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Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins
| Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins |
| Autore | Perkins John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.79/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy consumption
Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels |
| Soggetto non controllato |
big four fuels
biofuels climate change coal depletion of resources energy economies energy economy energy efficiency energy use and depletion energy fossil fuels gas geopolitical tensions health and environmental effects of energy human energy needs nuclear power oil post fossil fuel economy power resources power primary fuels renewable energy renewable resources renewable sources sustainable energy uranium |
| ISBN | 0-520-96284-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10699 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World -- 2. Energy and Energy Services -- 3. Energy and the Modern Nation-State -- 4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency -- 5. Energy Systems -- 6. Climate Change -- 7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion -- 8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability -- 10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources -- 11. Barriers and Challenges -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power -- Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794757403321 |
Perkins John H.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins
| Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins |
| Autore | Perkins John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.79/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy consumption
Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels |
| Soggetto non controllato |
big four fuels
biofuels climate change coal depletion of resources energy economies energy economy energy efficiency energy use and depletion energy fossil fuels gas geopolitical tensions health and environmental effects of energy human energy needs nuclear power oil post fossil fuel economy power resources power primary fuels renewable energy renewable resources renewable sources sustainable energy uranium |
| ISBN | 0-520-96284-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10699 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World -- 2. Energy and Energy Services -- 3. Energy and the Modern Nation-State -- 4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency -- 5. Energy Systems -- 6. Climate Change -- 7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion -- 8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability -- 10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources -- 11. Barriers and Challenges -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power -- Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826779003321 |
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Perkins John H.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Landscape Governance and Management in Africa: Lessons from Practice
| Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Landscape Governance and Management in Africa: Lessons from Practice |
| Autore | Shackleton Sheona |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (222 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Environmental economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
landscape
governance assessment inclusive sustainable multi-stakeholder climate and development forest conservation REDD sustainable land management project monitoring and evaluation mangroves academic intermediaries Kenya landscape governance sustainable energy urban informal settlements perceptions Agoro-Agu Mount Elgon inclusive decision-making dialogue SenseMaker® communities Uganda boundary-crossing integrated landscape management multi-stakeholder collaboration relational agency relationality social-ecological systems actors collaboration land degradation learning social capital Social Network Analysis transformative spaces landscapes biosphere reserves stakeholder participation conservation sustainable development management communication capacity building local collaboration governance regime local attitudes local perceptions protected area indigenous knowledge (IK) local/traditional ecological knowledge (LEK/TEK) interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) Gonarezhou sustainability community engagement Zimbabwe |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Landscape Governance and Management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557361003321 |
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Shackleton Sheona
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Digitisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions
| Digitisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions |
| Autore | Sareen Siddharth |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MüllerKatja |
| Soggetto topico |
Central government policies
Sociology Human geography Energy technology & engineering |
| Soggetto non controllato |
digitisation
low carbon energy transition energy transition renewables sustainable energy energy policy Energy anthropology twin transitions energy ethnography |
| ISBN | 3-031-16708-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Exhibition Figures -- Digitisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions -- Introduction -- Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction -- Data Generation and Rebound Effects -- Situating digitisation -- Realising Imaginaries -- Conclusion -- References -- Just Low-Carbon Mobility Transitions: A Research-Based Art Exhibition -- Situating Digitisation -- A Solar Off-Grid Software: The Making of Infrastructures, Markets and Consumers 'Beyond Energy' -- The Promise of Solar -- Buying Through Pay-As-You-Go -- Paying in Instalments -- Creating a Record of Usage and Payment Data -- Forging Consumers by Digitizing the 'Unelectrified' -- Concluding Remarks: Off-Grid Solar and Its Digital Record -- References -- Contested Energy Futures in Hokkaido: Speculating with European Renewable Energy Models -- Introduction -- IoT Society, Energy Blockchain and Promises -- Contesting Energy Futures in Hokkaido -- Models for Speculation -- References -- Overcoming Abstraction: Affectual States in the Efforts to Decarbonize Energy Among Young Climate Activists in Stavanger, Norway -- Introduction -- The Realness of 'Here' and 'Now' -- Concreteness and Abstraction as Affectual States -- Limits to the Perceived Benefits of Concreteness -- Conclusion -- References -- Realising Imaginaries -- A New Reflexive Turn: Glitches, Carbon Footprints, and Streaming Videos in Visual Anthropology -- Introduction -- Superhuman Sight -- Small Media Files and the Glitch Arts -- Multiple Visual Anthropologies -- References -- The Hidden Energies of Work Digitisation: A View from France Through the Use of Coworking Spaces -- Introduction -- Coworking as Part of a Life Project: A Life Choice, an Ecological Choice -- Finding the Right Distance: From Home Working to Coworking.
