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Here's a one-stop volume that takes a unique approach to addressing today's complete range of clean energy challenges, technologies, and associated issues. This book highlights synergistic opportunities, showing how energy efforts in different sectors can be integrated, capitalizing on the strengths of each to create better, more cost-effective solutions. This book enables professionals to discover what these opportunities mean at local, regional, and global scales, and learn how different stakeholder priorities can be effectively managed --
Synergies for Sustainable Energy -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Key Global Trends -- 1.2 Snapshot of Global Energy Trends -- 1.2.1 Energy Resources and Production Pa -- 1.2.2 Energy Demand and Consumption -- 1.2.3 Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- 1.3 Quest for Sustainability -- 1.4 Population Growth: History -- 1.5 Population Growth: Impacts -- 1.6 The Earthâ€?s Carrying Capacity -- 1.7 Our Ecological Footprint -- 1.8 Civilization and Energy -- 1.9 Energy Throughout History and Transi -- 1.10 The Three â€œRevolutionsâ€? -- References
2 Energy Efficiency2.1 Basics -- 2.1.1 Federal, State, and Local Support -- 2.1.2 Weatherization Assistance Program -- 2.1.3 State Energy Program (SEP) -- 2.1.4 Energy Efficiency and Conservation -- 2.1.5 Better Buildings, Better Plants Pr -- 2.1.6 Local Community Support -- 2.2 Efficient Buildings -- 2.2.1 Residential Buildings -- 2.2.2 Commercial Buildings -- 2.2.3 Global Building Efficiency Trends -- 2.3 Efficient Vehicles -- 2.4 Efficient Industry -- 2.5 Impacts -- 2.6 Market Status -- 2.6.1 Leadership in Energy and Environme
2.6.2 ENERGY STARÂ® 2.6.3 Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) -- 2.7 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 2.7.1 Energy Management through ISO 5000 -- 2.8 Emerging Opportunities -- 2.8.1 Building Energy Management Systems -- 2.8.2 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) -- References -- 3 Renewable Electricity -- 3.1 Overview of Renewable Electricity -- 3.2 Solar Energy -- 3.2.1 Basics -- 3.2.2 Impacts -- 3.2.3 Market Status -- 3.2.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.2.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.3 Wind Energy -- 3.3.1 Basics -- 3.3.2 Impacts
3.3.3 Market Status3.3.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.3.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.4 Geothermal Energy -- 3.4.1 Basics -- 3.4.2 Impacts -- 3.4.3 Market Status -- 3.4.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.4.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.5 Biomass Energy -- 3.5.1 Basics -- 3.5.2 Impacts -- 3.5.3 Market Status -- 3.5.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.5.5 Emerging Opportunities -- 3.6 Water Power -- 3.6.1 Basics -- 3.6.2 Impacts -- 3.6.3 Market Status -- 3.6.4 Challenges and Potential Solutions -- 3.6.5 Emerging Opportunities
Includes bibliographical references and index.