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Climate Design Climate change and dwindling global resources are challenging the professional practice, demanding new design and planning approaches that achieve more with less. This rich volume for designers, architects, planners, policy makers and academics alike explores the current paradigm shift and illustrates how new thinking can convert investments in urban infrastructure, land use and development into resilient and enduring support systems for human and environmental prosperity. |
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100
Percent Renewable Current practice, projects and plans for companies, individuals, communities, cities and countries determined to be entirely independent from fossil fuel and nuclear power. For more information and to order click here. |
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Urban Energy Transition:
From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power This compendium of 28 chapters presents perspectives that are both local and international in scope and relevance: perspectives from 18 countries in both the developed and developing world. For more information and to order click here. |
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Renewable City: A comprehensive guide to an urban revolution This is a guide to an unprecedented urban transformation, squarely focused on action. It is built on successful urban sustainability trends, emerging infrastructure directions, renewable energy applications and related new approaches to urban planning and the design of cities. For more information and to order click here. |
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Links www.100-percent.org Examples of 100% renewable energy integration around the world. www.climateforpeace.org Climate for Peace is a global call for the cessation of armed conflict and hostilities, in order to mobilize all available resources in the overriding challenge of averting climate catastrophe and fossil fuel supply cataclysms. www.solarmissionpossible.info For the latest in renewable energy scenarios. ** Solarcity is a member of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) ** |
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We Are Solar City® is an Australian registered tradesmark and business name that epolis pty ltd actively trades under since 1999 for a range of solar and other renewable energy related research and advisory services. Clients served by Solar City® include the International Energy Agency; the Canberra Investment Corporation/ Manidis Roberts Pty Ltd; Baptist Community Services/ Peter McFadyen Pty Ltd; the Commonwealth Science, Industry and Research Organisation; the Satterley Property Group; among others. The Solar City® trademark is used under licence from the Australian Government. Epolis is not engaged in activities under the Australian Government's Solar Cities program. |
Important facts > Solar and wind power costs have been halved in 15 years. > In Germany, 18,000 megawatts of renewable power have been introduced since 2000. 160,000 new jobs have been created in the same period. > China aims at 15% renewable energy targeted nationally by 2015, not counting large hydropower. > California's three major utilities, including Pacific Gas & Electric, will be required to provide 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as solar, wind and geothermal energy within four years under a new law signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September 2006. > An EU-wide renewable energy target of 21 percent of electricity production by 2010 is set. > Ethanol constituted 44 percent of all fuel combusted in Brazilian cars during 2004, and was blended into nearly one third of all gasoline sold at United States pumps. > US$30 billion invested in renewable energy in 2004 alone, and excluding large hydropower. In comparison, conventional power investment was US$150 billion in the same year. > New jobs created surpassed 1.7 million worldwide in 2004, with almost one million in the bio-fuel industry. |
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Trade mark used by Epolis under licence from the Australian Government. Epolis is not engaged in activities under the Australian Government's Solar Cities program.