Energy and Sun: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities

✍ Scribed by Ludger Eltrop (editor); Thomas Telsnig (editor); Ulrich Fahl (editor)

• Publisher: JOVIS Verlag GmbH
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Series: Future Megacities; 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Solar energy is in focus worldwide. So is the role of cities and public governments for creating a more sustainable urban future. This volume highlights the role of solar energy and other solar related energy technologies for a low carbon and sustainable energy system, particularly for cities and city regions in the South. The articles refer to solar energy generation technologies, smart city planning concepts, as well as ‚passive‘ solar building design approaches. Thus, the volume takes a broad and applied approach by analysing projects and different solutions for a more efficient and solar oriented building design and technology implementation.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Index
Introduction
Energy and Sun – Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities
Solar And Sustainable Energy Technologies
Governance of Solar Photovoltaic Off-grid Technologies in Rural Andhra Pradesh: Some Implications from the Field
Peri-Urban Linkages: Improving Energy Efficiency in Irrigation to Enable Sustainable Urban Transition
The Role of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants for South Africa’s Electricity Generation
Driven by the Sun: The Joined Biogas, Charcoal and Erosion Prevention Project – An Option for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Solar Powered Schools for Hyderabad, India – An Attempt for Decentralised Energy Production
Solutions For Buildings And Settlements
Energy and Space – Housing Design in Urban Context in the MENA Region
Assessment of the Energy Performance of Buildings – A Simplified Calculation Approach to Visualise Potentials and Benefits
Extra Low Energy Housing: Urumqi as a Model City for Central Asia
Solar Energy, Empowerment, and Sustainable Housing: A South African Case Study
Energy-Efficient Micro-Urban Prototypes – The Context of Iranian Cities
System Analytical And Integration Approaches
Solar and Other Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Reduction Potential in the Residential Sector in Hyderabad, India
Solar Energy Technologies – GHG Abatement Costs and Potentials for Gauteng, South Africa
Technological and Economic Challenges in Making Urumqi’s PVC Industry More Energy Efficient
Direct and Indirect Solar Energy Usage in Gauteng, South Africa: An Energy System Perspective
Potential of Photovoltaic Systems for Social and Economic Empowerment in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas in South Africa
The Projects of the Programme on Future Megacities in Brief
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