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Sanyo Eneloop Eneloop Power Pack Kit includes Compact Charger, 4 eneloop AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries,2 eneloop AAA,2C Spacers,2D Spacers and case-Charger is Worldwide Voltage -charges 2 AA in 4 Hours 2 AAA in 2 Hours…. |
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Make Solar & Geothermal Energy Work For You This book and guide will lead you through the complete process of identifying, evaluating and purchasing both solar energy and geothermal power. You will be shown how combining the two sources of clean energy will provide the best return on investment. Once you understand the investment proposition you then need to identify reputable solar and geothermal companies. With a quality installation next… |
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Electronic Marketing: Advantages and Disadvantages $35.04 There is no doubt that electronic marketing has contributed positively in the life of modern societies, mainly the consuming societies. It allowed purchasing of materials cheaply without any limit, and without any restrictions. It also gave the chance to make a free selection and comparison between the prices of goods at the electronic department stores throughout the Internet. All such facilities are given to the consumers in a very short time without causing them to leave their office or home. In addition, the Electronic Marketing has exterminated the monopoly of goods and materials, all such acts of course are for the consumers benefit. However, in addition to such advantages there are many disadvantages of such type of marketing; the Electronic Marketing has deleted the privacy of the consumer, because all of his movements through the Internet have been divulged and under control, in addition to lack of exclusive security through the Internet. Accordingly, many losses equally occurred to the customer and the merchant due to such acts of hackers who reveal the information and credit cards details. In addition, the Electronic Marketing caused many merchants, agents and monopolists to be vanquished because it gave the chance for direct communications between the producer and the consumer without passing through them; as such, many of such merchants have been yielded away from the way of this new technology. The Electronic Marketing was able to cause an upset down in many concepts and standards of economic science that have existed for so many years. Doors are still open for every new in this assumption and endless world as there are no limits that can stop such human ambition. Author: Fatayerji, Najib C. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 2004/04/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.22 inches |
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Castration: The Advantages and the Disadvantages $30.04 Author: Cheney, Victor C. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 344 Publication Date: 2003/12/09 Language: English Dimensions: 9.10 x 6.24 x 0.90 inches |
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Electronic Marketing : Advantages and Disadvantages $19.45 No Synopsis Available |
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On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics $22.03 No Synopsis Available |
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Amphibious Solar Vehicle $49.95 This kit introduces the fundamentals of solar power through hands-on experiments. The sun or any intense mobile light can power the solar battery (included). A multiple function switch (solar[1.4V, 350mA] or battery) allows this kit to be energized day or night, indoors or outdoors. The user can explore different types of energy and energy conversion with this land and water vehicle. Learn what materials solar batteries are made from and the characteristics of solar batteries, advantages, and disadvantages of solar power. |
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OWI OWI688 Amphibious Solar Vehicle $52 This kit introduces the fundamentals of solar power through handson experiments. The sun or any intense mobile light can power the solar battery (included). A multiple function switch (solar[1.4V 350mA] or battery) allows this kit to be energized day or night indoors or outdoors. The user can explore different types of energy and energy conversion with this land and water vehicle. Learn what materials solar batteries are made from and the characteristics of solar batteries advantages and disadvantages of solar power. Requires one AA battery. |
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Co-Operatives : Principles, advantages and Disadvantages $107.25 No Synopsis Available |
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC) – Advantages and Disadvantages $18.87 Scholary Paper aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Wirtschaft – Rechnungswesen, Bilanzierung, Steuern, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,6, Veranstaltung: Management Accounting, 10 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Anmerkungen: In this report I will show how activity-based costing (ABC) can be applied to a department of a major institution such as a University. Large universities may maintain and follow complex and rigid accounting systems. However, the systems are almost always based on a form of fund accounting and are intended to satisfy legal and donor stipulations rather than to provide information for administrative decisions…, Abstract: In this report I will show how activity-based costing (ABC) can be applied to a department of a major institution such as a University. Large universities may maintain and follow complex and rigid accounting systems. However, the systems are almost always based on a form of fund accounting and are intended to satisfy legal and donor stipulations rather than to provide information for administrative decisions. In this report I show how activity-based costing (ABC) can be applied to institutions of higher education and, I believe, can result in improved information of benefit to academic administrators, legislators, voters and consumers. The report also analyses an example related to the degree at the university which follows with the appropriateness of using this system by the university. The Advantages and Disadvantages of activity-based costing are also investigated in this report and therefore, will provide a disclosure for the University board in terms of the usage of ABC. |
