Development with Sustainable Use of Electricity

Download or read book Development with Sustainable Use of Electricity written by Jorgen Stig Norgard and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-08-31 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rather young field of research into electricity savings is attracting increasing attention since low electricity consumption is a vital component of environmentally sustainable development. The potential benefits from using less electricity, without sacrificing quality of life, are immense, as the book shows with case studies from Eastern and Western Europe and the USA. Saving electricity means that the expense of constructing scores of power plants can be saved, and that their economic and environmental impact will vanish. Audience: Can be read with profit by any graduate. Suitable as a reference work for Master's and Doctoral students, as well as for others working on environmental issues in general and electricity savings in particular.