Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services

Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services
By:Leslie Daryl Danny Harvey
Published on 2010 by Earthscan

`From understanding the Carnot Cycle in power plants and electrochemical processes in fuel cells to examining waste heat recovery within industry, this is the |go to| book for those wanting to explore the many surprising opportunities for improving energy efficiency'. John A. `Skip' Laitner, Director of Economic and Social Analysis, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, USA `Scientific understanding and technological options can provide a successful approach to energy for sustainable development. What are needed are political will, financial commitment and social readiness. This book is essential in today's debate.' Thomas B. Johansson, Professor, Lund University, Sweden `Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services is remarkable for the scope of its coverage - the whole problem, not just a slice - and its depth, clarity and approachability. It will serve as an excellent textbook for a wide range of energy-related university-level courses.' John Straube, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Canada Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this, the most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, L. D. Danny Harvey lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably. The book begins with a succinct summary of the scientific basis for concern over global warming, then outlines energy basics and current patterns and trends in energy use. This is followed by a discussion of current and advanced technologies for the generation of electricity from fossil fuels. The findings from these sector-by-sector assessments are then applied to generate scenarios of how global energy demand could evolve over the coming decades with full implementation of the economically feasible energy-saving potential. The book ends with a brief discussion of policies that can be used to reduce energy demand, but also addresses the limits of technologically based improvements in efficiency in moderating demand and of the need to rethink some of our underlying assumptions concerning what we really need. Along with its companion volume on carbon-free energy supply, and accompanied by extensive supplementary online material, this is an essential resource for students and practitioners in engineering, architecture, environment and energy-related fields.

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