We Can Change the Weather: 101 Cases of Changeability: 100 Cases in Energy Efficiency to Start Doing So (Crosstalks, 4) - Softcover

9789054876922: We Can Change the Weather: 101 Cases of Changeability: 100 Cases in Energy Efficiency to Start Doing So (Crosstalks, 4)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9054876921 ISBN 13: 9789054876922

Publisher: ASP (Acad & Scientific Pub), 2010

<div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Bringing together investors, business owners, energy providers, policy makers, researchers, and individuals, this compilation showcases the winning projects of the European Union's 100 Energy Efficiency project. Providing solutions to energy conservation—both from the ground up and the top down—these featured winners take a cross-disciplinary approach and cover topics such as laboratory science, mathematics, funding, utopian building design, legal actions, organizing, and personal narratives.</p></div>

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About the Author

<div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><B>Marleen Wynants</B> is an independent journalist, a publicist, and the director of Crosstalks, an interdisciplinary university and industry network at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels. <strong><B>Sara Engelen</B> is a member of the VUB R&D Interface Cell Team and codeveloper of the VUB Crosstalks network</strong></strong></p></div>

From the Back Cover

This 4th CROSSTALKS book documents 100 tangible local initiatives from all over the world that fit into a constructive and holistic movement for social and ecological change. Drawing from a pool of personally driven research and bottom-up projects, the book singles out 100 cases in different, yet interrelated domains. The selection itself was motivated by scientific researchers, architects, artists, political thinkers and entrepreneurs who try to make a positive difference in our quest for a future of prosperity, freedom and fun without undermining nature and humanity.

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