Презентация - Energy use

Facts on File, 2010, 264 pages Global warming and climate change are urgent topics. They are discussed on the news, in conversations, and are even the subjects of horror movies. Although the United States has been one of the largest contributors to global warming, it ranks far below countries and regions — such as Canada, Australia, and western Europe—in taking steps to fix the damage that has been done. Global Warming is a multivolume set that...

Springer Science + Business Media, 2008, 582 Pages An active co-operation between forest ecologists and physicist has continued for decades at the University of Helsinki. These scientists have the common vision that material and energy fluxes are the key to a proper understanding of natural phenomena. The authors of this book come from very different disciplines: tree ecophysiology, silviculture, aerosol physics, meteorology, soil science, mic...

OECD/IEA, 2010. 542 p. ISBN:9264096134. In recognition of fundamental changes in the way governments approach energy-related environmental issues, the IEA has prepared this publication on CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. This annual publication was first published in 1997 and has become an essential tool for analysts and policy makers in many international fora such as the Conference of the Parties. . The data in this book show the evolution o...

Greenwood, ABC-CLIO, 2009, 738 pages Comprehensive in scope and accessible to all reader levels, The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology covers a vast range of topics, concepts, issues, processes, and scientists sifted and melded from the many scientific and technological fields. These include atmospheric chemistry, paleoclimatology, biogeography, oceanography, geophysics, glaciology, soil science, and more. Bruce E. Johanse...

Published by InTech. Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-621-8, Hard cover, 488 p. Первоисточник: . This book provides an interdisciplinary view of how to prepare the ecological and socio-economic systems to the reality of climate change. Scientifically sound tools are needed to predict its effects on regional, rather than global, scales, as it is the level at which socio-economic plans are designed and natural ecosyst...

Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-479-5, Hard cover, 270 p. Первоисточник: . This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, the successful Brazilian ethanol prog...

Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2011, 266 pages From solar panels to company-wide recycling programs to supply chain decisions - green is here to stay. The question is: What's working, what's not, and what should we put our energy into going forward? And the only way to know that is to do a true return-on-investment analysis. Authors Jack and Patti Phillips bring their long-touted ROI methodology to these newest business initiatives, offering bus...

Cambridge University Press, 2010. 226 p. ISBN 13 978 0 521 76384 4, ISBN 13 978 0 521 74781 3, ISBN 13 978 0 511 67983 4 Beyond Smoke and Mirrors Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century What are the practical options for addressing global climate change? How do we provide sustainable energy and electricity for a rapidly growing world population? Which energy provision options are good, bad, and indifferent? One of the most important is...

E & FN Spon, 1994, Pages: 245. The role of the built environment on global warming is seen to be of increasing relevance. In this book, contributors of international repute offer a wide perspectivet on the subject. This paperback edition offers insights and techniques regarding design and management of buildings and urban settlement and discusses the issues of accountability and responsibility. Environmental accountability: users, buildings...