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Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

McGraw-Hill, 2007

FOLLOW THE SUN TO MORE EVIL FUN!

Let the sun shine on your evil side - and have a wicked amount of fun on your way to becoming a solar energy master! In this guide, the popular Evil Genius format ramps up your understanding of powerful, important, and environmentally friendly solar energy - and shows you how to...

Innovation in Life Cycle Engineering and Sustainable Development

Springer, 2006

The focus of this book is the consideration of environmental issues in engineering process and product design. It presents a selection of 30 papers ensuing from the 12th CIRP International seminar on Life Cycle Engineering, held at the university of Grenoble, France, in April 2005.

Sustainable development is more and more at the core of...

Solar Technologies for Buildings

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Solar technologies are emerging as the sustainable technology of choice for those commissioning new buildings. Integrated photovoltaics offer huge potential for delivering renewable energy without generating harmful pollutants.

Discussing current market conditions and the economics of this technology, the author balances the physics and...

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge, Second Edition: Emerging Technologies for low energy buildings

Architectural Press, 2007

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology. This fully updated new edition deals not only with current best practice and state of the art case studies, but with the very latest emerging technologies which will transform the relationship between buildings and energy....

Hitting the Wall: A Vision of a Secure Energy Future (Synthesis Lectures on Energy and the Environment: Technology, Science, and Society)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2008

Hitting the Wall examines the combination of two intractable energy problems of our age: the peaking of global oil production and the overloading of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Both emerge from the overconsumption of fossil fuels and solving one problem helps solve the other. The misinformation campaign about climate change is discussed...

Alternative Energy Edition 1. (3 Volume set)

Thomson Gale, 2006

"The editors ably achieve their goal of showing students the connections between science and people's lives in the nineteenth century, thus helping to make both science and history more relevant to their own."
-- ARBA (2002) (ARBA 20030201)

"These volumes offer a perspective on how scientific...

Electric Power Systems: A Conceptual Introduction (Wiley Survival Guides in Engineering and Science)

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

A clear explanation of the technology for producing and delivering electricity

Electric Power Systems explains and illustrates how the electric grid works in a clear, straightforward style that makes highly technical material accessible. It begins with a thorough discussion of the underlying physical...

Green Tech: How to Plan and Implement Sustainable IT Solutions

AMACOM, 2009

“Green” is a feel-good term. It has positive, earth-friendly connotations, often without much specificity—perfect for marketing purposes. Sustainability, on the other hand, is something we can measure and manage. We are sustainable when our use of resources does not permanently deplete or damage our supply, including natural...

Carrier Scale IP Networks: Designing and Operating Internet Networks (Bt Communications Technology Series, 1)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2001

Communications networks are now dominated by Internet protocol (IP) technologies. This book comprehensively reviews the design, provision and operations of carrier-scale Internet networks. Every aspect of networking, from access to the core network to the surrounding operational support systems has been radically affected by the rapid development...

Planning and Installing Bioenergy Systems: A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers

Earthscan, 2005

* Describes the key features of different bioenergy technologies and offers professionals expert guidance for installation; in full color throughout!
* Includes data on selected regional, national, and international renewable energy support programs
* Written by experts, offering practical insight into the application of this...

UML for Systems Engineering: watching the wheels, 2nd Edition (IEE Professional Applications of Computing)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2004

Up until a few years ago there were over 150 different modelling languages available to software developers. This vast array of choice however, only served to severely hinder effective communication. Therefore, to combat this, every methodologist and many companies agreed to speak the same language, hence the birth of the unified modelling...

Electrical Craft Principles, 5th Edition, Volume 2 (Iee)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2008

The two volumes of 'Whitfield's Electrical Craft Principles' have been substantially revised and updated in 2008, reflecting changes in practice and legislation (e.g. 'BS 7671/IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition'). Volume 2 has new material to accompany course changes. The volumes are presented in a new format, are highly illustrated and contain...

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