Global climate change calls for rapid and decisive measures, particularly from the world's metropolises-the future of our climate will be decided in cities!
Sustainability has become a driver of innovation in the built environment, but the affordability of sustainable building remains a significant challenge.
This unique volume offers insights from renowned experts in energy efficient building from the world over, providing a multi-faceted overview of the state-of-the-art in energy efficient architecture.
Code-compliant building materials and equipment will typically have a lower initial cost; however, the lifetime energy savings of the high efficiency equipment will often justify the upfront cost premium and result in a more cost-effective solution.
Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and Habitat for Humanity(R).
The book is a seminal contribution from a leading futurist who, over the past three decades, has explored each of the most disruptive forces shaping our world today, including emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, venture investments, and industrial manufacturing.
Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and Habitat for Humanity(R).
Proven Solutions for Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Today's Industrial SystemsThis practical guide features ten self-contained chapters that thoroughly analyze each component in large-scale industrial facilities and lay out best practices for reducing energy consumption and optimizing performance.
Este libro aborda los principales conceptos que se utilizan en la actualidad en la aplicación e implementación de un sistema de gestión de la energía y en la realización de auditorías energéticas en el sector del transporte.
Explica los mecanismos para la implantación, mantenimiento y mejora de un sistema de gestión de la energía, además de destacar las novedades de las normas relacionadas con auditorías energéticas.
Descubre cuáles son los principales conceptos que se utilizan en la actualidad en la aplicación e implementación de un sistema de gestión de la energía y de una auditoría en este sector.
Entre las ramas de la matemática más empleadas en la ciencia están el análisis matemático, el cálculo numérico y la estadística, aunque en la actualidad prácticamente toda rama de la matemática tiene aplicaciones en la ciencia y toda área del conocimiento requiere de una buena base matemática.
Dieses Buch beschreibt, wie Sie anhand verschiedener Experimente, die Hoch- und Höchstspannungen erzeugen, solche Leistungen sicher und gut verpackt sichtbar machen.
Wie lassen sich Strom- und Heizkosten sparen, ohne ständig darüber nachdenken zu müssen, was man wie lange aufdrehen oder einschalten kann und zudrehen oder abschalten muss?
Dieses Buch informiert Sie bis ins letzte Detail über Photovoltaikanlagen und setzt dabei keine Vorkenntnisse voraus, sodass auch der interessierte Laie erfolgreich ans Werk gehen kann.
Wiederaufladbare Batterien, kurz "Akkus", werden in vielen Geräten eingesetzt - im Hobby, in der Freizeit sowie im täglichen Leben sind sie nicht mehr wegzudenken.
Obwohl die Energiewende in erster Linie einen großen und noch nie dagewesenen Prozess der Umgestaltung einleitet, verbirgt sich hinter dieser sichtbaren Veränderung der Landschaften und Städte ein womöglich noch größerer unsichtbarer Prozess des Umlernens.
Wenn Sie sich für eine neue Heizungs- und Warmwasseranlage für Ihren Alt- oder Neubau entscheiden müssen, ist die Nutzung der Umweltwärme mithilfe einer Wärmepumpe eine interessante Alternative zum bisher weit verbreiteten Heizen mit fossilen Brennstoffen.
This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification, and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.
Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field.
Reduce energy costs and combat climate change with ISO 50001ISO 50001:2018, the international standard for energy management, provides a framework for organisations both large and small to manage and reduce their energy usage and associated costs.
Reduce energy costs and combat climate change with ISO 50001ISO 50001:2018, the international standard for energy management, provides a framework for organisations both large and small to manage and reduce their energy usage and associated costs.
Vapour permeation and membrane distillation are two emerging membrane technologies for the production of vapour as permeate, which, in addition to well-established pervaporation technology, are of increasing interest to academia and industry.
This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon neutral design.
Vapour permeation and membrane distillation are two emerging membrane technologies for the production of vapour as permeate, which, in addition to well-established pervaporation technology, are of increasing interest to academia and industry.
The third edition of Design-Tech provides an indispensable, holistic resource for integrating building technologies into critically designed, performance-based architectural projects.
This timely volume provides the latest research, guidance, examples, and methods for understanding, calculating, leveraging, and reducing embodied carbon in building conservation.
This Third Edition of Sustainable Process Integration and Intensification extends the presentation of fundamentals of Energy Integration, Water Integration and CO2 management into Process Integration for waste valorisation and advanced Water Integration involving water mains and considering multiple contaminants.
The transformative power of urban design in shaping our experiences within high-rise cities takes center stage in Humanizing the High-Rise City: Podiums, Plazas, Parks, Pedestrian Networks, and Public Art.
Energy: The Basics offers a concise and engaging introduction to energy, answering critical questions and providing accessible definitions of essential concepts and developments in the field.
