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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: B Sudhakara Reddy , Gaudenz B Assenza , Dora Assenza , Franziska HasselmannPublisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Imprint: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9788132102281ISBN 10: 8132102282 Pages: 364 Publication Date: December 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Energy, Economy and the Environment: An Introduction Climate Debate Win-Win Climate Policy Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency The Benefits and Drawbacks of Energy Efficiency The Concept of Barriers and Drivers and its Application to Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency and International Environmental Law Commercializing Clean Energy Technologies Financing Energy Efficiency in Transition Economies The Role of Institutions in Promoting Energy Efficiency Epilogue: Road to a Sustainable Future: A Systematic Understanding of Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Consolidated Bibliography IndexReviewsThis book will be an important resource for academics working in the fields of economics, development, environment studies and also for policy makers as well as industrialists. -- Social Action This book is recommended as a reference book for students of energy and environment management, public policy, and development economics and studies. It will also be useful to professionals who would like to become trained energy and environmental auditors, energy managers, international consultants, etc. it serves as a reference source in energy efficiency and climate change, and best purchased by libraries. -- Current Science A handy book, the rather blandly titled Energy Efficiency and Climate Change has the strength to draw in a wider range of readers and not only get academics and policy wonks to nose their way through the chapters. -- Hindustan Times Author InformationB. Sudhakara Reddy is a Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. He has an experience of 24 years. He has been actively involved in a number of projects and has been member of prestigious bodies such as Research Advisory Committee, Institute for Global Environmental Change; Indo-China Economic Forum; Planning Board, Government of Maharashtra (1997–98); Expert Committee, Andhra Pradesh State Higher Education; Expert Group, National Hydrogen Energy Board, Ministry of Power; World Renewable Energy Congress, and so on. He has worked as consultant in United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, Ministry of Power, Government of India, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Canadian International Development Agency, Swidish International Development Agency, United States Agency for Industrial Development, and so on. Professor Reddy’s authored works include Urban Energy Systems (1998), Barriers to the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies (2002). He has co-edited Planning for Demand Side Management in the Electricity Sector (1994), Sustainable Regeneration of Degraded Lands (1997), Energy, Environment and Development: A Technological Perspective (2005), Ecology and Human Well Being (2006). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |