As the world population grows and places more demand on limited fossil fuels, renewable energy becomes more relevant as part of the solution to the impending energy dilemma. Renewable energy is now included in national policies, with goals for it to be a significant percentage o…
Hemp production for industrial purposes continues to grow worldwide, and is currently being used for many applications including house insulation, paper making, animal bedding, fabric, rope making and also as a biofuel. This book brings together international experts to examine …
by Bouloc, Pierre, Allegret, Serge, Arnaud, Laurent
Hemp production for industrial purposes continues to grow worldwide, and is currently being used for many applications including house insulation, paper making, animal bedding, fabric, rope making and also as a biofuel. This book brings together international experts to examine …
by United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, Edenhofer, Ottmar, Pichs Madruga, Ramón, Sokona, Y., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Working Group III, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources - bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind en…
by Randers, Jorgen, Meadows, Dennis, Meadows, Donella
Presents future overshoot scenarios and makes an even more urgent case for a rapid readjustment of the global economy towards a sustainable path.
Since they were heralded as a key weapon in the fight against climate change, agrofuels have been criticised heavily for doing more harm than good due to deforestation and stealing agricultural land essential to farmers in the developing world. This title asks whether there is a…
This book will focus on lignocellulosic fibres as a raw material for several applications. It will start with wood chemistry and morphology. Then, some fibre isolation processes will be given, before moving to composites, panel and paper manufacturing, characterization and aging.
"Continuously increased consumption of fossil fuels, decreased availability of easily accessible fossil fuels, significant contributions to climate change and wildly fluctuating fuels prices have combine to challenge the reliability and sustainability of our current energy suppl…
This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity.
With increasing concerns regarding the effect the textile industry is having on the environment, more and more textile researchers, producers and manufacturers are looking to biodegradable and sustainable fibres as an effective way of reducing the impact textiles have on the env…
"The vast majority of plastic products are made from petroleum-based synthetic polymers that do not degrade in a landfill site or in a compost-like environment. As a consequence, the disposal of these products poses a serious environmental problem. An environmentally-conscious a…
"Unlike any other book on the topic, Efficiency and sustainability in the energy and chemical industries prepares engineers for the transition from fossil-based, non-sustainable technologies to sustainable low-waste procedures using renewable energy and resources ..."--Page 4 of…
Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change. Water Resou…
