All change please! - challenges and opportunities of the energy transition

All change please! - challenges and opportunities of the energy transition
Author: Andreas Stefansky
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2022-01-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3888384346

The annual meeting of the ARLs Junges Forum forum for young professionals on 6-8 October 2016 in Leipzig addressed various aspects of the energy transition-when, where, how and why? In presentations and discussion groups, they considered not only technical, legal and planning aspects related to infrastructure expansion and the management and structuring of the energy transition, but also its significance for spatial development. The focus of the annual meeting was selected in view of the current importance of the issue. The transition is a process intended to ensure a safe, environmentally friendly and economically successful future and as such involves a broad spectrum of social, planning and scientific challenges and opportunities that require more in-depth consideration and analysis. The following questions thus provided the starting points for the presentations: What are the key action areas for the implementation of the energy transition? How will the cities and the countryside of the future look? How do the various actors behave and how do they react to different technologies? Where and why do conflicts and competition emerge and how can resistance and acceptance be dealt with? These key questions were the focus of the annual meeting and informed the following themes: How smart is the city of the future? Pole position for new form: of mobility and We say no! - public protest in the energy transition.

Constance

Constance
Author: Joseph Zigmond
Publisher: Black Spot Books
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2023-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1911648578

Luminous and full of longing, Constance is a novel of teenage fragility, male blindness and everyday complicity. In the summer of 2006, a chance encounter on the London Underground finds eighteen-year-old Ali tagging along with a school friend and a mysterious girl to a club. The girl is Cece, and she seems to be everything Ali is not. For one night he is transfixed and transformed into someone who might belong. All he knows is he will remember it forever. In 2064, Ali takes his final flight out of the UK to Morocco, in a world upturned by climate collapse. He has a wife and a daughter, reasons to return. Yet Ali is willing to abandon everything to find Cece again, finally to recapture that long summer night when he was young, and to understand how the actions taken – and not taken – have changed all their lives.

The Will to Change

The Will to Change
Author: bell hooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2004-01-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0743480333

From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, a timelessly necessary treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all, with a new introduction by poet Ross Gay. Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men. Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are. With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (BuzzFeed).

The Impact of Change Orders on Mechanical Construction Labor Efficiency

The Impact of Change Orders on Mechanical Construction Labor Efficiency
Author: Paul Joseph Vandenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1996
Genre: Construction industry
ISBN:

Change orders impact many areas of construction projects. However, the impacts that change orders have on labor efficiency are much harder to quantify and are, therefore, a significant risk to contractors. Little research has been completed in the past quantifying these impacts so that disputes are common between owners and contractors regarding the actual cost of change. This study uses data from 43 projects, 27 impacted by changes and 16 not impacted by changes, to develop a linear regression model that predicts the impact on labor efficiency. The input factors needed for the model are: (1) Total Actual Project Hours, (2) Total Estimated Change Hours, (3) Impact Classification, and (4) Timing of Change. Timing of Change is calculated by breaking the project schedule down into six periods (i.e., changes before construction start, 0 - 20%, 20 - 40%, 40 - 60%A, 60 - 80%, and 80 - 100%), listing the percentage of change that occurred in each period, and calculating a weighted timing factor. The model calculates the labor loss or gain in efficiency for a particular project so that owners and contractors will better understand the true change impact on labor efficiency. Significant results have been found in hypothesis testing. The results show that impacted projects have larger amounts of change, have a larger decrease in labor efficiency, and are more impacted by change that occurs later in the project schedule. These results appear to be consistent with the intuitive judgement of industry professionals. The research is limited to the mechanical trade, but does include specific work in plumbing, HVAC, process piping, and fire protection.

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision
Author: Keith Lowe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743423526

Andy must travel through every tube station in London in a single day to retrieve the Eurostar tickets he needs to get to his wedding in Paris.

Please Step Forward. You Are About To Change!

