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100			_aCahill, Elena _99369
245			_aPower economics: _ban executive's guide to energy efficiency, conservation, and generation strategies
260			_bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. _aNew Jersey _c2021
300			_axxiii, 213 p.
365			_aUSD _b44.95
504			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Good Building, Bad Building Chapter 2 Stabilizing Demand Chapter 3 Why Batteries Matter Chapter 4 Energy and the Law Chapter 5 Your Role in Reducing Carbon Output Chapter 6 Focus on What’s Doable Chapter 7 The Power of Local Action Chapter 8 Conservation, Efficiency, and Generation Chapter 9 Pricing Energy: It’s Complicated Chapter 10 Understand Your Energy Bills Chapter 11 Find the Money Chapter 12 Educate and Communicate Appendix A Tips for Saving Energy at Home Appendix B Resources Bibliography and Recommended Reading Expert Sources About the Author Index
520			_aDESCRIPTION Energy efficiency is more of a journey than a battle. It starts with small steps, taken at the local and state levels. It is a matter of identifying and then practicing good habits in our daily lives, at home and at work. Every idea and process described in this book, if performed reasonably well, will put money in your pocket. You will not only save money; you will probably make money—and you will take important steps toward saving the planet. Power Economics is a book for thoughtful people who want to cut their energy costs and diminish the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change and global warming are not speculative fantasies. They are real. They threaten communities, towns, cities, regions, nations, and continents. Even if you don't care about polar bears and penguins, the effects of melting icecaps and shifting ocean currents will transform your life and the lives of the people around you. Power Economics offers practical steps and achievable strategies for reducing the destructive impact of climate change and global warming. Yes, we need energy to live and to sustain our economies. But we don’t need to burn fossil fuels and release CO2 gas at levels that will result in a global catastrophe. There are reasonable alternatives to our current practices. None of the ideas that described in this book are entirely new or totally unfamiliar. They aren't extreme or bizarre. They won't require harsh or draconian measures to work. All of them follow basic rules of common sense and can be achieved at reasonable cost. "I have done my best to convey the complexity and urgency of the matter. I hope that you find this book informative and useful. Working together, we can shed many of our wasteful energy habits and begin the task of building a world that is safe, sustainable and healthy," writes author and energy expert Elena Cahill.
650			_aManagement--Environmental aspects _9962
650			_aCorporations--Environmental aspects _910383
650			_aEnergy consumption--Environmental aspects _99985
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