Financing energy efficiency [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from Brazil, China, India, and beyond / / by Robert P. Taylor ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451561603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington DC, : World Bank, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-19132-9; 9786611191320; 0-8213-7305-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TaylorRobert P <1955-> (Robert Prescott)
• Disciplina: 333.79/17
• Soggetti: Industries - Energy consumption; Industries - Energy conservation - Finance; Energy policy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; Energy Efficiency Financing and the Three Country Energy Efficiency Project; The Need for Energy Efficiency Investment Financing Interventions; Delivery of Energy Efficiency Financing Is an Institutional Development Issue; Delivering Investment Project Designs and Technical Appraisals; Delivering Financing; Making Integrated Mechanisms Work; Moving Ahead; PART I. LESSONS FROM ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING OPERATIONS IN CHINA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL; Chapter 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Growth of Developing Countries' Energy Demand Table 1.1 World Primary Energy Demand by Region, Mtoe (Reference Scenario); Figure 1.2 Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Growth to 2030; Box 1.1 Energy Efficiency Investments Are Very Cost-Effective; Chapter 2. Summary of the Energy Efficiency Terrain; Table 2.1 Energy Efficiency Interventions by Economic Sector; Table 2.2 Typical Policy and Regulatory Tools to Promote Energy Efficiency in New Facilities; Box 2.1 Why Distinguish Between "Restructuring Projects" and "Standard Energy Efficiency Projects?"; Chapter 3. Origins and Persistence of Energy Inefficiency Table 3.1 Contract Enforcement: Brazil, China, and India Compared to Canada and the United States; Chapter 4. Models for Delivering Energy Efficiency Investments; Box 4.1 Generalized Model for Developing New Energy Efficiency Investment Delivery Mechanisms in Developing Countries; Chapter 5. Identifying and Developing Energy Efficiency Investment Projects; Chapter 6. Delivery of Financing; Chapter 7. Making Investment Delivery Mechanisms Work; Box 7.1 One Example of a Failed Project; Figure 7.1 Shared Savings EPC Model; Figure 7.2 Guaranteed Savings EPC Model Chapter 8. Conclusions and Recommendations; PART II. ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCE CASE STUDIES; Introduction to Part II; 1. China ESCO Loan Guarantee Program; Figure CS1.1 Structural Overview of the EMC Loan Guarantee Program; 2. Hungary Energy Efficiency Guarantee Fund; Figure CS2.1 Hungary Energy Efficiency Co-financing Program Institutional Arrangements; Table CS2.1 Evolution of HEECP Parameters, 1997-2006; Figure CS2.2 HEECP Results, 1997-2006; 3. Romania Energy Efficiency Fund; Table CS3.1 Romania Financial Market Conditions; Table CS3.2 Free Project ResultsFigure CS3.1 FREE Institutional Arrangements and Funds Flow; Table CS3.3 Summary of Advantages and Disadvantages of FREE; 4. IREDA Energy Efficiency Loan Fund; Figure CS4.1 IREDA Institutional Arrangements; Table CS4.1 Pros and Cons of Supporting Energy Efficiency Investments through a Parastatal Entity; 5. Energy Efficiency Cluster Lending for SMEs by Indian Banks; Figure CS5.1 Cluster Lending Approach Adopted in India; 6. Lithuania Energy Efficiency and Housing Pilot Project; Figure CS6.1 Lithuania Energy Efficiency Project Institutional Arrangements; Table CS6.1 Lithuania Energy Efficiency Project Results
• Sommario/riassunto: While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede developing and financing energy efficiency retrofits. This book analyzes these difficulties, suggests a 3-part model for projectizing and financing energy efficiency retrofits, and presents thirteen case studies to illustrate the issues and principles involved.

Black lenses, Black voices : African American film now / / Mark A. Reid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809737703321
• Autore: Reid Mark (Mark A.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 0-7425-2642-9; 0-7425-6861-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Collana: Genre and Beyond
• Disciplina: 791.43/75/08996073
• Soggetti: African Americans in motion pictures; African Americans in the motion picture industry; Race in motion pictures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early African American Film, 1912-1940 and Beyond; 2 Black Family Film: The 1990s; 3 Black Action Film after Twenty Years; 4 Two African American Horror Films; 5 Black Female-Centered Film; 6 Black Independent Film: Haile Gerima's Sankofa; Bibliography; Selected Filmography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written-and sometimes produced-by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors and or screenwriters are not black. Taking us through the development of African American independent filmmaking before and after World War II, Mark A. Reid then illustrates the unique nature of African American family, action, horror, female-centered, and independent films, such as Eve's Bayou, Jungle Fever, Shaft, Souls of Sin, Bones, Waiting to Exhale, Monster's Ball, Sankofa, and many more.