Overview
- Long-awaited revision of a best-selling textbook
- The most comprehensive text on renewable energy systems, policy, and potential
- Written by experts who have over 80+ years of experience combined
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Energy Patterns and Trends
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Energy Fundamentals
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Buildings and Energy
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Sustainable Electricity
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Sustainable Transportation and Land Use
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About this book
The most comprehensive book on this topic, Energy for Sustainability has been the go-to resource for courses. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to inform and guide students and practitioners who will steer this transformation.
Drawing on a combined 80 years of teaching experience, John Randolph and Gilbert Masters take a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. Energy for Sustainability can help techies and policymakers alike understand the mechanisms required to enable conversion to energy that is clean, affordable, and secure. Major revisions to this edition reflect the current changes in technology and energy use and focus on new analyses, data, and methods necessary to understand and actively participate in the transition to sustainable energy.
The book begins with energy literacy, including patterns and trends, before covering the fundamentals of energy related to physics, engineering, and economics. The next parts explore energy technologies and opportunities in three important energy sectors: buildings, electricity, and transportation. The final section focuses on policy and planning, presenting the critical role of public policy and consumer and investor choice in transforming energy markets to greater sustainability. Throughout the book, methods for energy and economic analysis and design give readers a quantitative appreciation for and understanding of energy systems. The book uses case studies extensively to demonstrate current experience and illustrate possibilities.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Gilbert M. Masters' environmental engineering specialties include the interrelationships between environmental quality and energy consumption, as well as the design and evaluation of renewable energy systems and energy efficient buildings. Currently Professor Emeritus, he was the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Engineering from 1982-1986 and the Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering Interim Chair from 1992-1993.
In addition to Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Masters is the author of Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, now in its third edition, among other titles.
Masters distinguished career includes such honors as Stanford University’s Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Tau Beta Pi teaching award from the School of Engineering.
He holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Energy for Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Foundations for Technology, Planning, and Policy
Authors: John Randolph, Gilbert M. Masters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-821-3
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: John Randolph and Gilbert M. Masters 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-821-3Published: 06 June 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIV, 637
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental and Sustainability Education, Renewable and Green Energy, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Climate Change Management and Policy, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts