Urban Energy Transition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power
This compendium of 29 chapters from 18 countries contains both fundamental and advanced insight into the inevitable shift from cities dominated by the fossil-fuel systems of the industrial age to a renewable-energy based urban development framework. The cross-disciplinary handbook covers a range of diverse yet relevant topics, including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; energy poverty...
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This compendium of 29 chapters from 18 countries contains both fundamental and advanced insight into the inevitable shift from cities dominated by the fossil-fuel systems of the industrial age to a renewable-energy based urban development framework. The cross-disciplinary handbook covers a range of diverse yet relevant topics, including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; energy poverty alleviation efforts; renewable community support networks; aspects of household level bio-fuel markets; urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives; innovations in individual transport systems; global urban mobility trends; implications of intelligent energy networks and distributed energy supply and storage; and the case for new regional monetary systems and lifestyles. Presented are practical and principled aspects of technology, economics, design, culture and society, presenting perspectives that are both local and international in scope and relevance.
Urban Energy Transition: An Introduction Peter Droege 1Principles and DriversSolar City: Reconnecting Energy Generation and Use to the Technical and Social Logic of Solar Energy Hermann Scheer 17Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint John Byrne Lado Kurdgelashvili Kristen Hughes 27Urbanization, Increasing Wealth and Energy Transitions: Comparing Experiences between the USA, Japan and Rapidly Developing Asia-Pacific Economies Peter J. Marcotullio Niels B. Schulz 55Direct versus Embodied Energy - The Need for Urban Lifestyle Transitions Manfred Lenzen Richard Wood Barney Foran 91Energy Development and Sustainable Monetary Systems Shann Turnbull 121Policy and Practice DynamicsRenewable Energy Policymaking in New York and London: Lessons for other 'World Cities'? Stephen A. Hammer 143Climate Change and Cities: The Making of a Climate Friendly Future Shobhakar Dhakal 173City Energy Networking in Europe Marco Keiner Arley Kim 193Energy Use and CO[subscript 2] Production in the Urban Passenger Transport Systems of 84 International Cities: Findings and Policy Implications Jeffrey R. Kenworthy 211New Aspects of TechnologyStorage Systems for Reliable Future Power Supply Networks Dirk Uwe Sauer 239The Media Laboratory City Car: A New Approach to Sustainable Urban Mobility William J. Mitchell Ryan Chin Andres Sevtsuk 267Towards the Intelligent Grid: A Review of the Literature John Gardner Peta Ashworth 283Innovations Promote Rural and Peri-Urban Electrification in Developing Countries Nancy E. Wimmer 309Transforming the Built EnvironmentTowards the Renewable Built Environment Federico Butera 329Counteracting Urban Heat Islands in Japan Toshiaki Ichinose Futoshi Matsumoto Kumi Kataoka 365Ecodesign and the Transition of the Built Environment Ken Yeang 381"Energy-Contracting" to Achieve Energy Efficiency and Renewables using Comprehensive Refurbishment of Buildings as an Example Jan W. Bleyl-Androschin Daniel Schinnerl 387Sustainability on the Urban Scale: Green Urbanism - New Models for Urban Growth and Neighbourhoods Steffen Lehmann 409International Urban AgendasBarcelona and the Power of Solar Ordinances: Political Will, Capacity Building and People's Participation Josep Puig 433Reducing Carbon Emissions in London: From Theory to Practice A.R. Day C. Dunham P.G. Jones L. Hinojosa A. Dunsdon P. Ogumka 451Urban Energy and Carbon Management in Leicester Peter Webber Paul Fleming 475Reducing Carbon Emissions From Oxford City: Plans and Tools Rajat Gupta 491Integrating Energy in Urban Planning in the Philippines and Vietnam Jessie L. Todoc 507Sustainable Energy Systems and the Urban Poor: Nigeria, Brazil and the Philippines Joy Clancy Olu Maduka Feri Lumampao 533Energy Planning in South African cities Mark Borchers Megan Euston-Brown Leila Mahomed 563Household Markets for Ethanol - Prospects for Ethiopia Erin Laurell Boyd 585Freedom from Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power: The Scope for Local Solutions in the United States Tam Hunt 619Lagos, Nigeria: Sustainable Energy Technologies for an Emerging African Megacity Richard Ingwe Eugene J. Aniah Judith Otu 631Index 647
