Domestic Microgeneration: Renewable and Distributed Energy Technologies, Policies and Economics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415810418 ISBN 13: 9780415810418

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Microgeneration – producing energy for the home, in the home – is a substantial improvement over the current centralised and detached energy model employed the world over.

Domestic Microgeneration is the first in-depth reference work for this exciting and emerging field of energy generation. It provides detailed reviews of ten state-of-the-art technologies: including solar PV and thermal, micro-CHP and heat pumps; and considers them within the wider context of the home in which they are installed and the way that they are operated. Alongside the many successes, this book highlights the common pitfalls that beset the industry. It offers best-practice guidance on how they can be avoided by considering the complex linkages between technology, user, installer and government.

This interdisciplinary work draws together the social, economic, political and environmental aspects of this very diverse energy ‘genre’ into a single must-have reference for academics and students of sustainability and energy related subjects, industry professionals, policy makers and the growing number of energy-literate householders who are looking for ways to minimise their environmental footprint and their energy bills with microgeneration.

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About the Author

Iain Staffell, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, UK.

Daniel J. L. Brett, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, UK.

Nigel. P. Brandon, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.

Adam D. Hawkes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415810418
• ISBN 13: 9780415810418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Staffell Iain, Brett Daniel J.L., Brandon Nigel P., Hawkes Adam D.