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Skew Arches: Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Methods of Construction $35.03 No Synopsis Available |
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Lesbians and Work: The Advantages and Disadvantages of ‘Comfortable Shoes’ $146.25 No Synopsis Available |
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Nonimaging Optics in Solar Energy $41.12 Nonimaging optics is a subdiscipline of optics whose development over the last 35-40 years was led by scientists from the University of Chicago and other cooperating individuals and institutions. The approach provides a formalism that allows the design of optical devices that approach the maximum physically attainable geometric concentration for a given set of optical tolerances. This means that it has the potential to revolutionize the design of solar concentrators. In this monograph, the basic practical applications of the techniques of nonimaging optics to solar energy collection and concentration are developed and explained. The formalism for designing a wide variety of concentrator types, such as the compound parabolic concentrator and its many embodiments and variations, is presented. Both advantages and limitations of the approach are reviewed. Practical and economic aspects of concentrator design for both thermal and photovoltaic applications are discussed as well. The whole range of concentrator applications from simple low-concentration nontracking designs to ultrahigh-concentration multistage configurations is covered. Table of Contents: Introduction / CPCs / Practical Design of CPC Thermal Collectors / Practical Design of CPC PV Concentrators / Two-Stage Nonimaging Concentrators for Solar Thermal Applications / Two-Stage Nonimaging Concentrators for Solar PV Applications / Selected Demonstrations of Nonimaging Concentrator Performance / The Importance of Economic Factors in Effective Solar Concentrator Design / Ultrahigh Concentration / Bibliography |
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Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems $19.58 Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. "Solar Water Heating," now completely revised and expanded, is the definitive guide to this clean and cost-effective technology. Beginning with a review of the history of solar water and space heating systems from prehistory to the present, "Solar Water Heating" presents an introduction to modern solar energy systems, energy conservation, and energy economics. Drawing on the authors’ experiences as designers and installers of these systems, the book goes on to cover: Types of solar collectors, solar water, and space heating systems and solar pool heating systems, including their advantages and disadvantages System components, their installation, operation, and maintenance System sizing and siting Choosing the appropriate system This book focuses on the financial aspects of solar water or space heating systems, clearly showing that such systems generate significant savings in the long run. With many diagrams and illustrations to complement the clearly written text, this book is designed for a wide readership ranging from the curious homeowner to the serious student or professional. Bob Ramlow has been involved in renewable energy system sales, installation, and manufacturing since 1976. He is an IREC/ISPQ certified solar thermal independent master trainer and a NABCEP certified solar thermal installer. He writes and teaches workshops about solar energy. Benjamin Nusz has worked as an installer, site assessor, designer, and consultant for solar thermal systems. He currently trains renewable thermal technicians at Mid-State Technical College in Wisconsin. |
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OWI OWI688 AMPHIBIOUS SOLAR VEHICLE JR SCIENCE SERIES $52.65 It s street tough water ready and solar powered. It would be difficult to find a beginner robotic kit more fun and educational than the Amphibious Solar Vehicle This kit introduces fundamentals of solar power through handson experiments. The sun or any intense mobile light can power the solar cell (included). A multiple function switch (solar [1.4 volt 350mA] or battery) allows this kit to be energized day or night indoors or outdoors. Its scientifically structured catamaran design reduces water resistance thus reducing the possibility of capsizing. The user can explore different types of energy conversion with this land and water vehicle. Learn what materials solar cells are made from and the characteristics of solar cells advantages and disadvantages of solar power. Power Source: Solar Cell / 1.4 n 350mA 9max) Dry Cell battery /AA x 1 pc (not included). DC Motor: Rated Voltage 1.9V; Rated Ampere 1.45 mA. Rated Load: 4g.cm. Body Size: 166 x 79 x 240 mm |
