Energy Efficiency

Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the...

This book contains selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Systems (EEMODS'22),...

Pinch Technology explains the principles of process integration, the use of pinch technology as well as energy recycling in oil, gas, petrochemical...

This book explores the management of public facilities and the wider issues around it, with examples from educational, health facilities, and publi...

Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The objective of this book i...

Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy com...

Learning from Einfach Bauen the indispensable sequel! What is it like to live in one of the research houses? How has the concept of Einfach Bauen...

Good building performance is contingent on complex, interacting factors. The application of performance simulation tools allows practitioners to ad...

Energy is the major driving force for the economy of any nation. The challenge for continuous generation of power to meet the ever growing demand i...

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the the International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS'14),...

This book is written with the lay reader in mind. S/he is fearful, how will their kids and their kids make out on a planet that is burning?   Wh...

A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering...

The construction sector currently accounts for a high proportion of CO2 emissions and gray energy use. This will have to change fundamentally if w...

The construction sector currently accounts for a high proportion of CO2 emissions and gray energy use. This will have to change fundamentally if w...

Timber construction can justifiably be called the building method of the future, having gained significant market share over other materials in rec...

Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per...

This book provides the connection between the growing body of literature on sustainability and the topics of energy and ICT. It aims to show how st...