2nd Edition

Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology - Four Volume Set (Print)

Edited By Sohail Anwar
    704 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Using limited energy resources in sustainable ways, energy engineers and technologists have made our lives comfortable and affordable. However, due to an expanding world population, global energy resources are being increasingly strained. Considering this scenario, effective energy management, energy efficiency, and a significant use of renewable energy sources are key strategies for meeting global energy requirements. Energy managers, researchers, scholars, and policy makers need to know all aspects of energy engineering and technology to deal with current energy issues.

    The Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, Second Edition – Four-Volume Set provides cutting-edge scientific and engineering knowledge of the planning, development, operation, and economics of energy systems. Written by leading experts in their specialties and reviewed by subject-matter authorities, each topical entry in this quintessential reference:

    • Describes the concepts, technologies, and theories involved, explaining their importance
    • Reviews the evidence and scientific basis for the theories, including the latest research
    • Supplies real-world examples and/or case studies to ensure a practical understanding
    • Offers a helpful summary, noting future trends and potential applications
    • Contains references and recommendations for further reading

    An invaluable resource for professionals in academia, business, industry, and government, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in different academic disciplines, the Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, Second Edition – Four-Volume Set presents a wealth of information on energy efficiency, renewable energy systems and technologies, the financial analysis of energy systems, energy economics, environmental regulations, sustainable development, green building, the use of nanotechnology to develop energy systems, energy storage, fuel cells, and more.

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    Volume I

    Accounting: Facility Energy Use; Douglas E. Tripp

    Agricultural and Forestry Product Drying Operations; Guangnan Chen

    Air Conditioning Systems: Calculating Desiccant Wheels' Design Parameters; Zohrab Melikyan and Ali Abd Elhaleem Ali Fouda

    Air Conditioning Systems: Design and Energy Efficiency; Lisa Guan and Guangnan Chen

    Aircraft Energy Use; K. E. Ohrn

    Alternative Energy Technologies: Price Effects; Michael M. Ohadi, Jianwei Qi, and Harish Ganapathy

    Auditing: Facility Energy Use; Warren M. Heffington

    Auditing: Improved Accuracy; Barney L. Capehart and Lynne C. Capehart

    Auditing: User-Friendly Reports; Lynne C. Capehart

    Biofuel Coproduct Densification: Techno-Economic Assessment; Kurt A. Rosentrater and Elif Kongar

    Biofuels: Algae as; Gavin A. Buxton, Paul Badger, Bill Dress, and Arif Sirinterlikci

    Biofuels: Feedstocks as; Wayne H. Smith and Donald L. Rockwood

    Biomass; Alberto Traverso

    Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production; Abdussalam Abuadala and Ibrahim Dincer

    Boilers and Boiler Control Systems; Eric Peterschmidt and Michael Taylor

    Building Automation Systems (BAS): Direct Digital Control; Paul J. Allen and Rich Remke

    Buildings: Biomimetic Energy Generation Systems; Maibritt Pedersen Zari

    Clean Energy Economy Solutions; Tabitha A. Crawford and Richard R. Lucy

    Coal Supply in the U.S.; Jill S. Tietjen

    Coal Supply in the U.S.: Surface Mining; Jill S. Tietjen

    Coal: Transportation by Rail; Michael Leahy and William D. Watson

    Coal-to-Liquid Fuels; Graham Parker

    Cogeneration Opportunities in India; B. K. Choudhury

    Combined Heat and Power (CHP): Integration with Industrial Processes; James A. Clark

    Commercial Buildings: Demand Response; David S. Watson, Sila Kiliccote, Naoya Motegi, and Mary Ann Piette

    Commissioning: Existing Buildings; David E. Claridge, Mingsheng Liu, and W. D. Turner

    Commissioning: New Buildings; Janey Kaster

    Commissioning: Retrocommissioning; Stephany L. Cull

    Compressed Air Control Systems; Bill Allemon, Rick Avery, and Sam Prudhomme

    Compressed Air Energy Storage; Michael J. King and Michael J. McGill

    Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): Management; David E. Perkins

