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Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far greater environmental consciousness into our social values and norms. A drastic reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions...
To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge
The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The...
To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource efficiency...
To Be Published August 18th 2013 by Routledge
Smart city development has emerged a major issue over the past 5 years. Since the launch of IBM’s Smart Planet and CISCO’s Smart Cities and Communities programmes, their potential to deliver on global sustainable development targets have captured the public’s attention. However, despite this...
To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Sustainable Energy Developments
To enable the first steps of the new strategic orientation a number of questions have been formulated to which answers are provided in this book:Can we use adopted efficiency strategies in the ICT-sector as a lever to make a transition to effective strategies?What new supporting...
To Be Published September 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
Although lighting products are becoming more efficient, the energy used for retail lighting has increased due to longer opening hours and higher light levels. Reducing energy consumption for retail lighting can directly increase profitability and reduce environmental impacts. Modern lighting...
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by IHS BRE Press
The Real Estate Solar Investment Handbook explains the business case for property professionals to pursue solar projects. A project’s value is determined by its potential risks and rewards; these are explained thoroughly in terms understood by the real estate industry. It...
To Be Published October 16th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Expert
The role of the energy manager has evolved significantly as the task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has become increasingly important. Managers are now technical experts, negotiators, construction project managers, procurement specialists, efficiency advocates and often provide...
To Be Published October 24th 2013 by Routledge
Series: The Basics
People rarely stop to think about where the energy they use to power their everyday lives comes from and when they do it is often to ask a worried question: is mankind’s energy usage killing the planet? How do we deal with nuclear waste? What happens when the oil runs out? Energy: The Basics...
To Be Published October 27th 2013 by Routledge
We now have the technologies to transform existing energy systems based predominantly on the efficient use of renewable sources of energy. The principal barriers to this transformation are no longer primarily technological or economic, but institutional and cultural, and are maintained by powerful...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