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Energy Storage $73.8 "Energy Storage" comprehensively covers the latest applications in energy storage, such as transmission and distribution systems, while also analyzing the relevant advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of current technologies like thermal storage. It covers applications of energy storage such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems, pulsed systems, transportation, buildings and mobile applications. The book examines the most up-to-date technologies such as batteries, hydrogen, super capacitors, SMES, flywheels, CAES, thermal storage and hydraulic gravitational storage. And it analyzes relevant technologies in energy in the context of their advantages, disadvantages, and limitations. |
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Lesbians and Work: The Advantages and Disadvantages of "Comfortable Shores" $44.8 No Synopsis Available |
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Solar Energy $10.76 All you need to build your own complete solar energy lab. Kit includes over 25 sunny and fun experiments. Learn about conservation of energy. Complete with solar energy collector and solar heater. Ages 8 & Up. |
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Window Design Strategies to Conserve Energy $35.09 A multitude of design strategies are available to achieve energyefficient windows. Opportunities for improving window performance fall into six groups: site, exterior appendages, frame, glazing, interior accessories, and building interior. Design strategies within these groups can improve one or more of the six energy functions of windows: solar heating, daylighting, shading, insulation, air tightness, and ventilation. Included in this report are 33 strategies; an explanation of the physical phenomena responsible for each strategys energy performance, summarized energy and nonenergy advantages and disadvantages; aesthetic considerations; cost approximations; example installations, laboratory studies, or calculations by the authors; and references. Intended readers include professional designers, lessees and owners of commercial space, home buyers and owners, window component manufacturers, and researchers. The reports purpose is to draw attention to the wide range of options currently available to conserve energy with windows. Author: Center for Building Technology/ National Bureau of Standards, Bureau Of/ Department of Urban Housing and Developm Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 228 Publication Date: 2005/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 11.00 x 8.25 x 0.48 inches |
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Poof Solar Energy Mini Lab $11.24 Poof Solar Energy Mini Lab |
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Solar Energy Kit $17.99 This kit will help you learn about the amazing power of solar energy! With the rapidly rising cost of conventional energy, Solar Power will become increasingly important as it taps the limitless energy of the sun. Solar Cell converts light energy into electrical energy. Contents include a five solar |
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The Kids Solar Energy Book By Spetgang, Tilly/ Wells, Malcom $12.6 Presents a humorous look at the advantages of using solar energy for heating and other purposes, as an alternative to other costly, dangerous, and nonrenewable sources of power. Author: Spetgang, Tilly/ Wells, Malcom Subtitle: Even GrownUps Can Understand Publication Date: 2011/09/01 Number of Pages: 88 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 34 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 7.00 Height: 10.00 |
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Hello Kitty Solar Energy Calculator (Pink) $10.53 This solar energy calculator is environmentally friendly. |
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Solar Energy Kit(Pack of 1) $13.99 Solar Energy KitPOOF-SLINKY-Solar Energy Kit. Harness the power of the Sun with this Solar Energy kit! Collect and measure energy using a variety of solar tools including energy collectors; focusing lens; and solar heater-even a real thermometer! Plu |
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Green Energy By Doeden, Matt $50.1 Discusses the history of energy supplies and energy policy in the United States, describes the technology behind different alternatative sources of energy, and offers arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of each one. Author: Doeden, Matt Series Title: USA Todays Debate: Voices and Perspectives Subtitle: Crucial Gains or Economic Strains? Publication Date: 2010/05/01 Number of Pages: 160 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 1012 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Height: 8.50 |
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Solar Thermal: Solar Thermal Energy $28.83 Chapters: Solar Thermal Energy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. 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: Solar thermal energy (STE) is a technology for harnessing solar energy for thermal energy (heat). Solar thermal collectors are defined by the USA Energy Information Administration as low-, medium-, or high-temperature collectors. Low temperature collectors are flat plates generally used to heat swimming pools. Medium-temperature collectors are also usually flat plates but are used for creating hot water for residential and commercial use. High temperature collectors concentrate sunlight using mirrors or lenses and are generally used for electric power production. STE is different from photovoltaics, which convert solar energy directly into electricity. While only 600 megawatts of solar thermal power is up and running worldwide in October 2009 according to Dr David Mills of Ausra, another 400 megawatts is under construction and there are 14,000 megawatts of the more serious concentrating solar thermal (CST) projects being developed. Of the 21,000,000 square feet (2,000,000 m) of solar thermal collectors produced in the United States in 2006, 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m) were of the low-temperature variety. Low-temperature collectors are generally installed to heat swimming pools, although they can also be used for space heating. Collectors can use air or water as the medium to transfer the heat to their destination. MIT’s Solar House #1 built in 1939 used seasonal thermal storage for year round heating.In the United States, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for over 25 percent (4.75 EJ) of the energy used in commercial buildings and nearly half (10.1 EJ) of the energy used in residential buildings. Solar heating, cooling, and ventilation tech…More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=41309 |
