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Canada and climate change
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ISBN: 0228009863 0228009855 9780228009856 9780228009863 9780228009160 Year: 2022 Publisher: Montreal Kingston London Chicago

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Canada has committed to producing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Canadian citizens need to understand why our most distinguished climate scientists and our senior political leaders think that we must meet this target. Canada and Climate Change explains the importance of policies that will ensure we meet the net-zero emissions target.


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Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2021)
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ISBN: 3036560645 3036560637 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book contains collections of selected articles presented at the SDEWES2021 conference and subsequently published in a special issue of Sustainability. The book provides state-of-the-art research, overviewing practices in sustainable development, energy, water and environment systems, as well as their uses and applications. Focus is given to waste management; higher biomass production; biorefineries; bio-digital interface and microbial fuel cells; energy and cost reduction in the building sector; and the economic impact of sustainability.


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Driving Sustainability through Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of realizing sustainability across the triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic development remains an urgent priority. If anything, it is now imperative that we work towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the global challenges are significant. Many of the societal challenges represent complex problems that require multifaceted solutions drawing on multidisciplinary approaches.Engineering management involves the management of people and projects related to technological or engineering systems—this includes project management, engineering economy and technology management, as well as the management and leadership of teams. Systems engineering involves the design, integration and management of complex systems over the full life cycle—this includes requirements capture and integrated system design, as well as modelling and simulation. In addition to the theoretical underpinnings of both disciplines, they also provide a range of tools and techniques that can be used to address technological and organisational complexity. The disciplines of engineering management and systems engineering are therefore ideally suited to help tackle both the challenges and the opportunities associated with realising a sustainable future for all.This book provides new insights on how engineering management and systems engineering can be utilised as part of the journey towards sustainability. The book includes a discussion of a broad range of different approaches to investigate sustainability through utilising quantitative, qualitative and conceptual methodologies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students focused on the field of sustainability as well as practitioners concerned with devising strategies for sustainable development.


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Sustainability matters : prospects for a just transition in Calgary, Canada's petro-city
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ISBN: 1773852507 1773852485 Year: 2021 Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press,

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Calgary, Alberta is a culturally diverse urban metropolis. Sprawling and car-dependent, fast-growing and affluent, it is dominated by the fossil fuel industry. For 30 years, Calgary has struggled to turn sustainability rhetoric into reality.Sustainability Matters is the story of Calgary’s setbacks and successes on the path toward sustainability. Chronicling two decades of public conversations, political debate, urban policy and planning, and scholarly discovery, it is both a fascinating case study and an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of urban sustainability. A clear-eyed view of the struggles of turning knowledge into action, this book illuminates the places where theory and reality converge and presents an approach to municipal development, planning, and governance that takes seriously the urgent need to address climate change and injustice.Addressing a wide variety of topics and themes, including energy, diversity, economic development, and ecological health, Sustainability Matters is both a critique of current practice and a vision for the future that uses the city of Calgary as a microcosm to address issues faced by cities around the world. This is essential reading not only for every Calgarian working for a vibrant and sustainable future, but for all those interested in in the future of cities in a post-carbon world.


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Empowering Communities, Beyond Energy Scarcity BIWAES 2021 Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book focuses on the much-needed efforts to design sustainable, well-being-oriented economies, based on appropriate energy use in all sectors of a country´s development. Carbon neutrality, energy efficiency and effectiveness, renewable energies, circular economy strategies, environmental consequences of energy use, engagement and empowerment of local communities in decision making, energy and environmental impacts of consumer behavior, and finally science-based approaches towards sustainable production and consumption are the main focus of the research activities described within this book. An effort to go beyond energy scarcity, to promote energy communities, to explore new technologies, and overall, to understand and address the population-lifestyle-energy nexus towards increased and shared well-being is the final result jointly provided by the book authors. All in all, the aim is for the book to be the starting point of a deeper research and understanding of the importance of a radical improvement in energy use in society, beyond considering energy as just a resource in the world market. Circular economy aspects are also investigated, showing the energy saving potential associated with the appropriate design and recovery of material resources.

