Introduction To Energy And Sustainability - Joseph A. Pratt

Offers A Comprehensive Review Of The Currently Existing Energy Production And Consumption Technologies Offering Unique Perspectives From One Social And One Natural Scientist And Combining Them With The View Of An Industry Expert, This Book Covers Definitions And Ways Of Quantifying Energy And Sustainability, And Examines Today?s Energy Production And Consumption Technologies?paying Particular Attention To The Environmental, Historic, And Regulatory Aspects Of Each Introduced Energy Technology. It Also Deals With Alternative And Future Energy Technologies, As Well As Examples Of Sustainable Approaches To Everyday Issues Of Transportation, Urban Planning, And Home Construction. Introduction To Energy And Sustainability Starts With A Section On Introductory Concepts And Covers Such Things As The History Of Our Relationship With Energy; Defining And Quantifying Both Energy And Sustainability; Flows And Conversions Of Energy And Matter; And The Laws Of Thermodynamics Energy Production Today.