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1. |  The Power of Design: Product Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies By: Angele Reinders; Jan Carel Diehl; Han Brezet Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Power of Design: Product Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies
The Power of Design offers an introduction and a practical guide to product innovation, integrating the key topics that are necessary for the design of sustainable and energy-efficient products using sustainable energy technologies.
Product innovation in sustainable energy technologies is an interdisciplinary field. In response to its growing importance and the need for an integrated view on the development of solutions, this text addresses the functional principles of various energy technologies next to the latest design processes and innovation methods.
From the perspective of...
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2. |  Technology and Energy Sources Monitoring By: Jozef Flizikowski; Kazimierz Bielinski Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 04-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Technology and Energy Sources Monitoring As energy technology has emerged as an essential way to provide efficiency and environmental safety, monitoring these energy sources is a way of measuring the effectiveness of the applications and the fundamentals of each design.Technology and Energy Sources Monitoring: Control, Efficiency, and Optimization provides an overall understanding of the technology and energy processes of renewable energy sources, biomaterials and more. By outlining the primary intent of the applications of energy technology and sustainable energy systems development, this book aims to bring a deeper understanding...
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3. |  Energy-Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable Initiatives By: Naima Kaabouch; Wen-Chen Hu Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 23-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Energy-Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable Initiatives It is more important than ever to be concerned with energy related efforts, especially on what we as individuals can do now to help protect our future. With research coming out left and right on sustainable initiatives, we can only hope that future generations will benefit greatly from the efforts of today’s researchers.Energy-Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable Initiatives covers a great variety of topics such as materials, environment, electronics, and computing. This title is a vital source of information detailing the latest architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research...
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4. |  By: Robert Laughlin Publisher: Basic Books Publication Date: 06-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 22-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
In Powering the Future, Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin transports us two centuries into the future, when we’ve ceased to use carbon from the ground—either because humans have banned carbon burning or because fuel has simply run out. Boldly, Laughlin predicts no earth-shattering transformations will have taken place. Six generations from now, there will still be soccer moms, shopping malls, and business trips. Firesides will still be snug and warm. How will we do it? Not by discovering a magic bullet to slay our energy problems, but through a slew of fascinating technologies, drawing...
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5. |  By: Danny Kennedy Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publication Date: 03-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Rooftop Revolution Solar power’s detractors have been proclaiming that the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra proves solar is just a hippie pipe dream. But as Danny Kennedy points out, Solyndra’s downfall actually proves the opposite: the company failed because it wasn’t able to compete in a red-hot industry, not because solar isn’t ready for prime time. In this succinct, hard-hitting book, Kennedy proves that solar can save money, create jobs, and protect the environment—and only politics and perception stand in its way.
Signs of solar’s ascendency are everywhere. The industry employs 100,000...
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6. |  By: Ingemar Cox; Matthew Miller; Jeffrey Bloom; Mathew Miller Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 10-OCT-2001 Insert Date: 08-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Watermarking
Digital watermarking is a key ingredient to copyright protection. It provides a solution to illegal copying of digital material and has many other useful applications such as broadcast monitoring and the recording of electronic transactions. Now, for the first time, there is a book that focuses exclusively on this exciting technology. Digital Watermarking covers the crucial research findings in the field: it explains the principles underlying digital watermarking technologies, describes the requirements that have given rise to them, and discusses the diverse ends to which these...
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7. |  By: Raymond L. Murray Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 14-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 31-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nuclear Energy, 6th Edition
Nuclear Energy, 6th ed. is one of the most popular text ever published due to its clear, accessible and comprehensive coverage of basic nuclear physics and chemistry. Nuclear energy is energy derived from the controlled release of nuclear transformation of materials, generally the decay of unstable neutrons during fission or fusion of atoms, therefore, this newest edition will continue the tradition of offering a holistic treatment of everything the undergraduate engineering student needs to know, in a clear, concise overview of nuclear physics and chemistry, from the behavior of...
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8. |  POWER PLAYS: ENERGY OPTIONS IN THE AGE OF PEAK OIL By: Robert Rapier Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 24-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 21-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: POWER PLAYS: ENERGY OPTIONS IN THE AGE OF PEAK OIL
Many people wonder: Are we really running out of oil, or is it all a ruse to drive prices up? Is nuclear power safe and economical? Is solar energy really the key to providing plenty of carbon-free energy? Do we have enough natural gas or coal to make any loss of oil production irrelevant?
In Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil, energy expert Robert Rapier helps readers sort through energy hype, doom and gloom, and misinformation to understand what really matters in energy, and how it impacts individuals, investors, businesspeople, and policy makers worldwide. The book...
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9. |  Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems By: Phillip Olla Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 02-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems Over the past decade the use of Renewable Energy Technology (RET) has significantly increased around the globe. Technologies that once were considered experimental are now being deployed on commercial scales at phenomenal rates, delivering cost effective substitutes for the conventional, fossil fuel based systems that caused problems including harmful greenhouse gas emissions, expensive operating costs, and global pollution. But these new systems come at a costly rate, and because of this, officials must review their overall efficiency and effectiveness.<br><b>Global Sustainable Development...
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10. |  By: Fereidoon P. Sioshansi Publisher: Academic Press Publication Date: 02-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 09-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Smart Grid
The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources. However, there is still much confusion about the nature of the Smart Grid: What is it? What work needs to be accomplished in order to make it a reality? How will it benefit the drive to diversify energy resources? This book covers Smart Grids from A-Z, providing a complete treatment of the topic, covering both policy and technology, explaining the most...
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11. |  Sustainable Systems and Energy Management at the Regional Level By: Marco Tortora Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 30-NOV-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sustainable Systems and Energy Management at the Regional Level Sustainable Systems and Energy Management at the Regional Level: Comparative Approaches provides an interdisciplinary look at the possible relationships which exist between energy and the environment. Relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings on the impacts of regulation policies, market-facilitation policies, and communication models and policies are reviewed with the aim of improving understanding and strategy....
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12. |  By: Kostas Metaxiotis Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 05-MAR-2011 Slots: 1.0 |
Intelligent Information Systems and Knowledge Management for Energy: Applications for Decision Support, Usage, and Environmental Protection provides in-depth analysis of the need for a holistic approach for the construction and engineering of cities and societies. This book examines issues and approaches for energy use and provides future direction of development.
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13. |  Powering the Future: A Scientist’s Guide to Energy Independence By: Daniel B. Botkin Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 25-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 06-FEB-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Powering the Future: A Scientist’s Guide to Energy Independence Dr. Daniel B. Botkin objectively assesses
the true prospects, limitations, costs, risks, dangers, and
tradeoffs associated with every leading and emerging source of
energy, including oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, nuclear,
wind, solar, ocean power, and biofuels. Next, Botkin addresses the
energy distribution system, outlining how it currently works,
identifying its inefficiencies, and reviewing options for improving
it.
Finally, Botkin turns to solutions, offering
a realistic, scientifically and economically viable path to a
sustainable, energy-independent future: one that can...
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