Alternative energy systems in building design
By: Peter Gevorkian.
Series: McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series; McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780071621472
Subjects: Electric power systems; Small power production facilities; Sustainable buildings; Building-integrated photovoltaic systems; Renewable energy sources; Wind power plants; Hydroelectric power plants; Architecture and energy conservation
Notes: "A GreenSource book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-504) and index.
Table of contents: title: Global warming : climatic and atmospheric changes; title: Energy systems; title: Solar power system physics and technologies; title: California solar initiative program; title: Energy conservation; title: Passive solar heating technologies; title: Fuel cell technology; title: Wind energy technologies; title: Ocean energy technologies; title: Hydroelectric and micro-hydro turbine power; title: Geothermal energy; title: Biofuel, biogas, and thermal depolymerization technologies; title: Fission- and fusion-type nuclear power; title: Air pollution abatement; title: Carbon dioxide sequestration and carbon trading economics.