Research Catalog

Title

Urban energy transition : from fossil fuels to renewable power / edited by Peter Droege.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Droege, Peter.

Description

vii, 655 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

"This compendium of 29 chapters from 18 countries contains both fundamental and advanced insight into the inevitable shift from cities dominated by the fossil-fuel systems of the industrial age to a renewable-energy based urban development framework. The cross-disciplinary handbook covers a range of diverse yet relevant topics, including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; energy poverty alleviation efforts; renewable community support networks; aspects of household level bio-fuel markets; urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives; innovations in individual transport systems; global urban mobility trends; implications of intelligent energy networks and distributed energy supply and storage; and the case for new regional monetary systems and lifestyles. Presented are practical and principled aspects of technology, economics, design, culture and society, presenting perspectives that are both local and international in scope and relevance."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Cities and towns > Energy consumption
• Greenhouse gas mitigation
• Greenhouse gas mitigation > Government policy
• City and town life > Environmental aspects
• City planning > Environmental aspects
• Stadt
• Energieverbrauch
• Energieeinsparung
• Erneuerbare Energien
• Kohlendioxidemission
• Emissionsverringerung

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Urban Energy Transition: An Introduction / Peter Droege -- PART I: Principles and Drivers -- Solar City: Reconnecting Energy Generation and Use to the Technical and Social Logic of Solar Energy / Hermann Scheer -- Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint / John Byrne, Lado Kurdgelashvili and Kristen Hughes -- Urbanization, Increasing Wealth and Energy Transitions: Comparing Experiences between the USA, Japan and Rapidly Developing Asia-Pacific Economies / Peter J. Marcotullio and Niels B. Schulz -- Direct versus Embodied Energy -- The Need for Urban Lifestyle Transitions / Manfred Lenzen, Richard Wood and Barney Foran -- Energy Development and Sustainable Monetary Systems / Shann Turnbull -- PART II: Policy and Practice Dynamics -- Renewable Energy Policymaking in New York and London: Lessons for other 'World Cities'? / Stephen A. Hammer -- Climate Change and Cities: The Making of a Climate Friendly Future / Shobhakar Dhakal -- City Energy Networking.in Europe / Marco Keiner and Arley Kim -- Energy Use and CO2 Production in the Urban Passenger Transport Systems of 84 International Cities: Findings and Policy Implications / Jeffrey R. Kenworthy -- PART III: New Aspects of Technology -- Storage Systems for Reliable Future Power Supply Networks / Dirk Uwe Sauer -- The Media Laboratory City Car: A New Approach to Sustainable Urban Mobility / William J. Mitchell, Ryan Chin and Andres Sevtsuk -- Towards the Intelligent Grid: A Review of the Literature / John Gardner and Peta Ashworth -- Innovations Promote Rural and Peri-Urban Electrification in Developing Countries / Nancy E. Wimmer -- PART IV: Transforming the Built Environment -- Towards the Renewable Built Environment / Federico Butera -- Counteracting Urban Heat Islands in Japan / Toshiaki Ichinose, Futoshi Matsumoto and Kumi Kataoka -- Ecodesign and the Transition of the Built Environment / Ken Yeang -- "Energy-Contracting" to Achieve Energy Efficiency and Renewables using Comprehensive Refurbishment of Buildings as an Example / Jan W. Bleyl-Androschin and Daniel Schinnerl -- Sustainability on the Urban Scale: Green Urbanism -- New Models for Urban Growth and Neighbourhoods / Steffen Lehmann -- PART V: International Urban Agendas -- Barcelona and the Power of Solar Ordinances: Political Will, Capacity Building and People's Participation / Josep Puig -- Reducing Carbon Emissions in London: From Theory to Practice / A.R. Day, C. Dunham, P.G. Jones, L. Hinojosa, A. Dunsdon and P. Ogumka -- Urban Energy and Carbon Management in Leicester / Peter Webber and Paul Fleming -- Reducing Carbon Emissions From Oxford City: Plans and Tools / Rajat Gupta -- Integrating Energy in Urban Planning in the Philippines and Vietnam / Jessie L. Todoc -- Sustainable Energy Systems and the Urban Poor: Nigeria, Brazil and the Philippines / Joy Clancy, Olu Maduka and Feri Lumampao -- Energy Planning in South African cities / Mark Borchers, Megan Euston-Brown and Leila Mahomed -- Household Markets for Ethanol -- Prospects for Ethiopia / Erin Laurell Boyd -- Freedom from Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power: The Scope for Local Solutions in the United States / Tam Hunt -- Lagos, Nigeria: Sustainable Energy Technologies for an Emerging African Megacity / Richard Ingwe, Eugene J. Aniah and Judith Otu.

ISBN

• 9780080453415
• 0080453414

LCCN

2007941706

OCLC

• ocn183146554
• 183146554
• SCSB-14655456

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library