The Sociology of Energy, Buildings and the Environment

The Sociology of Energy, Buildings and the Environment
Author: Simon Guy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317798341

Bringing the social sciences to the heart of environmental debate, this book demonstrates the relevance of sociological analysis for environmentally critical issues like energy consumption. Focusing on energy efficiency and the built environment, the authors take a critical look at the production and use of technical knowledge and energy-related expertise. Challenging the conventional assumptions of scientists and energy policy-makers, the book outlines a new role for social research and a new paradigm for environmental policy.

Sociology of Interdisciplinarity

Sociology of Interdisciplinarity
Author: Antti Silvast
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2021-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030884554

This Open Access book builds upon Science and Technology Studies (STS) and provides a detailed examination of how large-scale energy research projects have been conceived, and with what consequences for those involved in interdisciplinary research, which has been advocated as the zenith of research practice for many years, quite often in direct response to questions that cannot be answered (or even preliminarily investigated) by disciplines working separately. It produces fresh insights into the lived experiences and actual contents of interdisciplinarity, rather than simply commentating on how it is being explicitly advocated. We present empirical studies on large-scale energy research projects from the United Kingdom, Norway, and Finland. The book presents a new framework, the Sociology of Interdisciplinarity, which unpacks interdisciplinary research in practice. This book will be of interest to all those interested in well-functioning interdisciplinary research systems and the dynamics of doing interdisciplinarity, including real ground-level experiences and institutional interdependencies.

Global Energy Assessment

Global Energy Assessment
Author: Thomas B. Johansson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1885
Release: 2012-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 052118293X

Independent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency
Author: Fereidoon Sioshansi
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0123978874

Energy Efficiency: Towards the End of Demand Growth is a detailed guide to new energy efficiency technologies and policy frameworks affecting the profitability of efficiency projects. The contributions drawn together by F.P. Sioshansi feature insights from recognized thought leaders, detailed examinations of evolving technologies, and practical case studies yielding best practices for project planners, implementers and financiers. This volume challenges the "more is better" paradigm in energy production, examining efficiency technologies and measurement across the supply chain. - Comparative financial analysis of efficiency vs. increased generation - Case studies from four continents highlight the examples of successful technologies and projects - Explains how existing and developing regulatory frameworks impact cost and implementation

Development and Developers

Development and Developers
Author: Simon Guy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1405172169

This book presents for the first time an interdisciplinary view ofproperty development and property developers. Fourteen contributorare brought together here from leading researchers and respectedpractitioners, including property analysts, economists,geographers, planners and sociologists. This rounded picture ofproperty research explores: * the development of quantitative and qualitative researchmethods * theories ranging from mainstream economics to socialconstructivism * the inter-relationships between the economic and the social,and between individuals and organisations and theirenvironments Development and Developers highlights the benefits ofdifferent research approaches and methods, demonstrating how a moreinclusive, multidisciplinary view of property research will connectto wider debates in urban studies.

Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1)

Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1)
Author: Magali Bodart
Publisher: Presses univ. de Louvain
Total Pages: 917
Release: 2011-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 2874632767

This book of Proceedings presents the latest thinking and research in the rapidly evolving world of architecture and sustainable development through 255 selected papers by authors coming from over 60 countries.

Building Futures

Building Futures
Author: Jane Powell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1317379829

A reduction in the energy demand of buildings can make a major contribution to achieving national and international carbon reduction goals, in addition to addressing the interlinked issues of sustainable development, fuel poverty and fuel security. Despite improvements in thermal efficiency, the energy demand of buildings stubbornly remains unchanged, or is only declining slowly, due to the challenges posed by growing populations, the expectations of larger, more comfortable and better equipped living spaces, and an expanding commercial sector. Building Futures offers an interdisciplinary approach to explore this lack of progress, combining technical and social insights into the challenges of designing, constructing and operating new low energy buildings, as well as improving the existing, inefficient, building stock. The twin roles of energy efficiency, which is predominantly concerned with technological solutions, and energy conservation which involves changing peoples’ behaviour, are both explored. The book includes a broad geographical range and scale of case studies from the UK, Europe and further afield, including Passivhaus in Germany and the UK, Dongtan Eco City in China and retrofit houses in Denmark. This book is a valuable resource for students and academics of environmental science and energy-based subjects as well as construction and building management professionals.

Energy and Sustainability VIII

Energy and Sustainability VIII
Author: Tadeu, A.
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 178466345X

Originating from the 8th edition of the Energy and Sustainability conference, the research included in this volume contribute to the increasing amount of interest in renewable energy resources and the search for maintainable energy policies. Energy production and distribution need to respond to the modern world’s dependency on conventional fuels.

Thinking Like a Climate

Thinking Like a Climate
Author: Hannah Knox
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2020-08-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1478012404

In Thinking Like a Climate Hannah Knox confronts the challenges that climate change poses to knowledge production and modern politics. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among policy makers, politicians, activists, scholars, and the public in Manchester, England—birthplace of the Industrial Revolution—Knox explores the city's strategies for understanding and responding to deteriorating environmental conditions. Climate science, Knox argues, frames climate change as a very particular kind of social problem that confronts the limits of administrative and bureaucratic techniques of knowing people, places, and things. Exceeding these limits requires forging new modes of relating to climate in ways that reimagine the social in climatological terms. Knox contends that the day-to-day work of crafting and implementing climate policy and translating climate knowledge into the work of governance demonstrates that local responses to climate change can be scaled up to effect change on a global scale.