Case studies in sustainable consumption and production energy use and the built environment
System innovation for sustainability 4 is the third of three books of case studies covering respectively the three key consumption areas of mobility, food and agriculture, and energy use and the built environment responsible for 70% of the life-cycle environmental impacts of Western societies with t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England :
Greenleaf Pub
2011.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
System innovation for sustainability ; 4. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35583046*spi |
| Sumario: | System innovation for sustainability 4 is the third of three books of case studies covering respectively the three key consumption areas of mobility, food and agriculture, and energy use and the built environment responsible for 70% of the life-cycle environmental impacts of Western societies with the aim of stimulating, fostering or forcing change to SCP theory in practice. Energy consumption is obviously a key issue for sustainability, primarily because it depletes non-renewable fossil fuels, produces CO2 and other pollution. As climate change is becoming a key political issue, and as oil prices rise, society has become acutely aware of this issue. Energy is a special case because it is a key input to almost all other consumption and production processes. Housing is, with transport and food, a major consumer of energy, accounting for about one quarter of the environmental impact from the general consumption of products in the European Union, on a par with food and transport. Energy use in houses and buildings is also set to rise as populations and the buildings they need continue to increase. |
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| Descripción Física: | vi, 226 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781907643378 |