    Compressed Air Leak Detection and Repair; Robert E. Wilson

    Compressed Air Storage and Distribution; Thomas F. Taranto

    Compressed Air Systems; Diane Schaub

    Conversion: Coal, Animal Waste, and Biomass Fuel Principles; Kalyan Annamalai, Soyuz Priyadarsan, Senthil Arumugam, and John M. Sweeten

    Cooking: Solar Cooker with Phase Change Material; Karamjeet Saini, Gagandeep Harvinder Singh, and Avadhesh Yadav

    Cooking: Wood Cook Stoves; Ritesh Kumar and Shailendra K. Shukla

    Cooling Systems: Evaporative; David Bisbee

    Cooling Towers; Ruth Riad Mossad

    Cost--Benefit Analysis; Fatouh Al-Ragom

    Desiccant Dehumidification: Case Study; Michael K. West and Glenn C. Haynes

    Distributed Generation; Paul M. Sotkiewicz and Ing. Jesús Mario Vignolo

    District-Wide Cooling Systems; Susanna S. Hanson

    District-Wide Energy Systems; Ibrahim Dincer and Arif Hepbasli

    Drilling Rigs: Offshore and Land-Based Fire Protection; David O. Anderson and Angelo Pinheiro

    Drilling Rigs: Oil and Gas Rig Ergonomic Program Design; David O. Anderson and Angelo Pinheiro

    Earth to Air Heat Exchangers (EAHE): Energy and Exergy Efficiencies; Leyla Ozgener and Onder Ozgener

    Education and Training: A Case Study; Kenneth E. Dudeck and Wieslaw Grebski

    Education: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Program; Ahmed Elgafy

    Effective Energy Use: Rewards and Excitement; Sandra B. McCardell

    Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems; Mehmet Kanoglu, Yunus A. Çengel, and Ibrahim Dincer

    Efficiency Assessment of Energy Systems: Applications; Mehmet Kanoglu, Yunus A. Çengel, and Ibrahim Dincer

    Electric Motors; H. A. Ingley III

    Electric Supply System: Generation; Jill S. Tietjen

    Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Past and Present; Kurt E. Yeager

    Electricity Enterprise: U.S., Prospects; Kurt E. Yeager

    Electronic Control Systems: Basic; Eric Peterschmidt and Michael Taylor

    Electronics, Next Generation: Cooling of; Amir H. Shooshtari, Raphael Mandel, and Michael M. Ohadi

    Energy Accounting; Mark T. Brown and Sergio Ulgiati

    Volume II

    Emissions Trading; Paul M. Sotkiewicz

    Energy Conservation; Ibrahim Dincer and Adnan Midilli

    Energy Conservation: Capital, Operations, Recognition, and Environmental Benefits; Eric A. Woodroof, Wayne C. Turner, Warren Heffington, and Barney L. Capehart

    Energy Conservation: Lean Manufacturing; Bohdan W. Oppenheim

    Energy Conservation: Secret Benefits; Eric A. Woodroof, Wayne C. Turner, and Steven D. Heinz

    Energy Dispersion Analysis Tool; Athula Kulatunga, Edward R. Winter, and John Piller

    Energy Efficiency: Air Emissions Reductions; Bruce K. Colburn

    Energy Efficiency: Developing Countries; Nofirman Firdaus

    Energy Efficiency: Low Cost Improvements; James Call

    Energy Exchangers: Run-Around Membrane; Gaoming Ge, Melanie Fauchoux, Robert W. Besant, and Carey J. Simonson

    Energy Storage; Rudolf Marloth

    Energy: Global and Historical Background; Milivoje M. Kostic

    Enterprise Energy Management Systems; Gregory Cmar, Bill Gnerre, and Kevin Fuller

    Environmental Policy; Sanford V. Berg and Ted Kury

    Exergy Analysis: Green Cities and Compound Metrics; Siir Kilkis

    Exergy: Analysis; Marc A. Rosen

    Exergy: Environmental Impact Assessment Applications; Marc A. Rosen

    Facility Air Leakage; Wendell A. Porter

    Facility Energy Efficiency and Controls: Automobile Technology Applications; Barney L. Capehart and Lynne C. Capehart

