1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910372814603321

Titolo

Decentralised Energy : : A Global Game Changer / / Antony Froggatt, Christoph Burger, Catherine Mitchell, Jens Weinmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : Ubiquity Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-911529-69-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Alternative & renewable energy industries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

As the contribution of renewable energy increases to meet climate change objectives, so does the extent to which electricity is generated by individuals and communities, moving a centralised system to a more decentralised one, with associated system management and integration challenges. However, new digital and storage technologies are enabling local system management, and reducing the need for, and cost of, centralised planning.   Creating the right regulatory environment is crucial, but it is especially challenging given the pace of technology change. This book describes the deploying renewable energy in selected countries and describes how each stage is affected by the regulatory and industrial environments, as gives examples of how new business models that enable greater penetration of renewables and more localised grid management and consumer engagement are being deployed.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785161203321

Titolo

Built from below : British architecture and the vernacular / / edited by Peter Guillery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94314-5

1-136-94315-3

1-282-78158-8

9786612781582

0-203-84770-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilleryPeter

Disciplina

720.941

Soggetti

Architecture and society - Great Britain

Vernacular architecture - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised papers presented in their original form at the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain annual symposium, held 17 May 2008 at the Art Workers' Guild in London.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustration credits; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction: Vernacular Studies and British Architectural History; Chapter 2: Following the Geometrical Design Path: From Ely to Jamestown, Virginia; Chapter 3: Pre-Reformation Parish Churches: A Point of View; Chapter 4: The Villa: Ideal Type or Vernacular Variant?; Chapter 5: The York Retreat: 'A vernacular of equality'; Chapter 6: Self-Conscious Regionalism: Dan Gibson and the Arts and Crafts House in the Lake District; Chapter 7: Tudoresque Vernacular and the Self-Reliant Englishman

Chapter 8: 'The Hollow Victory' of Modern Architecture and the Quest for the Vernacular: J. M. Richards and 'the Functional Tradition'Chapter 9: A Modernist Vernacular?: The Hidden Diversity of Post-War Council Housing; Chapter 10: From Longhouse to Live/Work Unit: Parallel Histories and Absent Narratives; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial



architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing. Engaging with wider issues of social and cultural history, this book is of use to anyone with an interest in architectural history.Presented in an essentially chronological sequence, from the medieval to the post-war, diverse fresh viewpoints in the chapters of this book reinforce understanding of how building design emerges not