1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557464603321

Autore

Anvari-Moghaddam Amjad

Titolo

Microgrids : The Path to Sustainability

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Soggetti

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911144084903321

Autore

D'Aprano Zelda <1928->

Titolo

Kath Williams : the unions and the fight for equal pay / / Zelda D'Aprano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne, : Spinifex Press, 2001

ISBN

9781742194318

1742194311

9781742191027

1742191029

9781742191003

1742191002

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

305.4092

331.478092

Soggetti

Women labor union members - Australia

Women labor union members - Australia - History

Equal pay for equal work - Australia - History

Labor unions - Australia - History

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 (p. [278]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations; Preface; Editorial note; 1 Cath the housewife/mother becomes Kath the activist; 2 An early history of women and unionism; 3 Women's postwar moves on equal pay and the ACTU; 4 Decisions on equal pay, 1891 to 1955; 5 The fight for equal pay, 1956 to 1959; 6 1960 to 1962, the fight escalates; 7 Kath resigns from the Communist Party of Australia; 8 1963 to 1964, the ACTU and equal pay; 9 1965 to 1967: the ACTU gears up for action as Kath begins to retire

10 The ACTU changes policy: from urging legislation to preparing a claim for equal pay11 The equal pay case of 1969; 12 Equal pay for work of equal value; 13 Kath and male structures; 14 Women, work and the fight for pay justice; Appendix 1 Noteworthy decisions on pay; Appendix 2 The Victorian Working Women's Centre; Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a feisty and quietly determined woman. Her campaign of conviction was the major force behind the country's achievement of equal pay for women.