{"product_id":"life-cycle-assessment-of-energy-systems-9781119418160","title":"Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis groundbreaking work is the most in-depth and state-of-the-art study on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of energy systems, the only volume available on this critical subject.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy and sustainability are two of the most important and often most misunderstood subjects in our world today. As these two subjects have grown in importance over the last few decades, interest in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model has grown as well, as a potentially crucial tool in understanding and striving towards sustainability in energy systems. Not just wind and solar systems, but all energy systems, need to be understood through this model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWind and solar power have the potential to decentralize the U.S. energy system by offering local communities electricity and economic support, depending on the scale and design of projects. Nevertheless, every energy technology potentially faces environmental costs, lay and expert opposition, and risks to public health. Engineers play a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I Engineering and Sustainability 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Engineering Sustainability, Sustaining Engineering 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 A Critical History of Sustainability Engineering 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Resisting Sustainability 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Life Cycle Analysis 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 When Social Values Make an Entry 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) Rationalities 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Case Studies 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Life Cycle Sustainability, Renewable Energy Project Development, and the Exclusion of Local Knowledge in California’s Western Antelope Valley (WAV) 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Through an Ethnographic Lens: Local-Regional Politics of Utility Solar and Wind Siting in California 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Epilogue 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Solar Ranch One Timeline (Siting, Permitting, Financing and Pre-Construction) 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Sample of Community Concerns as Regards to the Solar Ranch One, Alpine, Wildflower and Blue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSky RE projects 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex 355\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407049498967,"sku":"9781119418160","price":164.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119418160.jpg?v=1730498002","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-cycle-assessment-of-energy-systems-9781119418160","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}