Please Step Forward. You Are About To Change!
Author: Sahil Sharma
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2012-05-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1105789101

This book acts as a reminder based on practical experiences and understanding of something that we move continuously in our lives with, called change & something that we fear to take, that is, the first step. It is about understanding ourselves clearly & others in the process of making a way from where we are, & where we want to be. You get to know about breaking open the barriers that hold us back from making progress in life & how to conquer them. You get quick insights on how you can lead in life and climb the ladder of success. Written with absolute simplicity, this book will act as a tool of understanding & finding solutions pointing towards the better side of your existence.

新英语教程

新英语教程
Author:
Publisher: 清华大学出版社有限公司
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN: 9787302117445

本书包括16个单元,2个听力测验和附录。每个单元分三个部分:第一部分由引导练习、听力练习和口语练习组成,练习对某一语言功能或话题进行听说技能训练;第二部分是第一部分的延伸,为学生提供更多的同一功能和话题的听说技能训练;第三部分是听写训练。

Obsolete

Obsolete
Author: Chris Baker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2024-10-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1399416642

The world needs changing – that much is clear. But how best to do it? Change how you vote? Get out and protest? Have an argument? The fact is that the power sits in your pocket. Changing how we spend our money has more potential to change the world than almost anything else we can do with our time on this planet. Consumer spending accounts for over 60% of GDP across the world and it will hit a staggering $77 trillion a year by 2029. But the vast majority of this money currently goes to businesses that are fuelling problems, through their packaging, formulations and practices, the same companies making huge profits and resisting change. But if we moved just 1% of spending to brands that are making a positive impact on our planet, this would amount to $700 billion every year. And the good news is that it's already happening. A rising tide of 'Change Brands' are emerging across the world and acting as powerful catalysts to tackle some of the biggest problems facing humanity. These Change Brands, such as Tony's Chocolonely, Oatly, Vinted, and Liquid Death, are putting legacy brands under pressure by winning consumers' hearts, minds and their spending. As this movement gathers pace, many legacy brands and business models will be in danger of becoming obsolete in the next decade if they don't radically reconsider how they do things. Chris Baker explains why one of the best ways to change the world is to create a brand and provides clear steps on how to accomplish this. The book includes guidance to help legacy brands introduce Change Brand thinking into their own business and provides unique insight from within big companies battling to come to terms with a changing world via a secret agent on the inside, 'Agent Change'.

The Latte Years

The Latte Years
Author: Philippa Moore
Publisher: Black Inc.
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1925203697

At twenty-four Philippa Moore is overweight, unhappily married, and still living in her hometown of Hobart, Tasmania. After a wake-up call in a department-store changing room, Phil suddenly realises that she is on the wrong path. With determination she starts to shed the kilos, and makes a confronting discovery: she is in charge of her own life. Starting over again in Melbourne, she launches an award-winning health and fitness blog, Skinny Latte, and finds the courage to leave her marriage. She then sets out on an international odyssey, travelling the length and breadth of North America and throwing herself into every new experience she encounters. An intuitive friend predicts that true love is in her future but, still scarred from her failed relationship, she can scarcely bring herself to believe it. When she arrives in London, though, she finds the life she has always been looking for, coming to realise that excuses for not doing the things you dream of doing are just that: excuses. The Latte Years is the brave story of a life restarted, of the battles still to be won once the ‘after’ photo has been taken. Told with humour, insight and a great deal of coffee, it shows that we have the power to change anything, and inspires us to live our best, most authentic life. Philippa Moore is a writer, editor and award-winning blogger who has held a lifelong fascination with language and stories. Her writing has been published widely and she also hosts a popular podcast, Book Ends, featuring interviews with leading contemporary writers. She was the author of the award-winning health and fitness blog, Skinny Latte Strikes Back, which was one of the UK’s most popular health and fitness blogs. Philippa now lives in North London with her husband Tom and many pairs of running shoes.