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  • Quantifying and Controlling Catastrophic Risks

    by B. John Garrick ...
    The perception, assessment and management of risk are increasingly important core principles for determining the development of both policy and strategic responses to civil and environmental catastrophes. Whereas these principles were once confined to some areas of activity i.e. financial and insurance, they are now widely used in civil and environmental engineering. Comprehensive and readable, ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

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  • Come On!

    Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet

    by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Anders Wijkman ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome’s warnings published in the book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend to make things worse. We seem to be in a philosophical crisis. Pope Francis says it clearly: our common home is in deadly danger. Analyzing the philosophical crisis, the book comes to the conclusion that the world ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Virtuality and the Art of Exhibition

    Curatorial Design for the Multimedial Museum

    by Vince Dziekan ...
    Vince Dziekan is deputy associate dean of research in the Faculty of Art & Design at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia; a FACT associate with the Foundation for Art & Creative Technology in Liverpool; and digital media curator of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac. ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Smart Grid

    Fundamentals of Design and Analysis

    by James A. Momoh ...
    The book is written as primer hand book for addressing the fundamentals of smart grid. It provides the working definition the functions, the design criteria and the tools and techniques and technology needed for building smart grid. The book is needed to provide a working guideline in the design, analysis and development of Smart Grid. It incorporates all the essential factors of Smart Grid ... Read more

    $92.00 USD

  • Thermal Effects in Supercapacitors

    by Guoping Xiong, Timothy S. Fisher, Arpan Kundu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This Brief reviews contemporary research conducted in university and industry laboratories on thermal management in electrochemical energy storage systems (capacitors and batteries) that have been widely used as power sources in many practical applications, such as automobiles, hybrid transport, renewable energy installations, power backup and electronic devices. Placing a particular emphasis on ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy

    Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2017

    Edited by Ali Sayigh ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book contains selected papers presented during technical and plenary sessions at the World Renewable Energy Congress, the world’s premier conference on renewable energy and sustainable development. All papers were rigorously peer reviewed.The Congress, held at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia from February 5 -9, 2017, with the theme of “Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy”, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A Critical Appraisal of Germany's Thermal Retrofit Policy

    Turning Down the Heat

    by Ray Galvin, Minna Sunikka-Blank ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Germany is seen as a leader in thermal retrofit policy and practice, but how effective is its approach? A Critical Appraisal of Germany's Thermal Retrofit Policy examines this policy in context and assesses its effectiveness. It finds that technical constraints and the costs of retrofitting reduce the rate of progress, while planning underestimates the influence of user behavior in the form of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Economics and Policy of Solar Photovoltaic Generation

    by Pere Mir-Artigues, Pablo del Río ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date, rigorous analysis of the state of the art of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation. It focuses on the economic analysis of solar PV generation technologies as well as the policies that have been devised and implemented around the globe to support it. It provides the main theoretical tools for understanding the cost of these technologies, and discusses them from both ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Dynamics of Smart Systems and Structures

    Concepts and Applications

    Edited by Marcelo Amorim Savi, Valder Steffen Jr., Vicente Lopes Junior ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Written by a team of experts that has been working together for several years in the context of a research network involving international institutions, this book brings several applications related to smart material systems such as vibration and noise control, structural health monitoring, energy harvesting and shape memory alloys. Furthermore, this book also provides basic knowledge on the ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises

    Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0

    by Ibrahim Garbie ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field. It also reviews the quantitative and qualitative tools available for analytic assessment. It presents a new framework for sustainable manufacturing requirements and discusses the implementation of sustainable manufacturing in terms of practices, indicators, and sustainability ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Eco-design in Electrical Engineering

    Eco-friendly Methodologies, Solutions and Example for Application to Electrical Engineering

    Edited by Jean-Luc Bessède ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book addresses eco-design, a major tool for reducing the environmental impacts of products, services and systems in the context of sustainable development. It covers four key aspects of eco-design, applied to electrical engineering. First, it describes current and future methodologies and standards, including regulations, which apply to electrical engineering. In turn, the second chapter is ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Ignition Systems for Gasoline Engines

    3rd International Conference, November 3-4, 2016, Berlin, Germany

    Edited by Michael Günther, Marc Sens ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The volume includes selected and reviewed papers from the 3rd Conference on Ignition Systems for Gasoline Engines in Berlin in November 2016.Experts from industry and universities discuss in their papers the challenges to ignition systems in providing reliable, precise ignition in the light of a wide spread inmixture quality, high exhaust gas recirculation rates and high cylinder pressures. ... Read more

    $179.09 USD