    Facility Energy Use: Benchmarking; John Van Gorp

    Facility Power Distribution Systems; Paul L. Villeneuve

    Fuel Cells: Intermediate and High Temperature; Xianguo Li and Gholamreza Karimi

    Fuel Cells: Low Temperature; Xianguo Li

    Geothermal Energy Resources; Ibrahim Dincer, Arif Hepbasli, and Leyla Ozgener

    Geothermal Heat Pump Systems; Greg Tinkler

    Geothermal Ice Storage System for Air Conditioning; Zohrab Melikyan

    Global Warming: Impact on Building Design and Performance; Lisa Guan

    Green Energy; Ibrahim Dincer and Adnan Midilli

    Green Technologies: Climate Instability Planning and Design; Isaac A. Meir

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Gasoline, Hybrid-Electric, and Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles; Robert E. Uhrig

    Heat and Energy Wheels; Carey J. Simonson

    Heat and Moisture Transfer Panels; Carey J. Simonson

    Heat Exchangers and Heat Pipes; Greg F. Naterer

    Heat Pipe Application; Somchai Jiajitsawat and Sorawit Sonsaree

    Heat Pumps; Lu Aye

    Heat Transfer; Yunus A. Çengel

    HVAC Equipment, Unitary: Fault Detection and Diagnosis; Huojun Yang, Tian Zhang, Haorong Li, Denchai Woradechjumroen, and Xiaoyu Liu

    HVAC Replacement: Proactive vs. Reactive Approaches; Sandra Ware

    HVAC System Design: Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm; Magdalena Stanescu

    HVAC Systems, Mobile: Fundamentals, Design, and Innovations; Alex V. Moultanovsky

    HVAC Systems, Mobile: Innovations; Alex V. Moultanovsky

    HVAC Systems, Mobile: Physics and Configuration; Alex V. Moultanovsky

    HVAC Systems: Humid Climates; David MacPhaul

    Hybrid Bus Technology: Economic Modeling; Michael Emes and David Ashmore

    Hybrid Systems: Fuel Cell--Gas Turbine; Alberto Traverso and Loredana Magistri

    Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: Plug-In Configuration; Robert E. Uhrig and Vernon P. Roan

    Hydroelectric Power Systems, Small; Radian Belu

    Hydroelectricity: Pumped Storage; Jill S. Tietjen

    Hydrogen Economy Implementation with Synthfuels; Robert E. Uhrig, Ken Schultz, and S. Locke Bogart

    Industrial Billing; Michael Costarell

    Industrial Energy Conservation; Harvey E. Diamond

    Industrial Energy Management; Cristián Cárdenas-Lailhacar

    Industrial Energy Performance Indicators; Harvey E. Diamond and Robert G. Botelho

    Insulation: Facilities; Wendell A. Porter

    Integrated Energy Systems: Reliability and Lowest BTU Cost; Leslie A. Solmes

    Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC): Coal- and Biomass-Based; Ashok D. Rao

    Investment Analysis Techniques; James W. Dean

    Job Creation through Energy Savings and Cultural Change; Martha Amram and Tabitha A. Crawford

    LEED-CI and LEED-CS: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interiors and Core and Shell; Nick Stecky

    Life Cycle Costing: Electric Power Projects; Ujjwal Bhattacharjee

    Lifecycle Energy and Carbon Footprint: Agricultural and Food Products; Guangnan Chen, Tek Narayan Maraseni, and Zhou Yang

    Lighting Controls; Craig DiLouie

    Lighting Design and Retrofits; Larry Leetzow

    Lighting: Daylighting; William McCluney

    Lighting: High Intensity Discharge (HID) Electronic; Ken E. Patterson II

    Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG); Charles P. Ivey

    Living Standards and Culture: Energy Impact; Marc A. Rosen

    Management Programs: Demand-Side; Clark W. Gellings

    Management Systems for Energy; Michael L. Brown

    Volume III

    Master Planning; Fredric S. Goldner

    Microgrid Concepts and Architecture; Radian Belu

    Microgrid Control and Protection; Radian Belu

    Modular Smart Power System; Massoud Maxwell Rabiee

    Motor Efficiency Estimation: Tridimensional Analysis; Cristián Cárdenas-Lailhacar and Vitelio E. Silva

    Nanomaterials: Solar Energy Storage System–Based; Patrick Mihalik, Matthew George, Ahmed Elgafy, and Fidel M. Salinas

    Nanotechnology: Impact on Energy; Fidel M. Salinas, Denise M. Smith, and Shekar Viswanathan

    National Energy Act of 1978; Robert R. Nordhaus

    Natural Energy versus Additional Energy; Marc A. Rosen

    Net Metering; Steven Ferrey

    Nuclear Energy: Economics; James G. Hewlett

    Nuclear Energy: Fuel Cycles; James S. Tulenko

    Nuclear Energy: Power Plants; Michael Burke Wood

    Nuclear Energy: Technology; Michael Burke Wood

    Nuclear Power Plants, U.S.: Containment Structures; Kenneth J. Kogut

    Ocean Energy Systems: Economy Evaluation; Subhashish Banerjee, Les Duckers, Richard Blanchard, and B. K. Choudhury

    Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): By-Product Availability; Subhashish Banerjee, Les Duckers, Richard Blanchard, and B. K. Choudhury

    Performance Contracting; Shirley J. Hansen

    Photovoltaic and Photovoltaic Thermal Systems; Anand S. Joshi and Ibrahim Dincer

    Photovoltaic Systems; Michael Ropp

    Photovoltaic Technologies: History, Advances, and Characterization; Mohamed El-Shimy and Taha Abdo

    Power System: Advanced Technology Application; Mujahidul Islam, Manuel Alcazer-Ortega, and Alexander Domijan, Jr.

    Productivity and Energy Savings; Laura L. Locke, Diane Schaub, and Carolina Padilla

    Project Feasibility: Ten-Step Process; Larry Good

    Project Management; Lorrie B. Tietze and Sandra McCardell

    Propane: Internal Combustion Engines; Nicholas Roedl and Ahmed Elgafy

    Public Policy for Improving Energy Sector Performance; Sanford V. Berg

    Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978; Richard F. Hirsh

    Pumps and Fans; L. J. Grobler and T. G. Vorster

    Radiant Barriers; Ingrid Melody, Philip Fairey, and David Beal

    Reciprocating Engines: Diesel and Gas; Rolf D. Reitz and Kevin Hoag

    Regulation: Price Cap and Revenue Cap; Mark A. Jamison

    Regulation: Rate of Return; Mark A. Jamison

    Renewable and Decentralized Energy Options: State Promotion in the U.S.; Steven Ferrey

    Renewable Distributed Energy Generation: Major Barriers; Tugrul Daim and Anthony Levenda

    Renewable Energy; John O. Blackburn

    Renewable Energy Education: Energy Training Unit Implementation; Faruk Yildiz

    Renewable Energy Industry: Business Aspects; Alireza Aslani, Marja Naaranoja, and Ali Mohaghar

    Renewable Energy Resources: Cogeneration and Trigeneration; Birol I. Kilkis

    Renewable Energy: Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology; Alberto Traverso and Stefano Barberis

    Renewable Energy: Energy Storage Systems; Radian Belu

    Renewable Energy: Sea Wave Energy Devices; Alberto Traverso and Lorenzo Di Fresco

    Residential Buildings: Heating Loads; Zohrab Melikyan and Siranush Egnatosyan

    Savings and Optimization: Case Studies; Robert W. Peters and Jeffery P. Perl

    Sewers: Heat Recovery; Lu Aye

    Six Sigma Methods: Measurement and Verification; Carla Fair-Wright and Michael R. Dorrington

    Smart Grid Communication; Radian Belu

    Smart Grid: Perfecting the Quality of Electricity Service; Kurt E. Yeager

    Volume IV

    Solar Distillation: Phase Change Material Storage System; Shailendra K. Shukla

    Solar Energy: Building Operations Use; Lisa Guan and Guangnan Chen

    Solar Irradiation Cartography, Eastern Moroccan; Ahmed Alami Merrouni, Ahmed Mezrhab, and Abdelhamid Mezrhab

