Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development

Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development
Author: Volker Mauerhofer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319260219

This book addresses legal aspects of sustainable development and offers the latest thinking on a wide range of current themes. By taking a cross-cutting approach, it adds considerably to the exploration of this emerging scientific field. Twenty-nine original contributions present innovative thoughts and replicable ideas from this exciting, new area, which will be of value to practitioners and researchers alike.These contributions are allocated into a horizontal and sectorial part. The section covering horizontal policies has five sub-parts: 1) general aspects; 2) human and intellectual property rights; 3) communication and social enterprise governance; 4) public participation and 5) assessment tools. The second part on sectorial policies also has five sub-parts: 1) forest and water management; 2) renewable energy; 3) cities, waste and material management; 4) biodiversity, nature conservation, oceans and spatial planning and 5) agriculture and rural policy. It offers a multifaceted discussion of sustainable development and law by authors from five continents and from both the public and the private sectors. This selection guarantees a broad view that presents the more theoretical arguments from the academic as well as the practical perspective. Furthermore, the authorship includes senior, highly experienced academics and practitioners as well as those at the start of their career. This ensures thoughtful expansions of established theories as well as the emergence of innovative ideas. Moreover, the ten sub-parts bring together likeminded thoughts, resulting in an exchange of different viewpoints on a similar theme. This allows the readers to concentrate on individual chapters, while at the same time discovering a variety of thoughts and ideas.

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) for Distributed Supply Networks

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) for Distributed Supply Networks
Author: Enrique-Luis Molina-Ibáñez
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2023-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031347730

This book explores the potential of magnetic superconductors in storage systems, specifically focusing on superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems and using the Spanish electricity system, controlled by Red Eléctrica de España (REE), as an example. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic costs associated with the manufacture and maintenance of SMES systems, as well as a regulatory analysis for their implementation in the complex Spanish electrical system. The analysis also compares this system with the regulations of other countries, providing a comprehensive case study. The book examines the possible economic and environmental benefits of using magnetic superconductors in electrical systems and provides a technical study of the use of these systems in hybrid storage systems that complement each other to optimize network performance. The study is conducted from the perspective of new distribution networks, distributed generation, and the concepts of the smart city. The book also explores potential applications and developments, such as electric vehicles. Overall, this book offers an insightful and comprehensive analysis of the potential of magnetic superconductors in storage systems. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers interested in the future of energy storage systems

Making Renewable Electricity Policy in Spain

Making Renewable Electricity Policy in Spain
Author: John S. Duffield
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030756416

This book examines the politics of renewable electricity policy in democratic Spain. It provides the first comprehensive political analysis of how and why successive Spanish governments have increased or reduced support for renewable power, especially wind and solar. In particular, it identifies the key influences that have been brought to bear on decision making by the core executive as it has sought to determine the appropriate role of renewable sources in the country’s electricity mix. Following the introduction, four chapters chart the dramatic rise, fall, and, most recently, renewed rise in support for utility-scale renewable power, from the early 1980s to the present. Another chapter details the decade-long political struggle over the regulation of small-scale distributed renewable electricity generation. The penultimate chapter explores the future prospects for renewable power in Spain, and the final chapter offers an overarching explanation of the patterns of policy outcomes observed.

Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries

Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries
Author: Suzana Tavares da Silva
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2020-02-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000034119

This book presents a comparative analysis of energy efficiency policies in developing countries. Although there is a vast amount of literature available about renewable energy policy and implementation in the developing world, energy efficiency tends to lack attention. This book fills this lacuna by examining the current state of the field and scope for future improvements. Drawing on a wide range of case studies including Brazil, China and Chile, the authors use a comparative approach to examine the policies and programmes being implemented, looking at the existing legal frameworks and regulatory challenges. By showcasing stories of success, as well as barriers to energy efficiency, they highlight the opportunities for increased energy access and efficiency and demonstrate how these opportunities may directly impact on climate change mitigation. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and practitioners with an interest in energy policy and efficiency, climate change and international development.

Whole: 30 Day Whole Food Challenge

Whole: 30 Day Whole Food Challenge
Author: Albert Pino
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2016-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530868391

30 days to a healthier, thinner, more energetic you!Do you want to look your best? Do you want to lose weight while eating some of the most delicious meals you've ever had? Do you want to have a seemingly endless supply of natural energy?If you answered yes to any of these questions, the 30 Day Whole Food Challenge can help you starting today!A complete meal plan - 3 tasty, healthy, whole food meals a day for 30 days!This book contains a complete whole foods 30 day meal plan to promote health, weight loss, energy, and longevity.Each day has three delicious whole food recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as a nutritious vegetable based juice recipe to enjoy with a meal or as a snack between meals.Accept the challenge!Simply start at day 1 and follow the complete meal plan each day until you reach day 30. Complete the whole 30 day challenge and you will lose weight, be healthier, and feel more energetic!Award winning whole food recipesThe delicious award winning recipes in this whole food cookbook treat food as the honest and natural source of nutrition that it is. Most recipes are primarily vegetable based (and with a few substitutions the whole 30 day meal plan could easily be completely vegetarian or vegan). The ingredients are unprocessed and free of the many unpronounceable chemicals that plague modern diets. The recipes are delicious but not overly complex and require no exotic equipment or significant cooking background.A sustainable whole food lifestyle - not a restrictive starvation dietThe whole food diet is not like other diets. It is not based on adhering slavishly to arbitrary rules about consuming certain things at certain times, or writing off entire macro-nutrient groups as off limits. At it's core, the whole food lifestyle embraces a simple philosophy: eat real, healthy food, in its fresh and natural form. No processing, chemicals, or preservatives required.It's called the 30 day whole food challenge, but following the complete whole food 30 day meal plan in this book is actually very easy. It is easy because the recipes are delicious and they will make you feel alive!Do something good for yourself and begin your 30 day whole food diet challenge today. In 30 days, when you have personally seen the difference a clean eating, healthy diet can make in your life, I'm sure you will have no desire to go back to eating processed, calorie-dense, nutrient deficient foods that so many people are slowly killing themselves with in our modern food dystopia. Let this book show you the amazing whole food movement so that you can embrace a new and improved you in only 30 days!Start today and enjoy all the benefits that come with making the whole food diet a whole food lifestyle!

Heat Pump Controls to Exploit the Energy Flexibility of Building Thermal Loads

Heat Pump Controls to Exploit the Energy Flexibility of Building Thermal Loads
Author: Thibault Péan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030634299

This book describes different control strategies adapted to heat pumps, at the purpose of increasing energy flexibility in buildings. It reports on the development of both simple rule-based controls (RBC) and advanced model predictive controls (MPC). These are tested and compared in both simulation and experimental setups. The book analyzes in detail all the different steps, including the development and tuning of the controllers, their testing in experimental settings and simulation studies. Bridging between advanced control systems theory concepts and practical needs, and discussing the advantages and main challenges of MPC and RBC controllers in terms of efficiency of heat pump operation, electricity prices, emission values, and users’ comfort, this book offers an in-depth evaluation of innovative control strategies applied to energy demand management in buildings.

Economia e energia, secc. XIII-XVIII

Economia e energia, secc. XIII-XVIII
Author: Istituto internazionale di storia economica F. Datini. Settimana di studio
Publisher: Mondadori Education
Total Pages: 1070
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
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