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Sustainable Energy: What, Why, and How?

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Sustainability, or the ability to be sustained, essentially means something can be continued or prolonged for an extended period of time (Apple Inc. 2015). A common use of this word comes from the world of commerce: if a business is sustainable, it has the potential to be profitable over the long term.

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  1. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada

    Paul Henshaw

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA

    Ahmad Vasel

  2. Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

    David S-K. Ting

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Henshaw, P. (2019). Sustainable Energy: What, Why, and How?. In: Vasel, A., Ting, DK. (eds) Advances in Sustainable Energy. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 70. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05636-0_1

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