Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy » (2nd Edition)

John Randolph is director of the School of Public & International Affairs and professor of environmental planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the author of Environmental Land Use Planning and Management (Island Press, 2003). In 2006, he was awarded the William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning.

Gilbert M. Masters is professor of civil and environmental engineering (emeritus) at Stanford University. He is the author of six books, including the widely used textbook Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science.

Energy for Sustainability is the first undergraduate textbook on renewable energy and energy efficiency with a unique focus on the community scale. Written by two of the foremost experts in the field, it is a pedagogically complete treatment of energy sources and uses. It examines the full range of issues—from generating technologies to land use planning—in making the transition to sustainable energy.

Sect. I Energy Patterns and Trends 1

Ch. 1 The Energy Imperative and Patterns of Use 3

Ch. 2 Energy Sources and Sustainability 29

Ch. 3 Energy Futures 71

Sect. II Energy Fundamentals 115

Ch. 4 Fundamentals of Energy Science 117

Ch. 5 Energy Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment 165

Sect. III Buildings and Energy 213

Ch. 6 Energy Efficiency for Buildings 215

Ch. 7 Solar Energy for Buildings 263

Ch. 8 From Whole Building to Whole Community Energy 307

Sect. IV Sustainable Electricity 357

Ch. 9 Centralized Electric Power Systems 359

Ch. 10 Distributed Energy Resources 393

Ch. 11 Photovoltaic Systems 429

Ch. 12 Large-Scale Renewables: Wind and Solar 461

Sect. V Sustainable Transportation and Land Use 489

Ch. 13 Transportation Energy and Efficient Vehicles 491

Ch. 14 Biofuels, Biomass, and Other Alternative Fuels 539

Ch. 15 Whole Community Energy and Land Use 583

Sect. VI Energy Policy and Planning 627

Ch. 16 Market Transformation to Sustainable Energy 629

Ch. 17 Energy Policy 661

Ch. 18 U.S. State and Community Energy Policy and Planning 701

References and Further Reading 757

Index 775