Description: Peter Newton, PhD FASSA, is Research Professor in the Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. Deo Prasad, PhD AO FTSE is Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Alistair Sproul, PhD, is Professor and Head of School of Photovaltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Stephen White, PhD, is Energy Efficiency Domain Leader in the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. 1. Pathways to Low Carbon Living.- Part 1: Energy Transition2. Energy futures for Australia.- 3. Rooftop photovoltaics: distributed renewable energy and storage (or low cost PV changes everything).- 4. Community owned renewable energy: enabling the transition towards renewable energy?.- 5. Unlocking the benefits of vehicle electrification.- 6. Decarbonising household energy use: the smart meter revolution and beyond.- Part 2: Transition to Zero Carbon Buildings.- 7. Assessing embodied greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment.- 8. Transitioning to net zero energy homes: learnings from the CRC's high performance housing Living Laboratories.- 9. Decarbonising commercial buildings.- 10. The trajectory to a net zero emission built environment: the role of policy and regulation.- Part 3: Regenerating Urban Precincts and Cities.- 11. Sustainable precincts: transforming Australian cities one neighbourhood at a time.- 12. Development of low carbon urban forms: concepts, tools and scenarios.- 13. Health and the compact city.- 14. Low carbon urban mobility.- 15. Integrated urban water systems.- 16. Energy benchmarking for efficient, lower carbon wastewater treatment operations in Australia.- 17. Toward low carbon urban metabolism: the impact of eliminating food waste.- 18. Urban heat island mitigation for overheating and local climate change.- 19. Performance of urban precincts: towards integrated assessment.- Part 4: Human Factors in Low Carbon Living.- 20. Consumer responses to rating tools and residential energy efficiency disclosure.- 21. The Low Carbon Readiness Index.- 22. A social psychological guide for transformation into low carbon living.- 23. Shifting domestic energy consumption through a holistic understanding of the home system of practice.- 24. Engaging home renovators: opportunities and challenges for low carbon living.- 25. Sharing advice online: lessons for fostering sustainable homes from online discussion.- 26. Engaging local communities.- Part 5: A Future Perspective.- 27. Visions scenarios and pathways for rapid decarbonisation of Australian cities by 2040.
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EAN: 9789811379390
UPC: 9789811379390
ISBN: 9789811379390
MPN: N/A
Item Length: 21 cm
Number of Pages: 555 Pages
Publication Name: Decarbonising the Built Environment: Charting the Transition
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Item Height: 210 mm
Subject: Sustainability
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 1098 g
Subject Area: Urban Planning
Author: Alistair Sproul, Peter Newton, Deo Prasad, Stephen White
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Hardcover