| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
System innovation for sustainability ; 4
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System innovation for sustainability ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
System innovation for sustainability 4 is the third of three books of case studies covering respectively the three key consumption areas of mobility, food and agriculture, and energy use and the built environment responsible for 70% of the life-cycle environmental impacts of Western societies with the aim of stimulating, fostering or forcing change to SCP theory in practice. Energy consumption is obviously a key issue for sustainability, primarily because it depletes non-renewable fossil fuels, produces CO2 and other pollution. As climate change is becoming a key political issue, and as oil prices rise, society has become acutely aware of this issue. Energy is a special case because it is a key input to almost all other consumption and production processes. Housing is, with transport and food, a major consumer of energy, accounting for about one quarter of the environmental impact from the general consumption of products in the European Union, on a par with food and transport. Energy use in houses and buildings is also set to rise as populations and the buildings they need continue to increase. |
| Contents |
Copyright page; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Energy use in houses and buildings and sustainable consumption; 3. An innovative approach to designing zero-energy residential buildings in Boston: enhancing and monitoring learning; 4. S-House: sustainable building utilising renewable resources-Factor 10 building with innovative solutions; 5. Rolf Disch's Solarsiedlung am Schlierberg: a solar housing estate in Freiburg; from architectural vision to entrepreneurial reality; 6. Delivering affordable and sustainable energy: the results of innovative approaches by Woking Borough Council, UK. |
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7. Energy-saving performance contracting for federally owned public buildings: success factors from the Austrian perspective8. Building Investment Decision Support (BIDSTM) for green building technologies; 9. Consumer feedback: a helpful tool for stimulating electricity conservation? A review of experience; 10. Lifestyle dynamics as a means toward the sustainability transition; 11. Conclusions: steps towards more sustainable energy use in housing; About the contributors; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects. |
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lahlou, Saadi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781906093259 |
| ISBN |
9781907643378 (electronic book) |
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1907643370 (electronic book) |
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9781906093259 |
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