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RECORD NUMBER: 68 OF 1059Main Title | Alternative energy systems in building design / | |||||||||||
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Author | Gevorkian, Peter. | |||||||||||
Publisher | McGraw-Hill, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 318409238 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780071621472 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0071621474 (hbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Electric power systems ; Small power production facilities ; Sustainable buildings ; Building-integrated photovoltaic systems ; Renewable energy sources ; Wind power plants ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Architecture and energy conservation | |||||||||||
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Collation | xix, 522 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "A GreenSource book"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-504) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Global warming : climatic and atmospheric changes -- Energy systems -- Solar power system physics and technologies -- California solar initiative program -- Energy conservation -- Passive solar heating technologies -- Fuel cell technology -- Wind energy technologies -- Ocean energy technologies -- Hydroelectric and micro-hydro turbine power -- Geothermal energy -- Biofuel, biogas, and thermal depolymerization technologies -- Fission- and fusion-type nuclear power -- Air pollution abatement -- Carbon dioxide sequestration and carbon trading economics. |