Energy efficiency: benefits for environment and society /
Ming Yang and Xin Yu
- London: Springer, 2015.
- xxviii, 180p.
- Green energy and technology .
1.Introduction -- 2.Energy Efficiency Becomes First Fuel -- 3.Energy Efficiency Becomes First Tool for Climate Change Mitigation -- 4.Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency -- 5.Overall Methodology in This Study -- 6.Energy Efficiency Policies -- 7.Energy Efficiency Cost-Effectiveness Test -- 8.Energy Efficiency Project Finance -- 9.Energy Service Company Development -- 10.Energy Efficient Technologies -- 11.Energy Efficient Urban Transport -- 12.Case Studies -- 13.Conclusions."
This book discusses how energy efficiency benefits the global environment, national energy security, local pollution mitigation, natural resource conservation, and utility bill reduction. In addition, this book provides many hands-on skills and knowledge to identify and develop energy efficiency projects. The literature review shows that energy efficiency has become the first fuel in the world energy supply.