Sustainable energy production and consumption: benefits, strategies and environmental costing : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption and Environmental Costing, Naples, Italy, 4-7 July

The book, like the meeting itself, deals with very crucial aspects of the energy/environmental/social problem such as energy and economic growth, integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism, status, development and use of renewable energy sources at regional level, and zero emission production patterns in agriculture, industry and the energy sectors. The authors treat in depth all the aspects linked to evaluation methods, multidisciplinary integration of approaches, economic problems of energy use, competition of bioenergy with food production and environmental protection, peak oil and strategies to deal with, trade and societal metabolism. The close interrelationship of these topics emerges very clearly. So much so that the presentations definitely help to place the individual projects and research activities within a larger societal and environmental frame for increased sustainability. Interdisciplinary andintriguing approach to sustainable energy issues Covering energy technologies, analyses, societal metabolism, economics, environment Discussing questions such as ‘Biomass or biomess’ or ‘Why green is not enough’ INDICE: From the contents Preface. Energy and Economic Growth.- Win-Win Strategies for Tackling Oil and Natural Gas Constraints while Expanding Renewable Energy Use.- After the Fossil Fuel Era.- Biomass or Biomess? The promises and Limits of Bioenergy.- Cost and Environmental Effectiveness of Climate ChangeMitigation Measures.- Sustainable Environmental Management in Croatia - Wasteand Climate Change.- Studying the ‘addiction to oil’ of developed societies using the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM).- Systemic Economic Instruments for a Energy Climate and Global Security.- Sustainability and Economic Feasibility of Combinations of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Fossil Fuels for Production of Heat and Electricity.- Third Party Financing New Financial Tools for Energy Efficiency — An International Perspective.- Vital Problems of Human Development, Indicators and Eco-Centric Solutions.-Lifestyles, Energy, and Sustainability: the Exploration of Constraints.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8493-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 385
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés