TY  - BOOK
AU  - Droege, Peter
TI  - Renewable city : a comprehensive guide to an urban revolution
SN  - 0470019255
U1  - 307.76 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - West Sussex
PB  - Wiley-Academy
N1  - CONTENTS Acknowledgements and Photo Credits  xi Introduction  2 About this book  3 Renewable energy  4 The fourth industrial revolution  6 Cities as settings of hope  9 The price of inaction  10 1  In the hothouse, beyond the peak: the logic of the urban energy revolution  14 1.1  Energy and urban sustainability in the 21st century  14 Modern cities thrive on petroleum  16 Kyoto: neither far enough nor fast enough  18 Fossil and nuclear industries: fighting to maintain their grip  20 The global urban explosion: the end?  22 Cities are seeds of change  24 Cities at risk  26 1.2  Fossil and nuclear energy systems and the industrial construction of reality  27 Expiring mindsets  28 Expiring oil, natural gas and uranium supplies  30 Age of the fossil fuel city  32 10 Think locally, act globally 25C Current best practice in Portland, Oregon  251 Renewable geography 88 3.1  Other drivers of change 88 Innovation 90 A rich source of new employment 91 Community ownership of power; control over real and virtual utilities 94 Accountability: user sees, user pays, user gains 94 Public policy response 95 Regional regeneration and revalorisation impulses in the global urban regime 98 A new urban reality 99 3.2  The design of the Renewable City 102 The coming energy web 102 Changing the culture 103 Beyond efficiency 106 3.3  Renewable City form and formation 107 From plain old grid to intelligent energy web 109 Renewable urbanism 109 Islands of autonomy 111 3.4  Space, time and energy: storing and dispatching renewable power 112 Internal and external supply 112 Balance and storage 114 Hydrogen city? 116 3.5  Renewable citizenship: support communities and programmes 117 Networks and support programmes 117 Long-range needs and short-term horizons 122 Climate stabilisation and city programmes: local efforts 124 Building the Renewable City: tools, trades, technology 130 4.1Form follows fuel 130 Evolution of efficiency 131 Fossil mobility and the urban energy crisis 132 Motors, movement and renewable fuels 135 Transport planning and policy imperatives 138 4.2Citywide efficiency 142 The end of the techno-fix 142 Heat island relief: the ancient wisdom of renewable city design 143 Trees, parks, urban wilds and agriculture 146 Planted walls and roofs 148 Water in the renewable city 150 Designing buildings with daylight in mind 151 Urban heat pumps: city power from the ground, water and air 152 Renewable rights and development control 154 4.3  The Renewable City toolbox 155 Overview of tools 156 Citywide renewable energy mapping (C-REM) 158 City-integrated photovoltaics (CIPV) 159 Solar roof programmes, and other dos and don'ts in national efforts 163 Urban sun collectors: city-integrated solar-thermal technology 168 Urban wind power 169 Urban waterpower 171 Regional renewable power systems (RRPS): from intra- to extra-urban generation 172 Bio-energy farms and forests: biomass, biofuel, biogas 175 4.4  Urban renewable power finance 180 Development and production 182 Commercialisation 184 Financial benefits of distributed energy: direct renewable power and cogeneration 186 4.5  Municipal power 188 Renewable City buildings: guidance and learning 192 5.1Renewable city building tools: rating performance 192 Breeam 194 Energy Star 195 LCAid 196 LEED 196 NABERS 197 BASIX 198 Heat island relief: the ancient wisdom of renewable city design 143 Trees, parks, urban wilds and agriculture 146 Planted walls and roofs 148 Water in the renewable city 150 Designing buildings with daylight in mind 151 Urban heat pumps: city power from the ground, water and air 152 Renewable rights and development control 154 4.3  The Renewable City toolbox 155 Overview of tools 156 Citywide renewable energy mapping (C-REM) 158 City-integrated photovoltaics (CIPV) 159 Solar roof programmes, and other dos and don'ts in national efforts 163 Urban sun collectors: city-integrated solar-thermal technology 168 Urban wind power 169 Urban waterpower 171 Regional renewable power systems (RRPS): from intra- to extra-urban generation 172 Bio-energy farms and forests: biomass, biofuel, biogas 175 4.4  Urban renewable power finance 180 Development and production 182 Commercialisation 184 Financial benefits of distributed energy: direct renewable power and cogeneration 186 4.5  Municipal power 188 Renewable City buildings: guidance and learning 192 5.1  Renewable city building tools: rating performance 192 Breeam 194 Energy Star 195 LCAid 196 LEED 196 NABERS 197 BASIX 198 5.2  Learning from renewable building practice  200 The state of standards, regulations, and rating systems203 The design process  204 Time is energy  205 Construction considerations  207 Materials matter  208 Technical, media and general support  209 Finance aspects  210 Building awareness  212 Before and after  213 Renewable City planning and action: guides for local government  216 6.1The Solar Cityprogramme  217 Programme structure  220 1 Rationale and background  221 2 Aims and scope  223 3 Objectives  223 4 Key aspects  224 5 Task A: Solar Citystrategies: renewable-energy based city planning  227 6 Task B: Targets, baseline studies and scenarios  233 7 Task C: Urban renewable energy systems, business and industry development  239 8 Communications  245 9 Milestones: sample schedule  247 6.2 The Renewable City TM rating framework 247 1 Renewable culture  247 2 Greenhouse gas emissions reduction targeting, planning and tracking  248 3 Renewable city finance  248 4 Renewable energy technology development and proliferation policies  248 5 Renewable institutions  249 Renewable city design  249 7 Longevity and success factor: Renewable City learning  250 8 Climate change adaptation through mitigation  250 9 Business development and employment generation  250 10 Think locally, act globally  250 Current best practice in Portland, Oregon  251 Glossary 254 References and Webography 259 Index  287
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