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Zusatztext Of the first edition: 'An absorbing study of the technology available for low energy buildings.'Permaculture Magazine'...the book is well written and illustrated. There are copious graphs! diagrams and photographs. The author backs up his arguments with statistics.'Northeast Sun'This book is a useful guide to a comprehensive range of established and developing technologies.'EcoTech! Sustainable Architecture Today Informationen zum Autor Peter F. Smith Klappentext This immensely practical book is packed with useful diagrams! charts and full colour photographs to illustrate a variety of the most recent case studies! including the education building! the Core! at the Eden Project in Cornwall. As well as exploring cutting edge developments in photovolatics (PV) this revised edition also includes the latest data from the 2006 Carbon Trust report on wave and tide! and new material on the latest advances in bioenergy and marine technologies. Zusammenfassung Describes how buildings can be made to significantly reduce their reliance on fossil-based energy by the use of solar and geothermal resources. This book also describes a range of renewable energy generating technologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Climate change and sustainable energy: The 2005 Prince Philip Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts by Sir John Houghton CBE FRS; Chapter 2 Solar thermal power; Chapter 3 Low energy techniques for cooling; Chapter 4 Geothermal energy; Chapter 5 Wind power; Chapter 6 Photovoltaic cells; Chapter 7 Fuel cells; Chapter 8 Bioenergy; Chapter 9 Microgeneration and combined heat and power; Chapter 10 Small-scale hydro; Chapter 11 Wave and tide; Chapter 12 Prospects for the energy infrastructure; Chapter 13 Materials; Chapter 14 The photonic revolution; Chapter 15 Building integrated renewable energy: case studies; Chapter 16 Sustainability on a knife edge;
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Chapter 1 Climate change and sustainable energy: The 2005 Prince Philip Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts by Sir John Houghton CBE FRS; Chapter 2 Solar thermal power; Chapter 3 Low energy techniques for cooling; Chapter 4 Geothermal energy; Chapter 5 Wind power; Chapter 6 Photovoltaic cells; Chapter 7 Fuel cells; Chapter 8 Bioenergy; Chapter 9 Microgeneration and combined heat and power; Chapter 10 Small-scale hydro; Chapter 11 Wave and tide; Chapter 12 Prospects for the energy infrastructure; Chapter 13 Materials; Chapter 14 The photonic revolution; Chapter 15 Building integrated renewable energy: case studies; Chapter 16 Sustainability on a knife edge;
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Of the first edition: 'An absorbing study of the technology available for low energy buildings.' Permaculture Magazine '...the book is well written and illustrated. There are copious graphs, diagrams and photographs. The author backs up his arguments with statistics.' Northeast Sun 'This book is a useful guide to a comprehensive range of established and developing technologies.' EcoTech, Sustainable Architecture Today