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energy consumption for heating --- CO2 emissions --- income --- buildings --- cities --- Spain --- emissions --- CO2 --- GWP --- functional unit --- natural gas --- SOFC --- optimal layout --- wake effect --- fluctuation --- wind farm --- ramping rate --- energy policy investments --- cost-benefit analysis --- social discount rate --- dual discounting --- energy transition index --- energy consumer --- behavioural model --- consumer segmentation --- socioeconomic characteristics --- end user profile --- energy awareness --- electricity --- efficiency --- multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis --- multifractality --- MLM --- rolling window --- smart grids --- demand response --- island communities --- social acceptance --- technology readiness --- sustainability --- Italy --- Ireland --- multi-regional input–output --- nexus --- trade --- Belt and Road --- renewable energy --- potential --- Indonesia --- literature review --- 100% renewables --- scenario --- energy savings --- circular economy --- construction and demolition waste --- recycled aggregates --- agri-food by-products --- urban building energy model --- UBEM --- level of detail --- LOD --- shadowing --- thermal zoning --- s-LCA --- LCA --- energy communities --- empowerment --- energy justice --- resource sustainability --- exergy --- exergy cost accounting --- exergy cost of biological resources --- decarbonisation --- climate neutrality --- industrial energy saving --- strategic decision making --- net-zero --- road mapping --- energy efficiency --- ideal mix --- sustainability strategy --- energy efficiency index --- n/a --- multi-regional input-output


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Net-Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Buildings account for more than one-third of the global final energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The building sector offers a significant potential in the transition towards the decarbonisation of societies. To achieve this goal, different concepts and implementations of Net-Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts (NZPEBD) have emerged in the last years and are still in progress. This book is the collection of the articles published in the Special Issue “Net-Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts” of the Buildings journal. This reprint includes 17 research articles covering different aspects of Net-Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts planning, technologies, economics, building design and retrofitting, citizen engagement, and collection of energy data.

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energy storage --- hydrogen --- power-to-gas --- reversible solid oxide cell --- optimization --- mixed integer linear programming --- MILP --- microgrid --- PV --- peer to peer --- self-consumption --- energy community --- local market --- PVT --- water-based PVT --- techno-economic analysis --- digital mapping --- seasonal thermal energy storage --- waste incineration --- district heating --- waste heat --- energy retrofit --- heat pump --- CO2 emissions --- building stock --- PED --- energy flexibility --- socioeconomic analysis --- regions --- regulation --- renewable energy --- urban environment --- climatic zones --- gaussian mixture model --- Expectation-Maximization --- urban building energy modeling --- data acquisition --- building optimisation design --- Saharan --- cool climate --- genetic algorithm --- low energy buildings --- spatial --- temporal --- energy use --- smart city --- net‐ and nearly‐zero‐energy buildings --- positive energy communities and districts --- renewable energy integration --- energy flexibility in buildings and communities --- simulation and optimization methods --- practical experience from demo sites --- buildings --- construction --- efficient homes --- energy efficiency --- GHG emissions --- homes --- net-zero energy (NZE) --- NZE building technology --- positive energy districts --- citizen --- cities --- participation --- citizen engagement --- stakeholder engagement --- urban energy transition --- bi-directional grid --- urban photovoltaic systems --- energy communities --- agent based modelling --- techno-economic modelling --- market design --- distributed renewable energy --- characterization --- review --- text mining --- nearly zero-energy building --- container building --- building design --- energy simulation --- climate study --- plus energy buildings --- plus energy districts --- energy sharing --- energy trading --- clean energy package --- n/a


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Energy Planning
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The world needs an accelerated energy transition to meet sustainable development goals. Energy planning has a critical role in providing the information that can guide decision-makers, and energy planning methods continue to evolve rapidly. This Special Issue provides new insights for long-term energy planning, drawing on the Clean Energy Ministerial Long Term Energy Planning Scenarios initiative and the IRENA LTES network.

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climate change --- Paris Agreement --- 100% renewable energy --- 1.5 °C mitigation pathway --- energy transition --- energy scenario --- GHG mitigation --- CO2 emission --- non-energy emission --- open access book --- chemical and petrochemical sector --- decarbonisation --- renewable energy --- circular economy --- electrification --- material flow analysis --- hydropower --- electric transport --- energy modeling --- ELENA --- urbs --- Ecuador --- decarbonization --- INDC --- LEAP --- long-term scenarios --- GHG inventory --- power system expansion --- co-optimization of energy and reserve --- associated natural gas --- multi-stage stochastic programming --- electricity-gas integration --- regulation --- Brazil --- Mexico --- renewables --- reliability --- generation system expansion --- efficient energy planning --- energy systems modelling --- scenario analysis --- TIMES-Ukraine --- paris agreement --- energy efficiency --- I-LTS --- energy scenarios --- 2050 carbon neutrality --- energy planning --- TIMES model --- net-zero emission --- decomposition analysis --- mitigation --- integrated assessment --- shared socioeconomic pathways --- scenarios --- climate adaptation --- adaptive capacity --- solar power plants --- thematic analysis --- long-term energy scenarios (LTES) --- site selection --- power purchase agreement --- greenhouse gas emissions --- Ghana road transport --- energy demand model --- biofuel integration --- arable land requirement --- lifestyle --- climate change mitigation --- LTES --- long-term energy scenarios --- energy modelling --- clean energy transition --- climate scenarios --- n/a

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