TECHNOLOGY -- Environmental Engineering & Technology

Energy from waste: production and storage

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"Conversion of waste into value-added products such as energy transforms a potential environmental problem into a sustainable solution. This book focuses on the conversion of waste from various sources for use in energy production and storage applications. It provides state-of-t…

Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: a Field Guide

by Boulding, J. Russell

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"This second edition of EPA's bestselling book, Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Guide, Second Edition, has been revised and significantly expanded over the original edition. An ideal reference for anyone involved in site investigations, this guide describ…

Modern Project Management Techniques for the Environmental Remediation Industry

by HAVRANEK, TIMOTHY J.

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"Environmental remediation has brought significant improvements to industrial sites and surrounding communities throughout the nation. It's also become notorious for high budget overruns and frequent schedule delays, as environmental remediation's technological aspects become su…

Appraising the economics of smart meters: costs and benefits

by Torriti, Jacopo

fromRoutledge studies in energy policy

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"This book focuses on the economics of smart meters and is one of the first to present comprehensive evidence on the impacts, cost-benefits and risks associated with smart metering. Throughout this volume, Jacopo Torriti integrates his findings from institutional cost-benefit an…

Asbestos: engineering, management and control

by CHERRY, KENNETH F.

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This single source asbestos reference/text book incorporates major legal issues and cost estimating methods. Every aspect of abatement work from initial survey through final cleanup is detailed. In addition, medical aspects, respirator use, training, sample contracts and other t…

International environmental standards handbook

by OLSON, SCOTT S.

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Lack of knowledge about, and noncompliance with, international standards can result in loss of sales and partnership opportunities as well as possible legal action. The International Environmental Standards Handbook provides the necessary historical background to understand the …

Strategies for accelerating cleanup at toxic waste sites: fast-tracking environmental actions and decision …

by Payne, Scott M.

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Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites: Fast-tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making presents truly innovative advances in investigative and cleanup technologies, offering valuable solutions that streamline the data collection process, speed up the time it takes to…

Microbial quality of water supply in distribution systems

by GELDREICH, EDWIN E.

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Hidden problems, buried deep in the pipe networks of water distribution systems, are very serious potential threats to water quality. Microbial Quality of Water Supply in Distribution Systems outlines the processes and issues related to the degradation of water quality upon pass…

The essential pocket book of emergency chemical management

by Quigley, D. R., (David R.)

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Save time - and maybe a life - with The Essential Pocket Book of Emergency Chemical Management. This detailed, no-nonsense guide contains all the information first responders need to quickly and effectively manage a chemical spill or leak. It efficiently presents information in …

Geological aspects of hazardous waste management

by Testa, Stephen M.

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Geologic Aspects of Hazardous Waste Management brings together technical, legislative, regulatory, and business aspects of hazardous waste issues as they pertain to preventing, assessing, containing, and remediating soil and groundwater contamination. The book emphasizes how sub…

Resource recovery from wastewater: toward sustainability

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This informative volume provides comprehensive knowledge on various aspects of wastewater resource management from the point of process sustainability and resource recovery. This authoritative compendium is crucial for developing resource-efficient and sustainable wastewater tre…

CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: impacts and adaptations

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Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity. The emerging issue of global warming coupled with greenhouse gases emissions has further aggravated the scen…

Desertification and land degradation

by Ajai, (Group director), Bhatnagar, Rimjhim

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Desertification and land degradation are complex phenomena, and we need to understand their causes, consequences, and means to mitigate and combat their impact. Therefore, this book aims to explain the concept and characteristics of drylands, desert and desertification, land deg…

Emerging technologies for sustainable and smart energy

fromProspects in smart technologies

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Considering the alarming issue of global climate change and its drastic consequences, there is an urgent need to further develop smart and innovative solutions for the energy sector. The goal of sustainable and smart energy for present and future generations can be achieved by i…

Renewable Energy Integration with Building Energy Systems: A Modelling Approach

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Construction, as an industry sector, is responsible for around one-third of the total worldwide energy usage and about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. The rise in the number of buildings and floor space area for residential and commercial purposes has imposed enormous pressure …

Bioaugmentation techniques and applications in remediation

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It has been observed that rapid population expansion has raised the amount of anthropogenic activity, resulting in high levels of pollution in water, air, and solid waste as well as an increase in the pressure placed on agricultural lands. Bioaugmentation Techniques and Applicat…

Hazardous and industrial waste: proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Mid-Atlantic Indu…

by Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Blacksburg, Va.)

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This book is a compilation of the papers presented at the Twenty-Ninth Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference. It helps people to move a step closer to the acceptable balance of costs, benefits, and risks in their attempts to resolve industrial and hazardous wast…

Smart microgrid systems: advanced technologies

by Hemapala, KTM Udayanga, Perera, MK

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This book highlights microgrids as integrating platforms for distributed generation units, energy storages and local loads, with an emphasis on system performance via innovative approaches. It explains the smart power system concept, transmission, distribution, and utilization, …

Contaminants of emerging concerns and reigning removal technologies

fromSUSTAINABLE WATER DEVELOPMENTS

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"With an increased demand for wastewater reuse, groundwater recharge with treated wastewater has been practiced across the globe. As a result, groundwater quality deteriorates by emerging micropollutants from various anthropogenic origins, including untreated wastewater, seepage…