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Tables of Contents for Sustainability at the Cutting Edge
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
10
The science of climate change
2
3
The impacts of global warming
5
2
What is being done about climate change?
7
4
Solar thermal power
11
18
Solar heating
11
12
Solar thermal electricity
23
3
Solar thermal: the future
26
2
Notes
28
1
Low energy techniques for cooling
29
14
Ground coupling using air
29
1
Ground water/aquifer cooling and warming
30
1
Evaporative cooling
30
4
Phase change cooling
34
1
Daytime operation
35
1
Desiccant dehumidification and evaporative cooling
36
1
Solar-assisted desiccant dehumidification with air-conditioning
37
1
Refrigeration
37
1
Ammonia-absorption cooling
38
2
Thermionic cooling
40
1
Night-time cooling
40
1
Hollow core slab
41
1
Chilled beams and ceiling
42
1
Notes
42
1
Geothermal energy
43
10
Geothermal electricity
43
2
Heat pumps
45
7
Note
52
1
Wind power
53
10
Types of small-scale wind turbine
56
3
Building integrated systems
59
3
Note
62
1
Photovoltaic cells
63
10
Crystalline and amorphous silicon cells
65
1
Dye-based cells
65
1
Monolithic tandem concentrator cells
66
1
Flexible solar panels
66
1
Photovoltaics: cost projections
67
1
Photovoltaics and urban design
68
4
Note
72
1
Fuel cells
73
10
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
75
2
Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC)
77
1
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
77
2
Alkaline fuel cell (AFC)
79
1
Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
79
2
Nuclear
81
1
Notes
81
2
Biogas
83
8
Biogas from anaerobic digestion
84
1
Biogas from farm slurry
85
1
Gasification from biomass
85
1
The process
86
2
Biogas from municipal waste
88
1
Notes
89
2
Micro-power
91
8
Market predictions for micro-power
92
1
Micro-turbines
92
1
Stirling engines
93
4
Note
97
2
Small-scale hydro
99
8
Micro-hydro and developing countries
102
5
Wave and tide
107
8
Point absorbers
107
2
Wave absorbers
109
2
Oscillating water column
111
1
Large-scale tidal energy
112
1
Notes
113
2
Prospects for the energy infrastructure
115
12
Towards a hydrogen economy
118
1
The road ahead
119
1
Hydrogen storage
120
1
Regenerative fuel cell
121
1
Combined heat and power (CHP)
122
1
Barriers to progress
123
1
Conclusion
124
1
Notes
125
2
Materials
127
8
Concrete
127
1
Glass
128
1
Insulation
129
2
Smart materials
131
1
Smart fluids
132
1
Notes
133
2
The photonic revolution
135
6
The light emitting diode (LED)
135
2
Photonics in communication
137
3
Notes
140
1
Building integrated renewable energy: case studies
141
22
Malmo: `city of the future'
141
3
Government training centre, Germany
144
5
Council offices, King's Lynn
149
1
Cambridge USHER project
150
3
Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED)
153
4
BedZED, the energy package
157
2
`Skyzed'
159
2
Notes
161
2
Sustainability on a knife edge
163
10
Globalization
164
3
The population time bomb
167
1
Climate change
168
1
The probable impacts
168
3
Notes
171
2
Index
173