Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems: Closing the Ethical Loophole of Social Sustainability

Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems: Closing the Ethical Loophole of Social Sustainability

Sakellariou, Nicholas

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INDICE: Acknowledgements ixPart I Engineering and Sustainability 11 Engineering Sustainability, Sustaining Engineering 32 A Critical History of Sustainability Engineering 233 Resisting Sustainability 77Part II Life Cycle Analysis 1114 When Social Values Make an Entry 1135 Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) Rationalities 149Part III Case Studies 1916 Life Cycle Sustainability, Renewable Energy Project Development, and the Exclusion of Local Knowledge in California s Western Antelope Valley (WAV) 1937 Through an Ethnographic Lens: Local–Regional Politics of Utility Solar and Wind Siting in California 2358 Epilogue 303Bibliography 317Appendix 1: Solar Ranch One Timeline (Siting, Permitting, Financing and Pre–Construction) 346Appendix 2: Sample of Community Concerns as Regards to the Solar Ranch One, Alpine, Wildflower and BlueSky RE projects 349Index 355

  • ISBN: 978-1-119-41816-0
  • Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 366
  • Fecha Publicación: 18/06/2018
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés