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The Paradigm Shift Towards Energy Sustainability

Author : Michael Rodi
Publisher : Lexxion Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3869651350
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Paradigm Shift Towards Energy Sustainability written by Michael Rodi and published by Lexxion Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2004, the Summer Academy 'Energy and the Environment' has brought together practitioners and policy makers from countries worldwide to engage in an interdisci-plinary discussion on practical solutions to problems of energy law. The fifth annual Summer Academy focuses on 'The Paradigm Shift towards Energy Sustainability'. As is evi-dent through the sheer scope of the articles presented and reprinted in this volume, discussion at the 2008 Summer Academy was rich and varied in ideas and interpretations. One thing emerged especially clearly: policy priorities must be designed to encompass a multidisciplinary approach to energy sustainability. Not only must renewable energy solutions be promoted but incentives must also be increased for greater fossil fuel energy efficiency and energy conservation. Experiences from both developed and developing countries are provided to illustrate needed sustainable energy solutions at the local level to address the global climate crisis.

The Paradigm Shift Towards Energy Sustainability

Author : Summer Academy "Energy and the Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783869651361
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book The Paradigm Shift Towards Energy Sustainability written by Summer Academy "Energy and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sustainability Revolution

Author : Andres R. Edwards
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550923250
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Sustainability Revolution written by Andres R. Edwards and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social transformation of our time—the sustainability revolution. The Sustainability Revolution paints a picture of this largely unrecognized phenomenon from the point of view of five major sectors of society: Community (government and international institutions) Commerce (business) Resource extraction (forestry, farming, fisheries etc.) Ecological design (architecture, technology) Biosphere (conservation, biodiversity etc.) The book analyzes sustainability as defined by each of these sectors in terms of the principles, declarations and intentions that have emerged from conferences and publications, and which serve as guidelines for policy decisions and future activities. Common themes are then explored, including: An emphasis on stewardship The need for economic restructuring promoting no waste and equitable distribution An understanding and respect for the principles of nature The restoration of life forms An intergenerational perspective on solutions Concluding that these themes in turn represent a new set of values that define this paradigm shift, The Sustainability Revolution describes innovative sustainable projects and policies in Colombia, Brazil, India and the Netherlands and examines future trends. Complete with a useful resources list, this is the first book of its kind and will appeal to business and government policymakers, academics and all interested in sustainability.

The Blueprint

Author : Daniel Rirdan
Publisher : Daniel Rirdan
ISBN 13 : 1470135884
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Blueprint written by Daniel Rirdan and published by Daniel Rirdan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From climate change to land degradation to fossil fuel shortages, we are faced with an impending calamity that threatens to bankrupt the planetary ecosystem and with it much of the manmade world. This book offers a plan that truly goes the distance: a highly detailed, planetary-wide blueprint that lays out a new course for our technological and industrial engines. It calls for sweeping adjustments in the way every person thinks and lives.--Inside front cover.

Peak Oil Paradigm Shift

Author : Bilaal Abdullah
Publisher : Medianet Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789769513709
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Peak Oil Paradigm Shift written by Bilaal Abdullah and published by Medianet Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strategies Towards the New Sustainability Paradigm

Author : Odile Schwarz-Herion
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319146998
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Strategies Towards the New Sustainability Paradigm by : Odile Schwarz-Herion

Download or read book Strategies Towards the New Sustainability Paradigm written by Odile Schwarz-Herion and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a historical global turning point, this book offers a thorough exploration of the “New Sustainability Paradigm”, originally developed by the Global Scenario Group (GSG) of the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) as a starting point for analyzing real-life transitions and transformations. 11 contributors from 5 continents present detailed analyses of economic and political transitions in Western and Eastern Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and in Asia, discussing the role of different players in the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm. Part I offers an overview of the six scenarios developed by the GSG and a short discussion of significant papers published by the Great Transition Initiative (GTI) of the Tellus Institute. Next come examples of dramatic historical and current transitions in Western Europe, the USA, Eastern Europe, the Middle East (Arabian Spring), and Asia, as well as an analysis of the potential of humankind to manage a great transition to the new sustainability paradigm. Subsequent chapters highlight the role of culture and education and review the role of different players for the implementation of the new sustainability paradigm. The focus of Part II is on the ecological pillar of Sustainability. The discussion includes urgent ecological problems including climate engineering, eco-criminality, bioterrorism, biodiversity protection, water, energy, and food security. Part III deals with needed innovations in sustainable waste management and sustainable city architecture, especially big cities in developing and threshold countries, where a significant part of the world population is concentrated. The fourth and final section offers an analysis of insights developed throughout the book, and outlines recommendations for the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm by civil society, grass-root movements, scholars, politically neutral NGOs, sincere media players, and by open-minded and enlightened politicians to manage and steer the Great Transition towards sustainable global democracy.

Energy and Transport in Green Transition

Author : Atle Midttun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317644271
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Energy and Transport in Green Transition written by Atle Midttun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition. It frames the ongoing transformation in terms of a "battle of modernities" with the emerging vision of ecomodernity as the final destination. It also offers a systematic exploration of the potential for extensive transformation of carbon-intensive sectors – with a focus on energy and transport – towards a low or post-carbon economy. The book does so in a comparative perspective, by pointing to a diversity of techno-economic and institutional solutions in the mature Western economies, and in the rapidly growing East and developing South. The contributors highlight a broad spectrum of available alternatives as well as illuminate conflicting interests involved. They also demonstrate how solutions to the climate challenge require parallel technological and governance innovation. The book advocates a new, overarching vision and agenda of ecomodernity – based on a synergistic paradigm-shift in industry, politics and culture – to trigger and sustain the ecological innovation necessary to tip development in a green direction. This vision cannot be monolithic; rather, it should reflect the diverse interests and conditions of the global population. This book is aimed at researchers and postgraduate students of energy, transport, environmental and climate policies, as well as development, environment, innovation and sustainability.

SMART Futures for a Flourishing World

Author : Claire A. Nelson
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789047765
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book SMART Futures for a Flourishing World written by Claire A. Nelson and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the COVID-19 pandemic derailed the global community’s commitment to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Are we heading for environmental collapse? Can we avert a climate catastrophe and enable peace, justice, and shared futures for humanity? These questions call for transformational change. This book explores the root causes of today’s failures and lays out a plan for real-world innovation labs using a SMART future design paradigm to achieve the UN’s 17 sustainability goals and 169 targets. SMART futures is a ‘systems literacy’ approach to problem solving that allows us to address challenges of our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world as an integrated whole. This new paradigm shifts us from silo thinking to systems thinking. With lively storytelling and thought-provoking analysis, Dr. Claire Nelson opens a doorway to the future, and a vision of what success might look like. Her stories from the future present worldviews of the feminine and from the global South, which are often absent from contemporary global futures discourse.

Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics

Author : National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309173000
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics written by National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-08-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics is a corporate-focused analysis that brings clarity and practicality to the complex issues of environmental metrics in industry. The book examines the metrics implications to businesses as their responsibilities expand beyond the factory gateâ€"upstream to suppliers and downstream to products and services. It examines implications that arise from greater demand for comparability of metrics among businesses by the investment community and environmental interest groups. The controversy over what sustainable development means for businesses is also addressed. Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics identifies the most useful metrics based on case studies from four industriesâ€"automotive, chemical, electronics, and pulp and paperâ€"and includes specific corporate examples. It contains goals and recommendations for public and private sector players interested in encouraging the broader use of metrics to improve industrial environmental performance and those interested in addressing the tough issues of prioritization, weighting of metrics for meaningful comparability, and the longer term metrics needs presented by sustainable development.

Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Author : Fereidoon Sioshansi
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0123851378
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Energy, Sustainability and the Environment written by Fereidoon Sioshansi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. An easy to read and understand guide, Sioshansi, along with an international group of contributors, moves through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing steps and insights to meet carbon reduction requirements and maintaining the health and welfare of the firm. The book’s three part treatment is based on a clear and rigorous exposition of a wide range of options to reduce the carbon footprint Part 1 of the book, Challenge of Sustainability, examines the fundamental drivers of energy demand – economic growth, the need for basic energy services, and the interdependence of economic, political, environmental, social, equity, legacy and policy issues. Part 2 of the book, Technological Solutions, examines how energy can be used to support basic energy service needs of homes, commercial and industrial facilities and for other applications. Part 3 of the book, case studies, covers a number of innovative projects, initiatives, concepts or self-imposed targets in different parts of the world with the aim of significantly reducing energy use and carbon footprint of a company, a community, a city or an entire country. There was a widespread recognition among environmental engineers and energy economist of the importance of carbon reduction while sustaining the firm’s economic growth. The only book to bring together both subjects into one easy to understand reference, Carbon Reduction and Economic Sustainability not only clearly explains which option has the lowest energy/carbon footprint but also which option would better suit the business in question. This includes carbon reduction for residential, transport, industrial and public sectors. The only book to clearly explain the economic and environmental engineering aspects of carbon reduction. Case studies taken from a number of international projects. Carbon reduction options for all sectors of society. The role of the planning system in carbon reduction.

Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment

Author : D. P. Singh
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429603290
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment written by D. P. Singh and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability of environment is an emerging global issue at present. Unsustainable or deteriorating environment is a matter of concern as it has threatened the survival of living creatures. Recently, climate change has been a matter of great concern at a global platform owing to imbalances in natural environment. Increasing population has increased the demand for energy, which has ultimately put pressure on natural resources and caused a paradigm shift from resource generation to exploitation. Emerging Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment aims to address the role of sustainable technologies in energy generation options for clean environment. It covers a wide spectrum of energy generation approaches, with an emphasis on five key topics: (i) renewable energy sources and recent advances, (ii) emerging green technologies for sustainable development, (iii) assessment of biomass for sustainable bioenergy production, (iv) solid waste management and its potential for energy generation, and (v) solar energy applications, storage system, and heat transfer. This book provides essential and comprehensive knowledge of green energy technologies with different aspects for engineers, technocrats and researchers working in the industry, universities, and research institutions. The book is also very useful for undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering who are keen to know about the development of renewable energy products and their corresponding processes. Please note: This volume is Co-published with The Energy and Resources Institute Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Microgrids

Author : Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3036506624
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Microgrids written by Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.

The Great Mindshift

Author : Maja Gopel
Publisher : Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9783867935197
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Great Mindshift written by Maja Gopel and published by Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making sustainability a policy goal is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Calls for a paradigm shift are becoming increasingly frequent and urgent. In fact, change toward a sustainable form of society seems to be more within reach than ever before. The mindset of people has changed in the course of economic and environmental crises. This publication presents the current scientific and practical approaches that shape and empower the process of change toward true sustainability. It also raises the question as to the new possibilities that may arise from linking these approaches.

Sustainable Macroeconomics, Climate Risks and Energy Transitions

Author : Unurjargal Nyambuu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031279824
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Macroeconomics, Climate Risks and Energy Transitions written by Unurjargal Nyambuu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the industrialized world’s historical dependence on fossil fuel-based energy resources and the now-realized perils of moving beyond the earth’s carbon budget, this book explores the myriad challenges of climate change and in reaching a low-carbon economy. Reconciling the medium-term competing, yet frequently complementary, needs for transition policies, the book provides guidelines for complex and often conflicting climate policy tasks. The book presents empirical trends in the use of carbon-emitting resources and evaluates market-driven short-termism and its adverse impact on resource use and the environment; it emphasizes a medium-term macroeconomic perspective for the transition. The authors attempt a paradigm shift towards a framework of sustainable macroeconomics. They survey relevant historical models, conduct empirical and numerical analyses of the climate change-relevant dynamic models, provide empirical illustrations, and evaluate diverse policy options and implementations together with their historical evolution. New analytical issues are also considered, e.g., strategic behavior in the energy and resource sectors, energy competition and the dynamics of market shares in new energy technology, and supporting policies for dealing with the tipping points encountered in climate change. The authors suggest a multitude of market-based strategies and public fiscal, monetary, and financial policies, and longer-run planning for resource extraction -all suitable for driving sustainable growth and a transformation of the energy sector. The book also examines the multiple delaying forces slowing the transition to a low-carbon economy; these typically arise from short-termism, lock-ins, irreversibility, leakages, non-cooperative games, and other political strategies. Thus, they explain the snail’s pace evolution of current national and global climate policies. The book will appeal to scholars and students of economics and environmental science. It is also relevant for policymakers and practitioners in multilateral institutions, research institutions as well as governments and ministries of countries interested in alternative energy sources, climate economists, and those who study the implementation of sustainable and low carbon-based policies.