    Solar Light-Based Hydrogen Production Systems; Calin Zamfirescu, Greg F. Naterer, and Ibrahim Dincer

    Solar Lighting Feasibility; Larry Leetzow

    Solar Thermal Technologies; Muhammad Asif and Tariq Muneer

    Solar Water Heaters: Cylindrical Shell and Tube Type; Zohrab Melikyan and Vahan Nranyan

    Solar Water Heating: Domestic and Industrial Applications; Muhammad Asif and Tariq Muneer

    Space Heating; James P. Riordan

    Steam and Hot Water System Optimization: Case Study; Nevena H. Iordanova and Rick Cumbo

    Steam Flow Measurement in Cold Climates; Mark Menezes

    Steam Turbines; Michael Burke Wood

    Supermarkets: Refrigerated Food Cabinets; Ruth Riad Mossad

    Sustainability Policies: Sunbelt Cities; Stephen A. Roosa

    Sustainable Buildings: Green Mechanical Systems; Birol I. Kilkis

    Sustainable Development; Mark A. Peterson

    Sustainable Energy Applications: 9-Phase Squirrel Cage Induction Machine; Omonowo David Momoh

    SWEATT (Solid Waste to Energy by Advanced Thermal Technologies); Alex E.S. Green and Andrew R. Zimmerman

    Thermal Energy Storage; Brian Silvetti

    Thermodynamics; Ronald L. Klaus

    Thermoelectric Technologies for Cooling, Heating, and Power Generating; Somchai Jiajitsawat and Tamara Boullon

    Tracking Systems: Maximum Power Point and Sun; Radian Belu

    Transportation Systems, Hydrogen-Fueled; Robert E. Uhrig

    Transportation: Location Efficiency; Todd A. Litman

    Tribal Land: Alternative Energy Project Process; Marvis Aragon and Sandra B. McCardell

    Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD); Tom Webster and Fred Bauman

    Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Bill Analysis; Neil Petchers

    Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Business Partnership Management; S. Kay Tuttle

    Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Planning and Portfolio Management; Devra Bachrach Wang

    Utilities and Energy Suppliers: Rate Structures; Neil Petchers

    Variable Air Volume Systems: Carbon Dioxide Concentration Prediction and Analysis; S. Scott Selman and David Dyer

    Ventilation, Personalized: Energy Efficient Devices; Nesreen Ghaddar and Kamel Ghali

    Vernacular Architecture: Hot Arid Climate Control; Ammar Bouchair

    Walls and Windows; Therese Stovall

    Waste Fuels; Robert J. Tidona

    Waste Heat Recovery Applications: Absorption Heat Pumps; Keith E. Herold

    Water and Wastewater Plants: Energy Use; Alfred J. Lutz

    Water and Wastewater Utilities; Rudolf Marloth

    Water Desalination: Solar-Assisted Membrane Distillation; Ali Kargari and Mohammad Mahdi A. Shirazi

    Water-Augmented Gas Turbine Power Cycles; Ronald L. Klaus

    Water-Using Equipment: Commercial and Industrial; Kate McMordie Stoughton and Amy Solana

    Water-Using Equipment: Domestic; Amy Solana and Kate McMordie Stoughton

    Wind Energy Conversion and Analysis; Radian Belu

    Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Grid–Connected; Mohamed El-Shimy and Nisma Ghaly

    Wind Energy Conversion Systems: Reliability Perspective; Mohamed El-Shimy

    Wind Power; K. E. Ohrn

    Wind Power Generation: Storage Technology Portfolio; Tugrul Daim and Yulianto Suharto

    Wind Turbines: Dynamic Modeling and Control; Radian Belu

    Wind Turbines: Uncertainty Analysis Approaches; Temitope Raphael Ayodele

    Wind Turbines: Vertical Axis Configuration Analysis; Kevin Pope and Greg F. Naterer

