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Presents the current state of our energy supply, discussing how energy works, how it is developed, and who uses it. ... Read more

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Producing an energy efficient and environmentally friendly building can be a daunting task for the every day architect, who may only be commissioned infrequently to produce such a building.

This book aims to remove the mystery and complexity from this process by helping the architect understand and put into practice the many issues involved in generating an energy efficient and environmentally friendly design. ... Read more

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Energy -- a vital component of society -- is a constant subject of controversy. People worry about running out of energy and about the environmental and health effects of various energy sources. This book looks objectively at these controversies, offering a balanced discussion of these and other issues related to the harnessing of energy for human use. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on May 3, 2004. The length of the article is 1517 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Drilling raises concerns over environmental and tourism issues.(Energy & Utilities)
Author: Lynn Lofton
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 3, 2004
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 26Issue: 18Page: 23(1)

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Navigating Municipal Environmental and Energy Issues provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on the best practices for understanding new trends and emerging issues in environmental compliance facing local governments. Featuring municipal attorneys from across the country, these experts guide the reader through the most recent developments in climate change, energy efficiency, land use, and redevelopment that are impacting municipalities throughout the nation and the keys to adopting new strategies to handle these changes. Emphasizing the impact that economic and geographic factors can have on the environmental issues a municipality is facing, the authors discuss the various environmental and energy compliance challenges for local governments today and the key methods for overcoming these obstacles. From negotiating contracts with utility providers and spearheading green building initiatives to budgeting for environmental concerns and preparing for future environmental legislation, these experts offer their advice on responding to legislation and proactively staying ahead of future regulations. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds today, as these experts reveal the secrets behind keeping municipalities ahead of the curve in the environmental and energy arena.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives and lawyers (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies and firms nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is heading and the most important issues for the future. Each author has been selected based upon their experience and C-level standing within the professional community.

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1. Jonathan A. Hodgson, County Attorney, Anne Arundel County, MD Office of Law- "Meeting the Challenge: Exploring Environmental and Energy Issues in a Difficult Economy"
2. Kathryn L. Schroeder, County Attorney, Arapahoe County, CO County Attorney's Office- "Challenges and Solutions for Local Governments Addressing Environmental and Energy Issues"

3. Daniel P. Gibson, President and Managing Director, Gibson & Behman PC- "Helping Municipal Clients Stay on Top of New Environmental and Energy Regulations"
4. Daniel A. Spitzer, Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP- "Sustainable Leadership: Promoting Green Values through the Dual Roles of Municipal Regulation and Municipal Purchases"

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There are many environmental issues with energy with the largest being climate change due predominantly to the burning of fossil fuels and the direct impact of greenhouse gases on the Earths environment. In recent years there has been a trend towards the use of various renewable energy sources. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Building and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The European Directive 2002/91 will enforce the Member State to promote the implementation of new measures, instruments and calculation methodology to improve the buildings energy performances. The thermal performance and quality of the Italian residential buildings is generally poor, depending on the age of the building stock and the lack of application of the existing energy regulations. This study aims at demonstrating the global benefits of good insulated building envelopes. Energy benefits are easy to understand, meanwhile the economic issues are critical, since the final users see them as an additional useless extra cost for the dwelling at the purchase phase, with small attention to the future managing costs. The study demonstrates that significant economic advantages come out from high-performance building envelope. The study also shows that environmental extra loads due to a bigger use of the insulating material is paid back in few years, with consistent social benefits, if the life cycle of the building is taken into account. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from ASHRAE Journal, published by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. on June 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1408 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Climate change and IEQ.(Energy Issues)(indoor environmental quality )(Report)
Author: William Fisk
Publication: ASHRAE Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Volume: 51Issue: 6Page: 22(2)

Article Type: Report

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Chapters: Attribution of Recent Climate Change, Indirect Land Use Change Impacts of Biofuels, Environmental Effects of Wind Power, Issues Relating to Biofuels, Royal Dutch Shell Environmental Issues, Environmental Effects of Coal, Fly Ash, Business Action on Climate Change, Environmental Concerns With Electricity Generation, Flue-Gas Desulfurization, Carbon Footprint, Environmental Impact of Palm Oil, 2009 Peruvian Political Crisis, Environmental Effects of Biodiesel, Ethanol Fuel Energy Balance, Environmental Impacts of Dams, Environmental Issues With the Three Gorges Dam, Concerto Initiative. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 221. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The indirect land use change impacts of biofuels, also known as ILUC, relates to the unintended consequence of releasing more carbon emissions due to land use changes around the world induced by the expansion of croplands for ethanol or biodiesel production in response to the increased global demand for biofuels. As farmers worldwide respond to higher crop prices in order to maintain the global food supply and demand balance, pristine lands are clear and converted to new cropland to replace the crops for feed and food that were diverted elsewhere to biofuels production. Because natural lands, such as rainforests and grasslands, store and sequester carbon in their soil and biomass as plants grow each year, clearance of wilderness for new farms in other regions or countries translates in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, and due to this change in the carbon stock of the soil and the biomass, indirect land use change has consequences in the GHG balance of a biofuel. Other authors have also argued that indirect land use changes not only release sequestered carbon, but also has other significant social and environm...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23136449 ... Read more