Alternative energy systems in building design /
Peter Gevorkian.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
- xix, 522 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series .
- McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-504) and index.
Global warming : climatic and atmospheric changes -- Energy systems -- Solar power system physics and technologies -- California solar initiative program -- Energy conservation -- Passive solar heating technologies -- Fuel cell technology -- Wind energy technologies -- Ocean energy technologies -- Hydroelectric and micro-hydro turbine power -- Geothermal energy -- Biofuel, biogas, and thermal depolymerization technologies -- Fission- and fusion-type nuclear power -- Air pollution abatement -- Carbon dioxide sequestration and carbon trading economics.
Electric power systems. Small power production facilities. Sustainable buildings. Building-integrated photovoltaic systems. Renewable energy sources. Wind power plants. Hydroelectric power plants. Architecture and energy conservation.