Priscilla Short offers the very best of what she learned in her year of living off the grid, as well as wisdom gleaned from dozens of other people living both off the grid and on, eccentric and ordinary. She takes each of our most precious resources and shows how to make excelle…
Learn what "going green" means, different types of energies, and how to make a difference.
Learn what "going green" means, different types of energies, and how to make a difference.
"Environmentalists often predict an Apocalypse is coming. The earth will heat up like a greenhouse. We will run out of energy. Overpopulation will lead to starvation and war. Nuclear winter will kill all plants and animals. During the past fifty to one hundred years, Americans h…
Do you want to cut energy bills, stop relying on foreign energy and help reverse climate change? Then this book is the perfect first step. Filled with straightforward, clearly illustrated projects, Renewable Energy for Your Home details the practical options available today. It …
This clever how-to handbook is the first step to living off the grid.
This clever how-to handbook is the first step to living off the grid.
This clever how-to handbook is the first step to living off the grid.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, EMMCVPR 2009, held in Bonn, Germany in August 2009. The 18 revised full papers, 18 poster papers and 3 keynote lectures p…
Addresses a new vision for construction materials by emphasizing the importance of their environmental impact Covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects Includes research findings that are vital to professionals in the building industry Eco-efficien…
Greening Airports considers the "greening", i.e., more sustainable development, of the entire air transport system - airports, air traffic control, and airlines - that could be achieved by the development and implementation of advanced operations and technologies. A broad overvi…
Green low-carbon development in China
The book provides an in depth analyses of the experience and lessons in Chinese energy and emissions reductions policies in a climate change constrained scenario. As China emerges as the world second largest economy and first largest carbon emitter, the country is moving onto a …
This book focuses on green networking which is an important topic for the scientific community composed of engineers, academics, researchers and industrials working in the networking field. Indeed reducing the environmental impact of communications infrastructure has become esse…