Sustainability at the cutting edge [electronic resource] : emerging technologies for low energy buildings / Peter F. Smith.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 180 p. : ill. (some col.), col. mapsISBN:- 9780080475479 (e-book : PDF)
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Previous ed.: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Climate change and sustainable energy : the 2005 Prince Philip Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts by Sir John Houghton CBE FRS -- 2. Solar thermal power -- 3. Low energy techniques for cooling -- 4. Geothermal energy -- 5. Wind power -- 6. Photovoltaic cells -- 7. Fuel cells -- 8. Bioenergy -- 9. Microgeneration and combined heat and power -- 10. Small-scale hydro -- 11. Wave and tide -- 12. Prospects for the energy infrastructure -- 13. Materials -- 14. The photonic revolution -- 15. Building integrated renewable energy : case studies -- 16. Sustainability on a knife edge.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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