Energy efficiency Books

New and Published Books

1. Architecture and Energy

   Performance and Style

   Edited by William Braham, Daniel Willis

   Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with more durable arguments for environmental...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management

   By Paul Appleby

   Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. Low-Carbon Energy Controversies

   Edited by Thomas Roberts, Paul Upham, Sarah Mander, Carly McLachlan, Philip Boucher, Clair Gough, Dana Abi Ghanem

   Governments, big business and communities are coming under increased pressure to develop low carbon energy supply technologies. Within the context of the climate change debate a delicate balance has to be reached between local environmental protection and our need for reliable low carbon energy....

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Green vs. Green

   The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

   By Ryan M. Yonk, Randy T. Simmons, Brian C. Steed

   Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

   Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States. Non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings

   Warm Climates

   Edited by Richard Hyde, Nathan Groenhout, Francis Barram, Ken Yeang

   Despite recent improvements in energy efficiency being made in new build, it is important that the existing commercial building sector also take action to meet emission reduction targets. The objectives and challenges of such action will reduce the risk of the sector becoming obsolete due to high...

   Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. Renewable Energy Systems

   The Earthscan Expert Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies for Home and Business

   By Dilwyn Jenkins

   Series: Earthscan Expert

   This book is the long awaited guide for anyone interested in renewables at home or work. It sweeps away scores of common misconceptions while clearly illustrating the best in renewable and energy efficiency technologies. A fully illustrated guide to renewable energy for the home and small business,...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Renewable Energy in the Countryside

   3rd Edition

   By Peter Prag

   Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond. Much of this will rely on an increasing use of renewable energy. Within current technology this will...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Estates Gazette
8. Desert Energy

   A Guide to the Technology, Impacts and Opportunities

   By Alasdair Cameron

   This book examines the key technologies being deployed in an effort to tap the potential presented by world's deserts for siting large-scale solar power applications, and surveys the feasibility of such projects given the remoteness and the hostility of these environments. Focusing on large scale...

   Published July 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. Energy Efficiency in Housing Management

   Policies and Practice in Eleven Countries

   Edited by Nico Nieboer, Sasha Tsenkova, Vincent Gruis, Anke van Hal

   The embedding of energy efficiency in the management of individual housing organisations is crucial for the realization of current ambitious energy efficiency policies. This issue is examined for the first time in this book through an analysis of selected case studies in new ‘green’ buildings, as...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. 100 Per Cent Renewable

    Energy Autonomy in Action

    Edited by Peter Droege

    The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. The global economy and its financial system are in jeopardy, running hot on overtly...

    Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge