Urban Energy Transition, 2e is a cross-disciplinary handbook covering a range of diverse topics including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; renewable community support networks; urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives; global urban mobility trends; implications of intelligent energy networks and distributed energy supply and storage; and the case for new regional monetary systems and lifestyles. Presented are practical and principled aspects of technology, economics, design, culture and society, presenting perspectives that are both local and international in scope and relevance. Urban Energy Transition, 2e is the definitive science and practice-based compendium of energy transformations in the global urban system, as communities from small villages to megacities and metro regions move increasingly towards renewable energy as infrastructure investment, resilience strategy and a source of revenue. Covers the technical, environment and sociological issues related to urban energyContains chapters on societal issues, such as energy poverty alleviation, aspects of household level biofuel markets and innovations in individual transport systemsIncludes case studies from around the globe that provide country-specific organizational perspectives - aspects that promise to yield a betterSystems-based understanding of policy frameworks and action agendas INDICE: Part I: Principles and Drivers 1. Solar City 2. Undoing Atmospheric Harm 3. Urbanization, Increasing Wealth and Energy Transitions 4. Direct versus Embodied Energy 5. Energy Development and Sustainable Monetary Systems Part II: Policy and Practice Dynamics 6. Renewable Energy Policymaking in New York and London 7. Climate Change and Cities 8. City Energy Networking in Europe 9. Energy Use and Co2 Production in the Urban Passenger Transport Systems of 84 International Cities Part III: New Aspects of Technology 10. Storage Systems for Reliable Future Power Supply Networks 11. The Media Laboratory City Car 12. Toward the Intelligent Grid 13. Innovations Promote Rural and Peri-Urban Electrification 14. Towards the Renewable Built Environment 15. Counteracting Urban Heat Islands in Japan 16. Eco design and the Transition of the Built Environment 17. Energy-Contracting to Achieve Energy Efficiency and Renewables Using Comprehensive Refurbishment of Buildings as an Example 18. Sustainability on the Urban Scale Part IV: International Urban Agencies 19. Barcelona and the Power of Solar Ordinance 20. Reducing Carbon Emissions in London 21. Urban Energy and Carbon Management in Leicester 22. Reducing Carbon Emissions from Oxford City 23. Integrating Energy in Urban Planning in the Philippines and Vietnam 24. Sustainable Energy Systems in the Urban Poor 25. Energy Planning in South African Cities 26. Household Markets for Ethanol 27. Freedom from Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power 28. Lagos, Nigeria: Sustainable Energy Techniques for an Emerging African Megacity
- ISBN: 978-0-08-102074-6
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 644
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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