Silent Consumption: The Consumptions of Remote Working -- Conclusion -- References -- Littering the City or Freedom of Mobility? The Case of Electric Scooters -- Introduction -- Data and Methods -- The Twin Transition of the Electric Scooter -- Theoretical Perspectives: The Co-production of Socio-Technical Change and Spatial Justice -- Innovation as Co-produced -- Spatial Justice Perspectives -- Spatial Justice Aspects of E-scooter Innovation and Use -- Digital Urban Mobility: Access to the Paths and Freedom of Movement as an Embodied Practice -- Matter Out of Place: The Digitised Urban Landscape in Flow -- References -- Mediatised Practices: Renovating Homes with Media and ICTs in Australia -- Introduction: Home Renovation as a Transition to Lower Carbon Living -- Methodology and Profiles of Participating Households -- The Mediatised Home -- Media as Informal Intermediaries of Renovation -- Finding 1: Media as Informal Intermediaries That Shape the Meanings of Renovation -- Finding 2: Media and ICTs as Important Materials of the Renovation Practice -- Finding 3: Media as Co-creators and Connectors of Communities of Practice that Shape Renovators' Competences -- Conclusion -- References -- Correction to: Overcoming Abstraction: Affectual States in the Efforts to Decarbonize Energy Among Young Climate Activists in Stavanger, Norway -- Correction to: Chapter "Overcoming Abstraction: Affectual States in the Efforts to Decarbonize Energy Among Young Climate Activists in Stavanger, Norway" in: S. Sareen and K. Müller (eds.), Digitisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16708-9_5 -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910635391803321 |
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Sareen Siddharth
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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District Heating and Cooling Networks
| District Heating and Cooling Networks |
| Autore | Borge Diez David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (270 p.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
district heating
4th generation district heating data mining algorithms energy system modeling neural networks baseline model hydronic pavement system biomass district heating for rural locations CO2 emissions abatement low temperature networks ultralow-temperature district heating domestic optimization energy efficiency sustainable energy big data frameworks verification energy prediction parameter analysis greenhouse gas emissions time delay heat pumps primary energy use retrofit energy consumption forecast district heating (DH) network low-temperature district heating thermal inertia variable-temperature district heating data streams analysis Computational Fluid Dynamics energy management in renovated building Scotland heat reuse thermally activated cooling district cooling space cooling Gulf Cooperation Council biomass TRNSYS hot climate optimal control air-conditioning machine learning low temperature district heating system data center twin-pipe residential prediction algorithm CFD model nZEB thermal-hydraulic performance |
| ISBN | 3-03928-840-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404083603321 |
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Borge Diez David
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Does Commons Grabbing Lead to Resilience Grabbing? : The Anti-Politics Machine of Neo-Liberal Development and Local Responses
| Does Commons Grabbing Lead to Resilience Grabbing? : The Anti-Politics Machine of Neo-Liberal Development and Local Responses |
| Autore | Haller Tobias |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (236 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Humanities
Social interaction Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Soggetto non controllato |
pastoral resilience
co-management concept decentralization holistic management water-shed management plan commercialization of herding Common Pool Resources (CPRs) qualitative agro-industrial food system actors formal and informal rules and regulations export horticulture common pool resources land water Laikipia County land grabbing resilience commons land concessions communal land titling Southeast Asia forest land governance Mau Forest Ogiek institutions Community Land Act and customary law large-scale land acquisitions green energy corporate social responsibility food systems agroecosystems and agroecosystem service resilience and commons grabbing gender sustainable energy development policy common-pool resources common property land tenure transformations resilience, social anthropology conservationism identity commons grabbing protected areas institution shopping institutional change Ecuador large scale land acquisitions social anthropology |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Does Commons Grabbing Lead to Resilience Grabbing? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557136103321 |
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Haller Tobias
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Energy Security as a Key Driving Factor for Socioeconomic Development: From Mitigation to Solution
| Energy Security as a Key Driving Factor for Socioeconomic Development: From Mitigation to Solution |
| Autore | Pawlowska Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (116 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Technology: general issues |
| Soggetto non controllato |
innovation capability
spatial association industry upgrade Tobit model intermediary effect sustainable development China container shipping emissions maritime transport sustainable shipping green shipping IMO coal energy poverty just transition women sustainable development goal gender employment energy burden peer-to-peer energy behavior energy justice low-income underserved communities energy savings rural-to-urban transition energy mitigation urbanization agenda smart city energy landscape urban energy transition alternative energy technologies sustainable energy geopolitical energy change Central and Eastern Europe renewable energy prosumer decision factor analysis investment decision |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Energy Security as a Key Driving Factor for Socioeconomic Development |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557370003321 |
