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It's Easy Being Green: Simple Ways to Save the Planet: 101 Ways to Save the Planet

Summersdale Publishers, 2007

Our excessive use of natural resources − fuelled by population increases and a relentless pursuit of economic growth and material possessions − is causing alarming damage to the environment.

Human activity, such as burning fossil fuels, is causing a build-up of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the...

$Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies (Math & Science)$

Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies (Math & Science)

For Dummies, 2010

The fun and easy way to get a grip on photovoltaic design and installation

Designing and installing solar panel systems is a trend that continues to grow. With 'green collar' jobs on the rise and homeowners looking for earth-friendly ways to stretch their dollars and lesson their carbon imprint, understanding...

Air Transport and the Environment

Ashgate, 2010

"Air Transport and the Environment" provides an overview of the main issues relating to aviation environmental impacts. It explains the challenge facing policymakers in terms of sustainable development, focusing on the importance of balancing the industry's economic, social and environmental costs and benefits, both for people...

Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water

McGraw-Hill, 2010

This sixth edition of Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water serves as a handbook for scientists, engineers, and other professionals who study and work in drinking water—particularly the quality of water supplies, the quality of treated drinking water, and water treatment processes. It is meant as a resource for...

Solar Power for Your Home (Green Guru Guides)

McGraw-Hill, 2010

Easy, inexpensive, do-it-yourself solar energy projects

Featuring step-by-step instructions and useful photos and illustrations, this hands-on guide is filled with solar energy solutions you can put to use right away. Solar Power for Your Home shows you how to set up a variety of simple, money-saving solar projects quickly...

Sustainable On-Site CHP Systems: Design, Construction, and Operations

McGraw-Hill, 2009

PROVEN TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING ENERGY USE WITH CHP SYSTEMS

Plan, design, construct, and operate a sustainable on-site CHP (combined heat and power) facility using the detailed information in this practical guide. Sustainable On-Site CHP Systems reveals how to substantially increase the energy efficiency in commercial,...

A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising Your Impact on the Planet

Scribe Publications, 2009

I believe that global warming is the biggest issue facing humanity today – it represents a far greater threat than terrorism, fundamentalism, or nuclear war. I am not alone in this belief. Scientists and many policymakers agree that the global population must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 per cent...

Polyurethane and Related Foams: Chemistry and Technology

CRC Press, 2006

Polyurethane foams debuted over 60 years ago. At the present time these types of foams make up the largest segment in the thermosetting foam industry. This book describes polyurethane (PUR) and urethane linkage-modified polyisocyanurate (PIR) foams. A characteristic of these foams lies in the versatility of their physical...

Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Composites

Elsevier Limited, 2004

This book deals is intended for anyone wishing to learn more about the materials and manufacturing processes used to fabricate and assemble advanced composites. Although advanced composites can mean many different types of fibers in either polymer, metal or ceramic matrices, this book deals with the three main fibers (glass,...

Ceramic Matrix Composites: Fiber Reinforced Ceramics and their Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) represent a relatively new class of quasiductile ceramic materials. They are characterized by carbon or ceramic fi bers embedded in ceramic matrices (oxide or non - oxide) with comparatively low bonding forces between the fi bers and the matrix. These weak intefaces, in combination with a porous...

Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies

For Dummies, 2007

When it comes to addressing most of the challenges we face as a society, it is often said that change begins at home. This is an exciting prospect—that we can make a difference around the world by changing the way we live our daily lives—and nowhere is it truer than in our efforts to improve the health of our planet,...

One-Dimensional Nanostructures (Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology)

Springer, 2008

One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures represent a group of nanomaterials with highly anisotropic morphologies, the smallest dimension falling in the range of 1–100 nm. Typical examples of 1D nanostructures include nanowires and nanotubes. Semiconductor nanowires are characterized by the efficient transport of electrons and excitons, and...

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