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Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for the Sustainable Car by Matthew N. Eisler
In Age of Auto Electric, Matthew N. Eisler shows that the halting development of the electric car in the intervening decades was a consequence of tensions between environmental, energy, and economic policy imperatives that informed a protracted reappraisal of the automobile system. These factors drove the electric vehicle revival, argues Eisler, hastening automaking's transformation into a science-based industry in the process. Challenging the common assumption that the electric vehicle revival is due to the development of better batteries, Age of Auto Electricinstead focuses on changing environmental and socioeconomic conditions, energy and environmental policies, systems of energy conversion and industrial production, and innovation practices that affected the prevalence and popularity of electric vehicles in recent decades.
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ISBN: 9780262544573
Publication Date: 2022
Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet. by Varun Sivaram
Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless--every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a year. But in Taming the Sun, energy expert Varun Sivaram warns that the world is not yet equipped to harness erratic sunshine to meet most of its energy needs. And if solar's current surge peters out, prospects for replacing fossil fuels and averting catastrophic climate change will dim.
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ISBN: 9780262037686
Publication Date: 2018
Solar Cells and Modules by Arvind Shah (Editor)
This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the field of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and modules. In thirteen chapters, it addresses a wide range of topics including the spectrum of light received by PV devices, the basic functioning of a solar cell, and the physical factors limiting the efficiency of solar cells.
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ISBN: 9783030464851
Publication Date: 2020
Battery Technology Crash Course by Slobodan Petrovic
This book is a concise introductory guide to understanding the field of modern batteries, which is fast becoming an important area for applications in renewable energy storage, transportation, and consumer devices.
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ISBN: 9783030572686
Publication Date: 2020
Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution by Lukasz Bednarski
A global energy revolution is unfolding before our eyes: ever-growing numbers of electric vehicles on our roads, laptops that last all day on a single charge and solar panels on our roofs, all reliant on lithium-ion batteries. This revolution is happening at breath-taking speed, with the potential to completely transform key industries and the way we live.
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ISBN: 9781787385634
Publication Date: 2021
Emerging Green Technologies by Matthew N. O. Sadiku
Green Technology deals with using science and technology to protect the environment as well as curb the negative impacts of human involvement. The emerging green technologies, covered in this book, will propel our economy in the near future.
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ISBN: 9780367361617
Publication Date: 2020
Dreams of Disconnection: From the Autonomous House to Self-sufficient Territories by Fanny Lopez
Why do we live in homes and communities built around the century-old industrial model of large service networks that use polluting resources? For more than a century, creative architects and planners have dreamed of decentralisation and self-sufficient living, not to cut themselves off from society, but to invent new modes of consumption and to rethink collective public services around common environmental values. In a time of climate crisis, changing society means changing energy infrastructures. Dreams of disconnection tells the story of this strand of design and planning, from its pioneers in the late nineteenth century to those applying similar ideas to tomorrow's technology two hundred years later.
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ISBN: 9781526146892
Publication Date: 2021
House Gods: Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders by Jim Kristofic
In House Gods, Kristofic pursues the techniques of sustainable building and the philosophies of its practitioners. What emerges is a strange and haunting quest through adobe mud and mayhem, encounters with shamans and stray dogs, solar panels, tragedy, and true believers.
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ISBN: 9780826363657
Publication Date: 2022
A Piece of the Sun: The Quest for Fusion Energy by Daniel Clery
By replicating even a tiny piece of the Sun's power on Earth, we can secure all the heat and energy we would ever need. Nuclear fusion scientists have pursued this simple yet extraordinary ambition for decades. Skeptics say it will never work but, as A Piece of the Sun makes clear, large-scale nuclear fusion is scientifically possible--and has many advantages over other options.
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ISBN: 9781468304930
Publication Date: 2013
Wind Science and Engineering by Giovanni Solari
This book provides an essential overview of wind science and engineering, taking readers on a journey through the origins, developments, fundamentals, recent advancements and latest trends in this broad field. Along the way, it addresses a diverse range of topics, including: atmospheric physics; meteorology; micrometeorology; climatology; the aerodynamics of buildings, aircraft, sailing boats, road vehicles and trains; wind energy; atmospheric pollution; soil erosion; snow drift, windbreaks and crops; bioclimatic city-planning and architecture; wind actions and effects on structures; and wind hazards, vulnerability and risk.
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ISBN: 9783030188146
Publication Date: 2019
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The Last Driver's License Holder Has Already Been Born: How Rapid Advances in Automotive Technology Will Disrupt Life As We Know It and Why This Is a Good Thing by
The combined effect of autonomous driving, electric vehicles, and the sharing economy is on the verge of changing the auto industry--all within the next decade. And this tech/economics revolution will touch virtually every industry.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781260441383Publication Date: 2019
The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health by
Lina Zeldovich documents the massive redistribution of nutrients and sanitation inequities across the globe. She profiles the pioneers of poop upcycling, from startups in African villages to innovators in American cities that convert sewage into fertilizer, biogas, crude oil, and even life-saving medicine.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780226615578Publication Date: 2021
