Energy efficiency Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

   By Fergus Nicol, Michael Humphreys, Susan Roaf

   The fundamental function of buildings is to provide safe and healthy shelter. For the fortunate they also provide comfort and delight. In the twentieth century comfort became a 'product' produced by machines and run on cheap energy. In a world where fossil fuels are becoming ever scarcer and more...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure

   Paths to the Future

   By Annie Pearce, Yong Han Ahn, HanmiGlobal Co, Ltd

   Construction is one of the biggest industries in the world, providing necessary facilities for human prosperity ranging from the homes in which we live to the highways we drive, the power plants that provide energy for our daily activities, and the very infrastructure on which human society is...

   Published February 21st 2012 by Routledge
10. Zero-carbon Homes

    A Road Map

    By Joanna Williams

    Housing is a major contributor to CO2 emissions in Europe and America today and the construction of new homes offers an opportunity to address this issue. Providing homes that achieve "zero carbon", "carbon neutral", "zero-net energy" or "energy-plus" standard is becoming the goal of more...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge