Power Resources category: 2047 books
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The book that inspired the movie Collapse.
The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global economy, and our entire way of life.
In Confronting Collapse, author Michael...
Construction Management for Industrial Projects
A Modular Guide for Project Managers
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
This book presents techniques for effective and successful project management across all phases of the project, covering all of the management tools and leadership skills for any industrial project. It presents advanced modern tools for use by management and engineers in decision making, and it covers...
Electricity Marginal Cost Pricing
Applications in Eliciting Demand Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Packed with case studies and practical real-world examples, Electricity Marginal Cost Pricing Principles allows regulators, engineers and energy economists to choose the pricing model that best fits their individual market.
Written by an author with 13 years of practical experience, the book...
Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy and Regulation
Energy Effificiency Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Energy Efficiency Workshop was held on 20–21 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. The workshop—whose proceedings are documented in this publication prepared under the Law...
Energy 2050
Making the Transition to a Secure Low-Carbon Energy System
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least eighty per cent by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used. At the same time there are anxieties about the security of energy provision in terms of European...
Embodied Carbon in Buildings
Measurement, Management, and Mitigation
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings. The comprehensive and persuasive text, written by over 50 invited experts from across the world, offers an indispensable resource both to newcomers and to established practitioners in the field. Ultimately...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This book is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of recent developments in sustainability science and engineering. The book focuses on principles and practices and presents 18 interwoven chapters on four major themes: design for sustainability; sustainability metrics and analysis; sustainable...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to below 2°C, in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. It provides a unique perspective on and critical understanding of the feasibility of a well-below-2°C world by exploring energy...
Green Savings: How Policies and Markets Drive Energy Efficiency
How Policies and Markets Drive Energy Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
This landmark work lauds the benefits of decreased energy consumption, investigating its relationship to public policy and analyzing its potential billion-dollar benefits to the U.S. economy.
• Addresses broad questions concerning electricity systems and the economy
• Documents innovative,...
by T. Agami Reddy
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Applied Data Analysis and Modeling for Energy Engineers and Scientists fills an identified gap in engineering and science education and practice for both students and practitioners. It demonstrates how to apply concepts and methods learned in disparate courses such as mathematical modeling, probability,statistics,...
by Iea-Retd
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment provides insight to policy makers and market actors as to the ways that new and innovative business models (and/or policy measures) can stimulate the deployment of renewable energy technologies (RET) and energy efficiency (EE) measures...
Second Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation
Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Action Plan for Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia–Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Plan of Action for Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation was held on 24 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. This publication...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This book presents an overview of the risks involved in modern electricity production, delivery and trading, including technical risk in production, transportation and delivery, operational risk for the system operators, market risks for traders, and political and other long term risks in strategic...
Energy Optimization and Prediction in Office Buildings
A Case Study of Office Building Design in Chile
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
This book explains how energy demand and energy consumption in new buildings can be predicted and how these aspects and the resulting CO2 emissions can be reduced. It is based upon the authors’ extensive research into the design and energy optimization of office buildings in Chile.
The authors...