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Author Brian F. Towler
Using the principle that extracting energy from the environment always involves some type of impact on the environment, The Future of Energy discusses the sources, technologies, and tradeoffs involved in meeting the world's energy needs. A historical, scienti....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy
Author Robert Davidson , Akiba , Carles Cufí , Kevin Townsend
With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), smart devices are about to become even smarter. This practical guide demonstrates how this exciting wireless technology helps developers build mobile apps that share data with external hardware, and how hardware engineers can gain ea....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water
Author Russell H. Plante
Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water provides a fundamental understanding of heat and energy conversions and of both solar domestic hot water system types with associated components and photovoltaic/inverter system combinations. It provides the inform....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies
Author Ravi Jain , Chittaranjan Ray
Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item. Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies provides the tips and techniques for supplying po....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Designing Circuit Boards with EAGLE: Make High-Quality PCBs at Low Cost
Author Matthew Scarpino
"Matt Scarpino has provided a great tool for the hobbyist starting out in the circuit board design world, demonstrating all the features you’ll need to create your own circuit board projects. However, the experienced engineer will also benefit from the book, as it s....
Release Date 2014/03 -
All About Low Volatility Investing
Author Peter Sander
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HUGE RISKS TO INVEST SUCCESSFULLYLow volatility investing has been proven to outperform higher risk, volatile growth stock trading and investing over time. In today’s markets, this is exactly what you need to consistently draw returns beyond ....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Philip G. Jordan
This groundbreaking new book features holistic coverage of technological breakthroughs, financing trends, workforce development issues, and comparative regional case studies in solar energy. It provides a global bird's-eye view of the industry for scientists, engin....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Christopher G. Morris , Cutler J. Cleveland
Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning authors of the Encyclopedia of Energy (2004), The Dictionary of Energy, Expanded Edition (20....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Solar Energy Engineering, 2nd Edition
Author Soteris A. Kalogirou
Energy policy promoting sustainable development is transforming global energy markets. Solar power, the most abundant of all renewable resources, is crucial to greater achieving energy security and sustainability. This new edition of Solar Energy Engineering:....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Energy Investing DeMystified : A Self-Teaching Guide
Author Davis Edwards
FUEL your portfolio with SMART ENERGY INVESTINGELECTRICITY. BIO-FUELS. NATURAL GAS. OIL. They power the world. And if you know what you’re doing, they can power your investment portfolio.Energy Investing DeMYSTiFieD provides the information, insight, and tools you n....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Christopher G. Morris , Cutler J. Cleveland
Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and environmental aspects. While there is a wealth of inform....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Electrical Drives for Direct Drive Renewable Energy Systems
Author H Polinder , M Mueller
Wind turbine gearboxes present major reliability issues, leading to great interest in the current development of gearless direct-drive wind energy systems. Offering high reliability, high efficiency and low maintenance, developments in these direct-drive systems poi....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Author Fereidoon P. Sioshansi
Energy Efficiency: Towards the End of Demand Growth is a detailed guide to new energy efficiency technologies and policy frameworks affecting the profitability of efficiency projects. The contributions drawn together by F.P. Sioshansi feature insights from recognize....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Daniel Browne
Energy is the fuel that drives you. The Energy Equation explains how we all have the potential to get 15-19 hours of fully-energised waking hours from our day, and shows us just how to achieve it. It determines the speed at which you get things done, the results you....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, 3rd Edition
Author Aldo V. da Rosa
With energy sustainability and security at the forefront of public discourse worldwide, there is a pressing need to foster an understanding of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa’s highly respected and comprehensive reso....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Author Sinisa Dodic , Stevan Popov , Mirjana Golusin
While the last few decades have witnessed incredible leaps forward in the technology of energy production, technological innovation can only be as transformative as its implementation and management allows. The burgeoning fields of renewable, efficient and sustainab....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Bluetooth Low Energy: The Developer’s Handbook
Author Robin Heydon
The First Complete Guide to Bluetooth Low Energy: How It Works, What It Can Do, and How to Apply ItA radical departure from conventional Bluetooth technology, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) enables breakthrough wireless applications in industries ranging from healthcare....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Mike Collins
Pro Tools LE and M-Powered is an authoritative guide to Digidesign's entry-level hardware and software systems. Illustrated throughout with color screen grabs, the book starts by giving you useful overviews and advice about the hardware options available. Sub....