Energy, Resources and Welfare

Author : Bent Sorensen
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128032197
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Energy, Resources and Welfare written by Bent Sorensen and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bent Sørensen, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of renewable energy systems, explores the current hurdles to the universal adoption of renewable energy sources and proposes solutions to the current situation in this new inspiring work. He discusses the social, political and economic issues that make sustainability seem like such an attainable goal, and explores the ways through which change can be achieved without loss of welfare. Even though the author has written several scientific monographs covering the technical issues behind the energy and social transitions mentioned in this book, and bases his conclusions on solid facts and analysis, Sørensen avoids specialist jargon in this text. He therefore addresses scientists and engineers directly involved in sustainable technologies, as well as energy planners and decision makers in industry and government, and also those interested in the direction in which our societies are moving. This book can be a good basis for discussions and debate, whether in academic or in political circles, and may even be used as complementary reading for students in the field of energy generation, implementation, planning, management, markets and policy. One of the world’s leading experts in renewable energy systems looks into economic, social and political factors that influence the current state of renewable energy implementation in the world. Sørensen examines the reasons why reaching 100% renewable and sustainable energy sources might seem like an unattainable goal, and proposes alternative solutions that would allow the world to proceed towards energy sustainability without losing welfare.

The Decentralized Energy Revolution

Author : C. Burger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137270705
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Decentralized Energy Revolution written by C. Burger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global energy system stands at the verge of a far-reaching paradigm shift. The established model of centralized supply services will be challenged by new, decentralized technologies, with Germany being an international role model for energy efficiency and renewable energy generation.

Greenergized

Author : Dennis Posadas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351277308
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Greenergized written by Dennis Posadas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewable energy versus fossil fuels: the debate rages on, worldwide. At stake is nothing less than the protection of our planet from the ravages of climate change. But the costs involved in making the switch to clean energy are daunting. How do we pay for solar and wind energy? Do we scrap all our gasoline-driven autos? How do we move forward?Although the importance of this topic is hard to overstate, it nevertheless consistently fails to engage at the level that it so patently needs to. This is what has led technology expert and seasoned commentator Dennis Posadas to approach the issues in a new and intriguing way. Posadas understands that we respond best to narratives, and that is why he has written what he describes as a "green thinking fable". In this fable, we meet Daniel, a young graduate of the fictional Oriental College, who is thrust into a debate between José, an oil man, and Professor Ruiz, an advocate of clean energy. We follow the lines of argument as Daniel's awareness increases, and he experiences a paradigm shift in his thinking. We see how his short-term outlook focusing on the cost of renewable energy evolves into long-term thinking about the cost of not making the shift to renewables. Posadas's business fable puts the issues in front of the general reader in an engaging and digestible way. It covers concepts such as solar, wind, electric vehicles, waste to energy, feed-in-tariffs, carbon tax, intermittent sources, cost of fossil fuels, health impact of fossil fuel use, energy efficiency, and other relevant topics necessary for understanding this debate. The story and characters may be fictional, but the situations and the technology discussions are based on current facts. Decide for yourself where you stand on the renewables versus fossil fuels debate, and discuss this story with your friends and colleagues. Greenergized is a much-needed route into the issues surrounding the most serious debate our generation faces. And it pulls off the brilliant trick of being highly readable at the same time.