Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends, Future Prospects (Cambridge Energy and Environment Series)

Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends, Future Prospects (Cambridge Energy and Environment Series)

by Lee Schipper (Author), Ruth Steiner (Primary Contributor), Richard B. Howarth (Primary Contributor), Stephen Meyers (Author)

Synopsis

This book, sponsored by the Stockholm Environment Institute and first published in 1992, presents a detailed analysis of changes in world energy use over the past twenty years. It considers the future prospects of energy demand, and discusses ways of restraining growth in consumption in order to meet environmental and economic development goals. Based on a decade of research by the authors and their colleagues at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, it presents a wealth of information on energy use and the forces shaping it in the industrial, developing, and formerly planned economies. The book provides an invaluable overview of the potential for improving energy efficiency, and discusses the policies that could help realize the potential. While calling for strong action by governments and the private sector, the authors stress the importance of considering the full range of factors that will shape realization of the energy efficiency potential around the world.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 19 Nov 1992

ISBN 10: 0521432979
ISBN 13: 9780521432979
Book Overview: This book, first published in 1992, provides clear data and analysis which will be vital to the energy research community.

Media Reviews
'Schipper makes people uncomfortable in order to make the world more comfortable. More power to his probing, insistent elbow.' New Scientist
...a concentrated compilation of essential information, accompanied by analytical comment sometimes so acute that it would verge on the nit-picking, were it not so obviously relevant to the global energy future. Walt Patterson, New Scientist
...impeccable methodology and logic...skillful organization and good writing have made [this book] uncommonly readable...the book is homework for understanding energy matters throughout the world... Whole Earth Review