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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452281503321

Autore

Stuggins Gary

Titolo

Energy efficiency [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned from success stories / / Gary Stuggins, Alexander Sharabaroff, Yadviga Semikolenova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2013

ISBN

0-8213-9804-0

1-299-16031-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 p.)

Collana

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Reports

Eastern Europe and central Asia reports

Altri autori (Persone)

SharabaroffAlexander

SemikolenovaYadviga

Disciplina

333.7917

Soggetti

Energy consumption - Europe

Energy consumption - Former Soviet republics

Energy policy - Europe

Energy policy - Former Soviet republics

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.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Top lessons and findings -- Interesting findings for future consideration -- Why is energy efficiency important? -- Low, medium, and high energy intensity country characteristics -- Moving from high to medium energy intensity -- Moving from medium to low energy intensity -- The way forward -- Annex 1: Summary of lessons learned from the country case studies -- Annex 2: The energy efficiency ladder -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

Energy efficiency is an important factor in an economy, since it helps meet energy needs, decrease costs, and lower environmental impacts. A review of the evolution of energy intensity in European and Former Soviet Union countries indicates a positive trend: high-energy-intensity countries have now reached the level of medium-energy-intensity economies 15 years earlier, and in the same period, medium-energy-intensity ones had similarly evolved to levels of low-energy-intensity. At the same time, the fast transitioning economies of Central Europe converged towards similar levels of energy inten



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Record Nr.

UNISA996396146303316

Autore

Wither George <1588-1667.>

Titolo

A triple paradox: affixed to a counter-mure raised against the furious batteries of restraint, slander and poverty, the three grand engines of the world, the flesh, and the devil [[electronic resource] ] : By Major George Wither, who, now beleagured by their forces, throws out unto them this defiance. The said paradox maintains these particulars, that confinement is more safe than liberty, slander more advantageou[s] than praise, poverty more profitable than riches

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for the author, 1661

Descrizione fisica

[4], 73, [3] p

Soggetti

Imprisonment - England

Libel and slander

Poverty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Gathered in 4's.

In verse.

Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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