Energy for Sustainability Foundations for Technology, Planning, and Policy /

Despite a 2016-18 glut in fossil fuel markets and decade-low fuel prices, the global transformation to sustainable energy is happening. Our ongoing energy challenges and solutions are complex and multidimensional, involving science, technology, design, economics, finance, planning, policy, politics,...

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Hlavný autor: Randolph, John (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2018.
Vydanie:2nd ed. 2018.
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Environmental education.
Renewable energy resources.
Natural resources.
Climate change.
ISBN:9781610918213
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Obsah:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Section I: Energy Patterns and Trends
  • The Energy Imperative and Patterns of Use
  • Energy Sources and Sustainability
  • Energy Futures
  • Section II: Energy Fundamentals
  • Energy Fundamentals
  • Energy Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment
  • Section III: Buildings and Energy
  • Energy Efficiency for Buildings
  • Solar Energy for Buildings: Approaching Zero Net Energy
  • Whole Building to Zero Net Energy
  • Section IV: Sustainable Electricity
  • Centralized Electric Power Systems
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Photovoltaic Systems
  • Large-Scale Renewables
  • Section V: Sustainable Transportation and Land Use
  • Transportation Energy and Efficient Vehicles
  • Alternative Fuels, Biofuels, and Biomass
  • Whole Community Energy, Mobility, and Land Use
  • Section VI: Energy Policy and Planning
  • Market Transformation to Sustainable Energy
  • Energy Policy
  • U.S. State and Community Energy Policy and Planning
  • References and Further Reading
  • Index.

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