Foreword
Preface
1
Introduction to Green Engineering Concepts
2
Introduction to Green Engineering Concepts
2.1
Background
2.1.1
Primer: Definitions
2.2
Green Engineering - What, Why, and How?
2.3
Systems and Systems Thinking:
2.4
Sustainability Tools – MFA & LCA
2.5
Food-Energy-Water Systems
2.6
Ecosystems, Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
2.7
Industrial Symbiosis
3
Sustainability
3.1
Sustainability
3.2
The Doughnut Concept
3.3
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
4
Energy
5
Energy Systems
5.1
Background
5.1.1
Resources
5.1.2
Primer: Definitions
5.2
What are Energy and Power?
5.3
Energy Sources - Fossil Fuels
5.4
Energy Sources - Nuclear Energy
5.5
Energy Sources – Triple Bottom Line
5.5.1
TBL quick review of coal, oil, and natural gas.
5.5.2
TBL of nuclear power
5.6
Energy Use in the US and World
5.7
Energy Systems - Electricity Generation
5.8
Life Cycle and Triple Bottom Line Considerations for Energy Systems
5.8.1
Energy Costs and Return on Investment
5.8.2
Environmental Justice & Energy Equity
6
Renewable Energy - Source and Storage
7
Renewable Energy Systems: Solar, Wind, Hydropower, and Geothermal
7.1
Resources
7.2
What is Renewable Energy?
7.2.1
Use Patterns of Renewable Energy
8
Solar Energy
8.1
Introduction
8.2
Basics and Calculations
8.3
Utility Solar
8.4
Solar Heating
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Sustainable ‘Green’ Systems : Balancing human well-being in across the Energy, Food, and Water Sectors
6
Renewable Energy - Source and Storage
This unit provides an overview of non-renewable Energy.