Pragmatic engineering and lifestyle : responsible engineering for a sustainable future

The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions. Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle draws together international experts from engineering and architecture to disclose the latest insights into for...

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Other Authors: Ting, David S-K., (Editor), Stagner, Jacqueline A., (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Subjects:
Sustainable engineering.
Technology & Engineering > Environmental > General.
Engineering: general.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781802629996
Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)

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245 0 0 |a Pragmatic engineering and lifestyle :  |b responsible engineering for a sustainable future /  |c edited by David S-K. Ting (University of Windsor, Canada) and Jacqueline A. Stagner (University of Windsor, Canada). 
264 1 |a Bingley, U.K. :  |b Emerald Publishing Limited,  |c 2023. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Chapter 1. High-rise developments: A critical review of the nature and extent of their sustainability / Kheir Al-Kodmany -- Chapter 2. Application of expert decision systems on optimal fiber selection for green building design components / Figen Balo and Lutfu S. Sua -- Chapter 3. Advances in solar driven air conditioning systems for buildings / Sonali A. Deshmukh, Praveen Barmavatu, Mihir Kumar Das, Bukke Kiran Naik, Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Alety Shivakrishna, Radhamanohar Aepuru, and Rathod Subash -- Chapter 4. Evaluating water-based trombe walls as a source of heated water for building applications / Harmeet Singh, Fatemeh Massah, and Paul G. O'Brien -- Chapter 5. Investigating waste management efficiencies and dynamics of the EU region / Fazil Gökgöz and Engin Yalçin -- Chapter 6. The multi-pronged approach of solid waste management toward zero waste to landfill site: An indonesia and thailand experience / Ariva Sugandi Permana, Sholihin As'ad, and Chantamon Potipituk -- Chapter 7. Conservation / Waste Reduction / Zero Waste / Shima Yazdani and Esmail Lakzian -- Chapter 8. Adoption of green building practices in Kenya: A case of kakamega municipality / Edwin K. Kanda, Elizabeth Lusweti, Francis N. Ngugi, John M. Irungu, Bernard O. Omondi, and Samuel G. Waweru -- Chapter 9. Transient thermodynamic modeling of heat recovery from a compressed air energy storage system / Mehdi Ebrahimi, David S-K. Ting, and Rupp Carriveau -- Chapter 10. Trawl fisheries management and conservation in malacca straits / Hoong Sang Wong and Chen Chen Yong. 
520 |a The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions. Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle draws together international experts from engineering and architecture to disclose the latest insights into forging viable means to sustain tomorrow's needs. Focusing on breaking through the remaining barriers and fully realizing promising remedies by explicitly examining the social aspect of engineering and urban design, the authors present state of the art research on, among other topics, simple and responsible engineering and living, ecological and socially friendly buildings and infrastructures, socially resilient farming, and agroecology. Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle is an indispensable collection for tomorrow's engineers, architects, and policy makers. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
650 0 |a Sustainable engineering. 
650 7 |a Technology & Engineering  |x Environmental  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Engineering: general.  |2 bicssc 
655 7 |a elektronické knihy  |7 fd186907  |2 czenas 
655 9 |a electronic books  |2 eczenas 
700 1 |a Ting, David S-K.,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Stagner, Jacqueline A.,  |e editor. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |z 9781802629989 
776 0 8 |i PDF version:  |z 9781802629972 
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