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Geothermal Energy By Gleason, Carrie $13.36 Describes how geothermal energy can be used as a source of heat or converted into electricity, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using geothermal power. Author: Gleason, Carrie Series Title: Energy Revolution Subtitle: Using Earths Furnace Publication Date: 2008/08/15 Number of Pages: 32 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 34 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 8.25 Height: 11.25 |
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Observations Medical and Political, on the Small-Pox, and the Advantages and Disadvantages of General Inoculation, Especially in C $27.71 The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT041725With an appendix, which has its own pagination and register.London: printed for J. Johnson, 1781. 4],284;7, 1]p.; 8 |
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Annual-Cycle Thermal Energy Storage for a Community Solar System: Details of a Sensitivity Analysis $15.72 Used – Original publisher: Golden, Colo.: Solar Energy Research Institute, [1980] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)697613376 Subject: Heat storage — Economic aspects. Excerpt: …TR-575 /. =: = III.II-..: .—————————– —-”-” ‘–”-5- cooling loads allow for the design of solar systems that meet 100 % of all loads. The advantages and disadvantages, listed below, accrue from both the ACTES concept and the incorporation of district solar heating. 1.2.1 Advantages The collector area can be red |
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Annual-Cycle Thermal Energy Storage for a Community Solar System: Details of a Sensitivity Analysis $23.99 New – Original publisher: Golden, Colo.: Solar Energy Research Institute, [1980] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)697613376 Subject: Heat storage — Economic aspects. Excerpt: …TR-575 /. =: = III.II-..: .—————————– —-”-” ‘–”-5- cooling loads allow for the design of solar systems that meet 100 % of all loads. The advantages and disadvantages, listed below, accrue from both the ACTES concept and the incorporation of district solar heating. 1.2.1 Advantages The collector area can be redu |
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Annual-Cycle Thermal Energy Storage for a Community Solar System: Details of a Sensitivity Analysis $23.99 Used – Original publisher: Golden, Colo.: Solar Energy Research Institute, [1980] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)697613376 Subject: Heat storage — Economic aspects. Excerpt: …TR-575 /. =: = III.II-..: .—————————– —-”-” ‘–”-5- cooling loads allow for the design of solar systems that meet 100 % of all loads. The advantages and disadvantages, listed below, accrue from both the ACTES concept and the incorporation of district solar heating. 1.2.1 Advantages The collector area can be red |
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Annual-Cycle Thermal Energy Storage for a Community Solar System: Details of a Sensitivity Analysis $15.72 New – Original publisher: Golden, Colo.: Solar Energy Research Institute, [1980] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)697613376 Subject: Heat storage — Economic aspects. Excerpt: …TR-575 /. =: = III.II-..: .—————————– —-”-” ‘–”-5- cooling loads allow for the design of solar systems that meet 100 % of all loads. The advantages and disadvantages, listed below, accrue from both the ACTES concept and the incorporation of district solar heating. 1.2.1 Advantages The collector area can be redu |
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Energy at Work: Solar Energy $26.65 Introduces the history, uses, production, advantages and disadvantages, and future of solar energy as a power resource. |
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Future Energy $123.67 Used – Our world is in crisis–the burning of our dwindling supply of fossil fuels causes pollution, contributes to climate change, and makes energy prices skyrocket. This six-book series examines the current energy crisis, and explores how a combination of technologies can supply our energy-hungry society with the fuel it needs. Readers will come to undertand the advantages and disadvantages of key alternative energy sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, and waterpower. Readers will also lea |
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Future Energy $307.95 New – Our world is in crisis–the burning of our dwindling supply of fossil fuels causes pollution, contributes to climate change, and makes energy prices skyrocket. This six-book series examines the current energy crisis, and explores how a combination of technologies can supply our energy-hungry society with the fuel it needs. Readers will come to undertand the advantages and disadvantages of key alternative energy sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, and waterpower. Readers will also lear |
