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Carbon Pricing in Japan

This book evaluates, from an economic perspective, various measures introduced in Japan to prevent climate change. Although ...

Catalogue of Risks : Natural, Technical, Social and Health Risks

The book clearly shows the interdependence of risk measures. Safety and risks cannot be discussed only by looking at specific ...

Challenges of Power Engineering and Environment

This book is the proceedings of the International Conference on Power Engineering-2007. The fields of this book include power ...

China's Energy Revolution in the Context of the Global Energy Transition

This book is an encyclopaedic analysis of the current and future energy system of the world’s most populous country and ...

China's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategies and Pathways : Comprehensive Report

This book introduces a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive research on China's long-term low-carbon emission strategies ...

China’s Gas Development Strategies

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines how China can increase the share of natural gas in ...

Climate Change and Energy Pathways for the Mediterranean : Workshop Proceedings, Cyprus

This the workshop proceedings present an overview of the implications of climate change for the eastern Mediterranean and ...

Climate Change and Technological Options : Basic facts, Evaluation and Practical Solutions

climate change focussing on technical solutions for the most important and climate relevant economic sectors is presented. ...

Climate Risk in Africa Adaptation and Resilience

This book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate ...

Collagen : Structure and Mechanics

Collagen: Structure and Mechanics provides a cohesive introduction to collagen-rich tissues, such as tendon, bone, cornea ...

Comfort and Perception in Architecture / J. Alstan Jakubiec

This book discusses the design of comfortable buildings and shows that design perception and, as a result, comfort should ...

Communicating Science and Technology in Society

Addresses the engagement between science and society from multiple viewpoints. At a time when trust in experts is being ...

Computational Methods in Transport

Based on a series of lectures given in the Granlibakken workshop was devoted to providing a forum, where computational transport ...

Computational Methods in Transport

Based on a series of lectures given in the Granlibakken workshop was devoted to providing a forum, where computational transport ...

Concentrator Photovoltaics

In fact, photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight insures an efficient and cost-effective sustainable power resource. ...

Construction and Building Automation : From Concepts to Implementation / Benny Raphael

Intended to be used as a textbook in undergraduate civil engineering and construction courses to introduce cutting edge mechanical, ...

Corporate Sustainability Management in the Energy Sector

Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and citizenship are terms that often evoke considerable scepticism and cynicism, ...

Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting : Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies / Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Claes Goeran Granqvist, Bjørn Peter Jelle, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Nicola Bianco, Jarek Kurnitski

The building sector is responsible for high energy consumption and its global demand is expected to grow as each day there ...

Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario

Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are a microclimatic phenomenon which manifests as a significant increase in the temperature of ...

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

The book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview ...

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