    Window Energy; William Ross McCluney

    Window Films: Solar-Control and Insulating; Steve DeBusk

    Windows: Shading Devices; Svetlana J. Olbina

    Wireless Applications: Energy Information and Control; Jim Lewis

    Wireless Applications: Mobile Thermostat Climate Control and Energy Conservation; Alexander L. Burd and Galina S. Burd

    Wireless Sensor Networks: Energy Harvesting Methods; Radian Belu

    Biography

    Dr. Sohail Anwar is an associate professor of engineering at the Altoona College of The Pennsylvania State University. He is also a professional associate of the Management Development Programs and Services at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Dr. Anwar is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of ASEE and PAS. He has served as a member of the IEEE Committee on Technology Accreditation Activities (CTAA), as commissioner of the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, and as co-editor, editor, and editor-in-chief of numerous scientific publications.

    "… provides an incredible wealth of information on not only the basic science and engineering arenas, but also the planning, operational, R&D, business, and economic aspects of contemporary energy engineering and energy technology. … While giving the reader compelling scientific evidence as well as timely research to support theories and conceptual frameworks, this work also provides practical knowledge, based on the included case studies and real-world scenarios. … the contributors reference a wealth of literature and provide suggested additional readings to accompany each article. … a must-have for advanced students and scholars in academia who participate in energy-related research studies, as well as professionals in energy fields, including government officials and those whose businesses or industrial operations are affected or dependent on these technologies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; professionals/practitioners."
    —T. M. Marini, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, for CHOICE

    "... an informative reference work that will appeal to energy researchers, engineers, policy makers, and graduate and undergraduate students interested in the field. The Encyclopedia can assist students working on an energy research paper or project, provide active researchers with a quick review of a specific topic, process, or technology, and provide policy makers with an overview of the economic implications of various energy solutions. This compendium of information on energy resources explores all aspects of energy engineering and technology from the theoretical to current applications and possible solutions to issues. Contributors to this edition represent many regions of the world and are active in academia, business, industry, and environmental groups. This second edition of the Encyclopedia (four volumes) is forty percent larger than first edition (three volumes, 2007) resulting from the expansion of several sections and the addition of new articles. Mirroring energy research interests in recent years, the section on Renewable Energy has the largest number of new articles and is three times larger than its first edition counterpart. Other sections with significant increases in content are: Energy, Energy Sources and Energy Use, and Principles of Energy Analysis and Systems/Economic Analysis of Energy Systems. The Encyclopedia is arranged alphabetically by article title, and each volume features both alphabetical and topical tables of contents covering all four volumes. The topical table of contents is very helpful as a discovery tool as it brings together related articles from all volumes, allowing the reader to explore the subject in depth. Each volume also contains a detailed index for the entire encyclopedia. Most articles are five to seven pages long, but article length varies. Of the articles reviewed, the shortest was just over four pages, while the longest was twenty-seven pages. The Encyclopedia is illustrated and articles include black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and graphics. Some articles also provide nomenclature charts containing explanations of units and abbreviations or acronyms used by the authors. The energy topics covered in the Encyclopedia range from well-established energy technologies and sources (e.g. coal-to-liquid conversion) to developing technologies (large-scale solar and wind projects) to theoretical energy solutions (e.g. ocean thermal energy conversion). In addition, there are articles that discuss renewable energy education as well as the management, accounting, and auditing practices for the efficient use of energy in buildings and industrial plants. ... All the Encyclopedia articles reviewed are objective and provide a good balance between the technical and non-technical information. Most are well written and edited, with very few grammatical or other errors noted. Generally, the content covered will be understood easily by experts, and will be accessible to novices who will be able to develop a high level understanding of a topic. ... The structure of individual articles is essentially the same throughout the Encyclopedia: abstract, introduction, overview and/or detailed discussion of the topic, conclusions, and references, helping readers to know what to expect as they move from article to article. The history and development of a topic through time are usually discussed, providing context for the reader. The references can be helpful to readers providing them with additional sources on the topic. ... The Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology (Encyclopedia) 2nd ed. is recommended for research libraries in academic, industry, business, and government whose users are working on or are interested in research in energy sources as well as their efficient use and management."
    —Theresa Calcagno, for ARBAonline