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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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington DC :
Island Press,
[2018]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.