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Future Energy $185.69 Used – Our world is in crisis–the burning of our dwindling supply of fossil fuels causes pollution, contributes to climate change, and makes energy prices skyrocket. This six-book series examines the current energy crisis, and explores how a combination of technologies can supply our energy-hungry society with the fuel it needs. Readers will come to undertand the advantages and disadvantages of key alternative energy sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, and waterpower. Readers will also lea |
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Future Energy $197.36 New – Our world is in crisis–the burning of our dwindling supply of fossil fuels causes pollution, contributes to climate change, and makes energy prices skyrocket. This six-book series examines the current energy crisis, and explores how a combination of technologies can supply our energy-hungry society with the fuel it needs. Readers will come to undertand the advantages and disadvantages of key alternative energy sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, and waterpower. Readers will also lear |
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Natural Home Heating $7.32 Natural Home Heating is the first comprehensive guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources. Greg Pahl offers a well-organized, easy-to-understand tour of all available home-heating options, including traditional oil and gas furnaces, wood stoves and masonry heaters, active and passive solar systems, and heat pumps. Included is everything you need to know about the fuels, systems, technologies, costs, and advantages and disadvantages of each option. Pahl teaches homeowners how to retrofit existing heating systems and choose renewable replacements, or design an entirely new house that can be heated comfortably with minimal environmental and financial impact. Consider: – 95% of American homes are heated with fossil fuels. – Oil and gas prices are up by more than 20% as supplies dwindle and sources become less reliable. – Home heating costs could double or even triple in the event of a fuel crisis. – The fossil fuel economy is unsustainable. – There are viable, clean, healthy, and afford able home heating alternatives! Learn how to burn environmentally friendly bio-diesel fuels, not just in your car, but in your furnace. Find out how a ground-source heat pump works and why it can achieve 400% heating efficiency. Discover what it takes to make burning wood truly sustainable. Natural Home Heating explains all these details and more, making it unique in the marketplace. |
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Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options $6.98 New – Natural Home Heating is the first comprehensive guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources. Greg Pahl offers a well-organized, easy-to-understand tour of all available home-heating options, including traditional oil and gas furnaces, wood stoves and masonry heaters, active and passive solar systems, and heat pumps. Included is everything you need to know about the fuels, systems, technologies, costs, and advantages and disadvantages of each option. Pahl teaches homeowners how |
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Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options $8.74 New – Natural Home Heating is the first comprehensive guide to heating your home with renewable energy sources. Greg Pahl offers a well-organized, easy-to-understand tour of all available home-heating options, including traditional oil and gas furnaces, wood stoves and masonry heaters, active and passive solar systems, and heat pumps. Included is everything you need to know about the fuels, systems, technologies, costs, and advantages and disadvantages of each option. Pahl teaches homeowners how |
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Power Stations $32.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Environmental Concerns With Electricity Generation, Power Station, Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Systems, List of Power Stations in China, List of Power Stations in Sri Lanka, Naharayim, Pulverized Coal-Fired Boiler, Coal-Fired Power Station, Dirty Thirty, Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants, Í Botni, Forced Outage Rate. Excerpt: Modern technology uses large amounts of electrical power. This is normally generated at power plants which convert some other kind of energy into electrical power. Each such system has advantages and disadvantages, but many of them pose environmental concerns. The efficiency of some of these systems can be improved by cogeneration (combined heat and power) methods. Process steam can be extracted from steam turbines. Waste heat produced by thermal generating stations can be used for space heating of nearby buildings. By combining electric power production and heating, less fuel is consumed, thereby reducing the environmental effects compared with separate heat and power systems. Carbon dioxide gas emissions given by source. Lower greenhouse gas emissions are typically desired in new power stations. The amount of water usage is often of great concern for electricity generating systems as populations increase and droughts become a concern. Still, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, thermoelectric power generation accounts for only 3.3 percent of net freshwater consumption with over 80 percent going to irrigation. General numbers for fresh water usage of different power sources are shown below. All thermal cycle plants (nuclear, coal, NG, solar thermal) require a great deal of water for condensing, and the amount of water needed will be reduced with increasing boiler temperatures. Coal, being able to burn at high tem… More: |
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Renewable Energy Technologies: Their Applications in Developing Countries, Xpub. by Intermed Tech UK $92.8 Used – A detailed survey of the main areas of bio-energy and biomass, solar energy and hydro, wind and water power. The authors address the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy technologies and their appropriateness, together with their socio-economic and environmental implications. |
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Renewable Energy Technologies: Their Applications in Developing Countries, Xpub. by Intermed Tech UK $51.9 Used – A detailed survey of the main areas of bio-energy and biomass, solar energy and hydro, wind and water power. The authors address the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy technologies and their appropriateness, together with their socio-economic and environmental implications. |
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Roof Cooling Techniques $108.28 Natural heating and cooling of buildings helps to improve energy efficiency in the built environment. This book considers the principles of roof design and specific systems and cooling techniques. The authors explain the fundamental principles of roof cooling and describe in detail the relevant components, applications, built precedents, recent experimental work and key design considerations. Specific systems and techniques are examined, including the main advantages and disadvantages of each strategy.Environmental functions are considered in terms of protective strategies and selective strategies. Protective strategies include solar control, thermal insulation, heat storage and thermal inertia. Selective strategies include radiative, evaporative and convective cooling and planting of roofs. Traditional and current roof construction practices are described, exemplified by case studies from across Europe. Including a free CD-ROM with software that enables readers to evaluate their own designs, this book will be invaluable for architects and engineers who wish to create buildings that are more energy-efficient. |
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Roof Cooling Techniques: A Design Handbook $32.45 * Presents a thorough treatment of roof cooling techniques, facilitating research, design and installation* Covers principles of roof design (environmental function and construction methods) and specific systems and cooling techniques* Includes a free CD-ROM, enabling readers to evaluate their own designsNatural heating and cooling of buildings helps to improve energy efficiency in the built environment. This book considers the principles of roof design and specific systems and cooling techniques.Environmental function is considered in terms of protective strategies (solar control, thermal insulation, heat storage and thermal inertia) and selective strategies (radiative, evaporative, and convective cooling and planting of roofs). Traditional and current roof construction practices are described, with various European case studies. Cooling techniques examined include roof ponds, cooling radiators, planted (green) roofs and roof components, presenting fundamental principles, the systems and components employed, advantages and disadvantages, application types, built precedents, recent experimental work (where applicable) and key design considerations.Also included are two appendices, the first detailing mathematical models suitable for designing water ponds, radiators, cooling panels and planted roofs; the second outlining the software used to implement the models. |
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Seawater Desalination: Conventional and Renewable Energy Processes $109.99 A growing proportion of the world’s population is dependent on Seawater Desalination as a source of fresh water for both potable and civil use. One of the main drawbacks of conventional desalination technologies is the substantial energy requirement, which is facing cost increases in the global energy market. “Seawater Desalination” presents an overview of conventional and non-conventional technologies, with a particular focus on the coupling of renewable energies with desalination processes.The first section of this book presents, in a technical but reader-friendly way, an overview of currently-used desalination processes, from thermal to membrane processes, highlighting the relevant technical features, advantages and disadvantages, and development potential. It also gives a rapid insight into the economic aspects of fresh water production from seawater.The second section of the book presents novel processes which use Renewable Energies for fresh water production. From the first solar still evaporators, which artificially reproduced the natural cycle of water, technology has progressed to develop complex systems to harness energy from the sun, wind, tides, waves, etc. and then to use this energy to power conventional or novel desalination processes. Most of these processes are still at a preliminary stage of development, but some are already being cited as examples in remote areas, where they are proving to be valuable in solving the problems of water scarcity.A rapid growth in these technologies is foreseen in the coming years. This book provides a unique foundation, within the context of present and future sustainability, for professionals, technicians, managers, and private and public institutions operating in the area of fresh water supply. |
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Solar Energy(oop) $5.67 Used – Discusses the history, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of solar energy and examines recent advances in that field. |
