| Description |
xxv, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
100% renewable energy : the essential target / Peter Droege -- Institutions for a 100% renewable world / Hermann Scheer -- the renewable imperative : providing climate protection and energy security / Hans-Josef Fell - 100% is possible now / Harry Lehmann and Stefan Peter -- Paths to a fossil CO₂-free Munich / Stefan Lechtenböhmer -- 100% renewable champions : international case studies / Anis Radzi -- Feed-in tariffs : the policy path to 100% /Miguel Mendonça and David Jacobs -- How to achieve renewable energy regions and advance sustainable development : integrated models and processes in Germany / Peter Moser, Lioba Kucharczak and Cord Hoppenbrock -- Renewable regions : life after fossil fuel in Spain / Josep Puig i Boix -- 100% renewable transport / Andrew Went, Peter Newman and Wal James -- Better place / Peter Droege -- How to grow food in the 100% renewable city : building-integrated agriculture / Viraj Puri and Ted Caplow --Masdar city master plan : the design and engineering strategies / Matthias Schuler (with preface by Peter Droege) -- Urban energy potentials : a step towards the use of 100% renewable energies / Dieter D. Genske, Lars Porsche and Ariane Ruff -- Closing the planning gap : moving to renewable communities / Nancy Carlisle and Brian Bush -- Community life at 100% and beyond : how to raise a renewable family without even trying / Michael Stöhr -- 100% renewable life : one man's journey for a solar world / Martin Vosseler |
| Summary |
The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. The global economy and its financial system are in jeopardy, running hot on overtly cheap yet increasingly costly and fast depleting oil. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an impossible dream in anything but the very long term. But not only do a growing number of initiatives and plans dare to make the change but many have already achieved it.This rich collection presents a series of pioneering efforts and their champions, and the paths to their successes. Ranging from initiatives by individuals to visions for companies, communities and entire countries, it defeats tired economic and technical counter-arguments, showing how the schemes featured not only can and do work but do so economically and with available technology |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Renewable energy sources.
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| Author |
Droege, Peter.
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| LC no. |
2009018125 |
| ISBN |
1844077187 (hardback) |
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9781844077182 (hardback) |
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