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Pawlowska Barbara
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Green Energy Technology
| Green Energy Technology |
| Autore | Chen Wei-Hsin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (324 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
| Soggetto non controllato |
esterification
biodiesel noncatalytic reaction kinetic microwave irradiation bioenergy energy saving daylight heat flux reduction illumination CIE standard deep dynamic stall passive vortex generators wind turbine airfoil URANS simulations socio-technical transition strateg0ic niche management clean energy technologies argumentative discourse analysis innovation policy regional electricity market energy security energy efficiency energy sustainability ASEAN electricity liberalisation electricity unbundling TRACE MARS-KS PSBT void fraction crossflow circulating fluidized bed adsorption activated carbon phenol glass beads green supply chain value co-creation firm performance waste plastic oil (WPO) engine performance renewable gasoline pyrolysis Energy hybridization hydropower wind energy solar energy rural areas 100% Renewable grid energy harvesting electromagnetic generator energy floor tile power management system footstep energy harvesting piezoelectric energy harvesting paver hydrogen blending natural gas networks power-to-hydrogen hydrogen and compressed natural gas renewable energy hydrogen strategy water floatovoltaic photovoltaic energy water nexus dual use water conservation FPV floating photovoltaic wave energy converter hydraulic power take-off unit parameter estimation genetic algorithm non-linear programming by quadratic Lagrangian light pipe light transmission daylight factor small-scale success factor community renewable energy sustainable energy print circuit heat exchanger PCHE efficiency nusselt number heat transfer coefficient NTU value thermal performance |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557658703321 |
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Chen Wei-Hsin
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hydrogen Production Technologies
| Hydrogen Production Technologies |
| Autore | Assabumrungrat Suttichai |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (174 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | History of engineering & technology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
algae
anaerobic digestion biogas biohydrogen energy assessment kinetic models microwave nanoparticles pretreatment solar reactor hydrogen production solar receiver thermal energy computational fluid dynamics CFD model titanium nitride stainless steel alkaline electrolysis energy storage hydrogen energy solid-state hydrogen storage unitized regenerative fuel cell multi- walled carbon nanotube proton battery pyrolytic oil hydro-processing process modeling syngas gasification sorption-enhanced water-gas shift multi-functional material hydrogen production processes economic viability environmental efficiency sustainable energy multi-criteria analysis thermochemical cycles micro-channel reactor ceria ceria-zirconia water splitting oxygen carrier solid oxide electrolysis cells sintering additive CuO steam electrolysis compact reactor ethanol steam reforming water gas shift |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557303203321 |
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Assabumrungrat Suttichai
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Our energy future : introduction to renewable energy and biofuels / / Carla S. Jones, Stephen P. Mayfield
| Our energy future : introduction to renewable energy and biofuels / / Carla S. Jones, Stephen P. Mayfield |
| Autore | Jones Carla S. <1981-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 662/.88 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy
Biomass energy - Environmental aspects Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels - History Fossil fuels - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alternative fuels
biofuel feedstocks biofuels biomass creation of fossil fuels energy production energy stability energy textbook environmental impact of fossil fuels fuel usage patterns history of fossil fuels petroleum based fuels reliance on fossil fuels renewable energy options renewable energy renewable fuels scientific study of fuel study of energy production sustainable biofuels sustainable energy |
| ISBN | 0-520-96428-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE. Overview of Energy Usage in the United States and the World -- CHAPTER TWO. Why Fossil Fuels Energize Our Society -- CHAPTER THREE. The Impact of Energy Usage on Climate Change -- CHAPTER FOUR. Methods for Reducing Our Fossil Fuel Usage: Renewable Energy Sources and Uses -- CHAPTER FIVE. Linking Food and Fuel: The Impact of Industrial Agriculture -- CHAPTER SIX. The Past and Present of Bioethanol: Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosics -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Biofuels from Fats and Oils: Biodiesel -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Gaseous Biofuels: Biogas and Biohydrogen -- CHAPTER NINE. Aquatic Versatility for Biofuels: Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, and Algae -- CHAPTER TEN. Biochemistry and Biotechnology for Biofuels Development -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Thermochemical Conversion Technologies -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Water, Land, and Nutrients -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Life Cycle Assessments for Evaluating Biofuels Production -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Economics and Politics of Biofuels -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Our Energy Future: The Prospects for Developing and Using Sustainable Biofuels -- VOCABULARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797998903321 |
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Jones Carla S. <1981->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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