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Title
Urban energy transition: from fossil fuels to renewable power
Author/Creator
Droege, Peter
Institution
University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Description
This compendium of 29 chapters from 18 countries contains both fundamental and advanced insight into the inevitable shift from cities dominated by the fossil-fuel systems of the industrial age to a renewable-energy based urban development framework. The handbook covers a range of diverse topics, including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; energy poverty alleviation efforts; renewable community support networks; aspects of household level bio-fuel markets; urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives; innovations in individual transport systems; 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.
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Date
2008
Publisher
Elsevier
Keyword(s)
cities and towns;  greenhouse gases;  city and town life;  city planning
Resource Type
book
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43639
Identifier
ISBN:9780080453415
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