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 book then considers in detail
how energy is used, and how this use can be dramatically reduced,
in the following end-use sectors:
- buildings
- transportation
- industry
- food and agriculture
- municipal services.
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
identified and 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 re-think some of our underlying
assumptions concern ends with a brief discusing what we really
need. Along with its companion volume on C-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.
Online material includes: Excel-based computational exercises,
teaching slides for each chapter, links to free software tools.
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