Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Principles, approaches and methodologies for an ambiguous benchmark /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jenssen, Till. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Renewable energy sources.; Environmental economics.; Energy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5137-1

Differing interpretations, perspectives and expectations on the term sustainability exist. To take sustainability as an action guiding mandate for implementation, it needs to be concrete and measurable and it should weigh pros and cons. But how can such an integrated measurement in the field of rene...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Choosing sustainability?
• 2.Renewable Energy: Resources and Technologies
• 3.Multi-criteria decision analysis of renewable heating supply technologies in Germany
• 4.Ecological footprint:� the example of Gauteng region
• 5.Social Costs of on-shore wind energy in Europe
• 6.Guard rails for bioenergy in developed and developing countries
• 7.The normative-functional concept of sustainability and the question of indicator weights
• 8.A Kaleidoscope of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.