 ($32.49 / Count) (as of Jul 1st, 2023 05:18...
more infoLED Lighting: A Review of the Current Market and Future Developments
Lighting is one of the largest users of energy in buildings, being responsible for around 20% of electricity use. Good lighting is essential to health, well-being and productivity, but the efficiency of light sources varies widely. To reduce carbon emissions, designers, owners and occupiers are looking at the energy efficiency of lighting. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are a proven technology that offers enormous possibilities for providing highly energy-efficient and good-quality interior lighting. This BRE Trust Report summarises the current LED market and various advantages of LEDs, and outlines the challenges and barriers to adoption of the technology. Price: $18.72 (as of Aug 12th, 2023 02:39...
more info7Colors LED Inground Lamp Yellow Cover Aluminum 0.85W Outdoor Step Lights Warm White
Description: 1. AC 100-240V 0.85W warm white LED inground light recessed. 2. Aluminum finish body. 3. Diameter 50mm yellow cover. 4. IP67 waterproof outdoor use. Package Included: 1.1pcs LED Inground Light Original Package with...
more infoNew Backyard Idea Book (Taunton Home Idea Books)
The backyard is no longer simply the place where you set up the grill and swing set. We all want more from our homes and that means expanding our livable space to the outdoors. In fact, homeowners are spending more time and money than ever on their yards. This book – a completely revised and updated version of Taunton’s best-selling Backyard Idea Book – brings together hundreds of fresh ideas and unique solutions for making the most of one’s outdoor space. The inspiration is limitless for small to extensive projects. With spectacular new 4-color photography, the New Backyard Idea Book is brimming with ideas for porches and patios, outdoor rooms for dining and entertaining,...
more infoThe Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition (Idiot’s Guides)
All the power you need is already there. This third edition helps readers understand the basics of solar (photovoltaic) power and explore whether it makes sense for them, what their options are, and what's involved with installing various on- and off-grid systems. •Solar power is a $3 billion industry, and it's poised to grow to $39 billion by 2014 •By 2011, the United States will surpass Germany as the largest market for solar power products Price: $24.49 (as of Sep 23rd, 2023 09:04...
more infoThe Conundrum
The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume green and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross purposes to our true goal – living sustainably and caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem. Efforts to improve...
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