Bücher der Reihe Green Energy and Technology

These include (1) identifying energy efficiency barriers, (2) developing energy policies, (3) investing in energy efficient technologies, (4) undertaking project cost-effectiveness analysis, (5) de-risking and financing energy efficiency projects;

Climate change, energy production and consumption, and the need to improve the sustainability of all aspects of human activity are key inter-related issues for which solutions must be found and implemented quickly and efficiently.  To be successfully implemented, solutions must recognize the rapidly changing socio-techno-political environment and multi-dimensional constraints presented by today¿s interconnected world.  As part of this global effort, considerations of climate change impacts, energy demands, and incorporation of sustainability concepts have increasing importance in the design, construction, and maintenance of highway and airport pavement systems.  To prepare the human capacity to develop and implement these solutions, many educators, policy-makers and practitioners have stressed the paramount importance of formally incorporating sustainability concepts in the civil engineering curriculum to educate and train future civil engineers well-equipped to address our current and future sustainability challenges.This book will prove a valuable resource in the hands of researchers, educators and future engineering leaders, most of whom will be working in multidisciplinary environments to address a host of next-generation sustainable transportation infrastructure challenges."This book proposes a broad detailed overview of the actual scientific knowledge about pavements linked to climate change, energy and sustainability at the international level in an original multidimensional/multi-effects way. By the end, the reader will be aware of the whole global issues to care about for various pavement technical features around the world, among which the implications of modelling including data collection, challenging resources saving and infrastructures services optimisation. This is a complete and varied work, rare in the domain."Dr. Agnes JullienResearch DirectorDirector of Environmental, Development, Safety andEco-Design Laboratory (EASE)Department of Development, Mobility and EnvironmentIfsttar Centre de NantesCedex- France¿An excellent compilation of latest developments in the field of sustainable pavements. The chapter topics have been carefully chosen and are very well-organized with the intention of equipping the reader with the state-of-the-art knowledge on all aspects of pavement sustainability. Topics covered include pavement Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), pervious pavements, cool pavements, photocatalytic pavements, energy harvesting pavements, etc. which will all be of significant interest to students, researchers, and practitioners of pavement engineering.  This book will no doubt serve as an excellent reference  on the topic of sustainable pavements.¿Dr. Wei-Hsing HuangEditor-in-Chief of International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (IJPRT) and Professor of Civil EngineeringNational Central UniversityTaiwan

This book provides up to date knowledge, research results, and innovations in smart grids spanning design, implementation, analysis and evaluation of smart grid solutions to the challenging problems in all areas of the power industry.

As the annual production of carbon Dioxide (CO2) reaches 30 billion tones, the growing issue of the greenhouse effect has triggered the development of technologies for CO2 sequestration, storage and use as a reactant.

The book collects twenty-two papers, divided into three parts (Territory & Urban Planning, Real Estate Assets & the Construction Building Process, Real Estate Finance & Property Management) that reflect the main issues of interest for future urban development policies, namely: feasibility analysis for investments;

This book examines the reduction of combustion gases in vehicles. It discusses technological solutions as well as the consequences of international legislation and their effects on the environmental and climate protection in the area of the mobility.

An introduction to the meteorological boundary conditions for power generation from onshore and offshore wind, this book reviews the derivation of wind laws and wind profile descriptions, and discusses the efficiency of large wind parks and their wakes.

This book offers research on Chinese power sector reform negotiations in the past 30 years, discussing conflicts between power groups and the national government over demand and supply management, capital investment, energy prices, and CO2 emission mitigation.

In this book, international experts explore green and biodegradable nanocomposites from renewable and biodegradable polymers, and identifies their potential markets. Includes techniques for designing nano-biocomposites for new environmental uses.

Serving as a first text on wind energy for scientists and for more general but no less interested readers, this book provides an introductory work that combines interdisciplinary scope with a simple, lucid style.

A growing proportion of the world's population is dependent on seawater desalination. This book presents an overview of conventional and non-conventional technologies, with a particular focus on the coupling of renewable energies with desalination processes.

In his review of the architectural properties of timber and glass, the author explains how to reduce energy bills in existing wooden buildings, reveals how glass can stabilize a building's structure, and shows how to design stylish timber-and-glass ecohomes.

The authors of this timely reference provide an updated and global view on ocean wave energy conversion - and they do so for wave energy developers as well as for students and professors. It describes the actual principles applied to machines that convert wave power to electricity and examines state-of-the-art modern systems.

This insightful book introduces a comprehensive approach to stabilising the power output from wind farms, covering both fixed and variable speed wind turbine generator systems. It provides advanced tools with detailed modeling and controller design.

This book examines the variety of different technologies which integrated bio-based industries use to produce chemicals, biofuels, food and feed ingredients, biomaterials, and power from biomass raw materials. It also covers conversion technologies.

This book covers the production, purification, storage, pipeline transport, usage and safety of biohydrogen. It also discusses issues of biohydrogen economy, policy and environmental impact and reviews all the modern biomass-based transportation fuels.

Written from an electrical engineering perspective, this book seeks to present realistic statistics for the levels of power that can be extracted from sustainable resources during the next thirty to forty years.

This book provides up-to-date information on different processes for methane production. It discusses the safety and environmental concerns associated with the presence of natural gas hydrates.

Aimed at both specialists and non-specialists alike, this book about biodiesel, its production processes and biofuel characterization includes a description of dielectric techniques that are a powerful alternative to internationally adopted standards.

Providing software and techniques on analysis, design and installation, this volume illustrates how to build small wind turbines. While serving as a reference for student projects and detailed design studies, the text also provides important background material for engineers.

Photovoltaic Industrial Systems investigates the situation of photovoltaic systems regarding environmental questions and energy efficiency in the European Industry. The text presents a model of energy management based on economical, technical and administrative aspects.

This book addresses the main issues related to the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the road transportation sector. Offers an introductory approach to fuel resources and atmospheric pollution concerns.

This book suggests that most literature on climate change is too optimistic regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases needed. It offers a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions.

Written for students, architects and researchers, this volume reviews the current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in countries across the globe. The text explores various approaches for rating buildings on the basis of different indexes, with implications for both energy efficiency and thermal comfort.

Setting out a zero-emission technology roadmap, Global COE promotes socioeconomic studies of energy, the study of new technologies for renewable energies, and research in advanced nuclear energy.

WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics presents a cohesive volume of contributions from prominent leading scientists in the area, initiated by the organization of the SRT Workshop on WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics at The University of Hong Kong in January 2009.

Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy blends classical economic theory with the realities of the renewable energy (RE) industry to identify incentive structures contributing to the success of project implementation.

Design of Advanced Photocatalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications provides a valuable road-map, outlining the common principles lying behind the diversity of materials, but also delimiting the imprecise border between the contrasted results and the most speculative studies.

This comprehensive guide integrates energy audit and LEED (R) methodologies to focus on energy and environment as strategic elements. It includes 45 check-lists for field surveys and 120 technical sheets of possible energy retrofit actions.

Kenaf is an annual crop that can provide fibres for several industrial applications as well as raw material for energy exploitation. This book provides a global picture of state of the art research and developments with Kenaf from Asia, USA and Australia.