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Solar Energy(oop) $1.89 Used – Discusses the history, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of solar energy and examines recent advances in that field. |
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Solar Energy(oop) $66.59 New – Discusses the history, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of solar energy and examines recent advances in that field. |
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Solar Energy(oop) $46.42 New – Discusses the history, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of solar energy and examines recent advances in that field. |
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Solar Energy(oop) $66.59 New – Discusses the history, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of solar energy and examines recent advances in that field. |
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Sustainable Energy Systems in Architectural Design: A Blueprint for Green Design $75 ” … The clearest, most concise, and easily understood treatment of a technology whose time has definitely come.” — Mary Olson Kanian, Environmental and Botanical ScientistROAD MAP TO SYSTEMS THAT SPARE THE ENVIRONMENT — AND THE BOTTOM LINERight on time for tackling skyrocketing energy costs, this easy-to-use guide from a top U.S. expert provides the first complete guide to sustainable energy systems for a variety of buildings.THE RIGHT SYSTEM FOR ANY PROJECT — Public, Commercial, Industrial, or ResidentialProviding the tools needed, Peter Gevorkian simplifies the challenges of comparing systems, projecting costs, designing efficient systems for any building type, benefiting from incentives and rebates, and installing systems. With a format that emphasizes photographs, charts, and diagrams to show rather than tell the story, Sustainable Energy Systems in Architectural Design provides:The only all-in-one independent resource for understanding, designing, and installing renewable energy systemsPractical, workable solutions for a variety of building types, with real-life examplesPlentiful charts, tables, and diagrams for at-a-glance answersA plain-English presentation that clarifies technical concepts and data, with extensive use of concise, easy-to-follow bulleted textEasy-to-use charts comparing advantages and disadvantages of each system for various projectsStrategies for transitioning pre-existing buildings to solar power and other forms of renewable energyForms for getting special funding opportunities and rebatesRenewable energy conversion tablesManufacturing and consulting resourcesPhoto gallery of successful renewable energy projectsGlossaryA practical guide that clearly and expertly contrasts technologies, manufacturing processes, costs, and installation data for all types of renewable energy systems, Sustainable Energy Systems in Architectural |
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The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis $21.95 In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Al Gore’s summer blockbuster An Inconvenient Truth, and crude oil prices soaring to all-time highs, more people than ever know the truth about our oil addiction. Global warming is here. M. King Hubbert’s oil peak is fast approaching (or may already have arrived). The secret’s out: fossil fuel reserves are dwindling and popular interest has created the need for accessible, realistic solutions. The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook, a clear-eyed view of the critical situation we face, offers ways out. Greg Pahl examines energy technologies currently available and homes in on renewable energy strategies that can be adopted by individuals and communities. Such cooperative initiatives have been common in Europe for years and are beginning to gain a foothold in the US. Each chapter focuses on a different renewable energy category–solar, wind, water, biomass, liquid biofuels, and geothermal–then reviews their advantages and disadvantages and desccribes numerous examples of successful, proven local initiatives. The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook is an eloquent appeal for community and regional action to initiate an array of solutions to energy needs until now controlled by large, distant utilities and consortiums. It is time to take back control of the energy and environmental challenges ahead; this book will help people do just that. It is a handbook for anyone ready to take the first steps towards a more sustainable future. |
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Window Design Strategies To Conserve Energy $19.99 A multitude of design strategies are available to achieve energy-efficient windows. Opportunities for improving window performance fall into six groups: site, exterior appendages, frame, glazing, interior accessories, and building interior. Design strategies within these groups can improve one or more of the six energy functions of windows: solar heating, daylighting, shading, insulation, air tightness, and ventilation. Included in this report are 33 strategies; an explanation of the physical phenomena responsible for each strategy’s energy performance, summarized energy and non-energy advantages and disadvantages; aesthetic considerations; cost approximations; example installations, laboratory studies, or calculations by the authors; and references. Intended readers include professional designers, lessees and owners of commercial space, home buyers and owners, window component manufacturers, and researchers. The report’s purpose is to draw attention to the wide range of options currently available to conserve energy with windows. |