Energy Efficiency Benefits for Environment and Society /

• Main Authors: Yang, Ming (Author), Yu, Xin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Climate change.; Environmental economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change.; Environmental Economics.

This book discusses how energy efficiency benefits the global environment, national energy security, local pollution mitigation, natural resource conservation, and utility bill reduction. In addition, this book provides many hands-on skills and knowledge to identify and develop energy efficiency pro...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Energy Efficiency Becomes First Fuel
• Energy Efficiency Becomes First Tool for Climate Change Mitigation
• Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency
• Overall Methodology in This Study
• Energy Efficiency Policies
• Energy Efficiency Cost-Effectiveness Test
• Energy Efficiency Project Finance
• Energy Service Company Development
• Energy Efficient Technologies
• Energy Efficient Urban Transport
• Case Studies
• Conclusions.