Release Date 2012/08 -
High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for Energy Applications
Author Z Melhem
High temperature superconductors (HTS) offer many advantages through their application in electrical systems, including high efficiency performance and high throughput with low-electrical losses. While cryogenic cooling and precision materials manufacture is require....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Sean Lowther , Russ Rogers , Jennifer Jabbusch , Terry Gudaitis , Jack Wiles
Low Tech Hacking teaches your students how to avoid and defend against some of the simplest and most common hacks. Criminals using hacking techniques can cost corporations, governments, and individuals millions of dollars each year. While the media focuses on the gr....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Free Marketing: 101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off
Author Jim Cockrum
Simple, powerful marketing strategies every business can afford to implementThere's never been a better time to be a marketer or entrepreneur than right now. Thanks to the Internet, a new world of free and inexpensive tactics can help get the word out to the prospe....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Fully Charged: How Great Leaders Boost Their Organization's Energy and Ignite High Performance
Author Bernd Vogel , Heike Bruch
As you're well aware, your individual energy ebbs and flows--leading to high and low productivity cycles. Fail to manage your energy correctly, and you risk falling into traps including inertia, complacency, and frenzied, unfocused activity that only erodes the qua....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Energy Futures: What Traders Need to Know About the Energy Market
Author Michael C. Thomsett
An up-to-date primer on the energy markets: everything you must know before you trade.There is no singular energy market. There are many different versions and subsets of energy: Any trader who wants to invest has many choices. The best one depends on acceptable ris....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Generation and Utilization of Electrical Energy
Author M. Balasubba Reddy , D. Srilatha , S. Sivanagaraju
Generation and Utilization of Electrical Energy is a comprehensive text designed for undergraduate courses in electrical engineering. The text introduces the reader to the generation of electrical energy and then goes on to explain how this energy can be effectively....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Materials for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Buildings
Author M Hall
Almost half of the total energy produced in the developed world is inefficiently used to heat, cool, ventilate and control humidity in buildings, to meet the increasingly high thermal comfort levels demanded by occupants. The utilisation of advanced materials and pa....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Powering the Future: A Scientist’s Guide to Energy Independence
Author Daniel B. Botkin
Dr. Daniel B. Botkin objectively assesses the true prospects, limitations, costs, risks, dangers, and tradeoffs associated with every leading and emerging source of energy, including oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, nuclear, wind, solar, ocean power, and biofu....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Energy “Recycling”: A Bridge to the Clean Energy Future
Author Edward H. Ayres , Robert U. Ayres
This Element is an excerpt from Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443) by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Available in print and digital formats.How to reuse the enormous amounts of energy we throw away—and save a fortune along the way!The Cokenergy p....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Edward H. Ayres , Robert U. Ayres
This Element is an excerpt from Crossing the Energy Divide (ISBN: 9780137015443) by Robert U. Ayres and Edward H. Ayres. Available in print and digital formats.Finally: a coherent, integrated energy strategy based on techniques and technologies that have already bee....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Henrik Lund
How can society quickly convert to renewable energy? Can worldwide energy needs ever be met through 100% renewable sources? The answers to these questions rest largely on the perception of choice in the energy arena. It is of pivotal importance that engineers, resea....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Raymond L. Murray
Nuclear Energy, 6th ed. is one of the most popular text ever published due to its clear, accessible and comprehensive coverage of basic nuclear physics and chemistry. Nuclear energy is energy derived from the controlled release of nuclear transformation of material....
Release Date 2008/11