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Český překlad této známé publikace vznikl v rámci projektu "Services for Universities" v rámci programu "Education Programme for Environmentally Sustainable Development" financovaného z prostředků PHARE, přičemž příjemcem bylo právě Centrum pro otázky životního prostředí UK. Publikace je prvním svazkem z řady vydané díky této podpoře. Za jednoduchým výrazem faktor 4 se skrývá koncepce hospodářské politiky bezpečné pro budoucnost, zlepšující stav životního prostředí a přece slibující zisk. Weizsäcker a jeho spoluautoři vysvětlují, jakým způsobem tato formule umožnila dát nový směr technickému pokroku a jak při poloviční spotřebě přírodních zdrojů nejen garantuje zdvojnásobení rozdělitelného blahobytu, ale vede i ke zřetelně viditelnému vzrůstu kvality života pro všechny.... celý text

Upward trending and volatile materials and energy prices, difficult credit conditions and the myriad opportunities of the digital revolution are combining to make a circular economy the key value driver for the coming decades. A New Dynamic makes the contemporary case for a profound shift from throughput to 'roundput', from ownership to access. The circular economy is enabled by disruptive information technology and the design of materials and products to flow in effective cycles and at high quality - 'made to be made again'. The size of the prize is in the billions of dollars of materials cost savings per year. A New Dynamic features some of the leading writers and practitioners in the field including Walter Stahel, Michael Braungart, Amory Lovins and Chris Tuppen. The volume contains contributions on understanding the model, business case studies, the performance economy, history and development and the entrepreneurial opportunities of these fluid times. This book is a mandated reader for the MBA in Innovation, Enterprise and the Circular Economy at Bradford University School of Management.

The definitive history of solar power and technologyEven as concern over climate change and energy security fuels a boom in solar technology, many still think of solar as a twentieth-century wonder. Few realize that the first photovoltaic array appeared on a New York City rooftop in 1884, or that brilliant engineers in France were using solar power in the 1860s to run steam engines, or that in 1901 an ostrich farmer in Southern California used a single solar engine to irrigate three hundred acres of citrus trees. Fewer still know that Leonardo da Vinci planned to make his fortune by building half-mile-long mirrors to heat water, or that the Bronze Age Chinese used hand-size solar-concentrating mirrors to light fires the way we use matches and lighters today.With thirteen new chapters, Let It Shine is a fully revised and expanded edition of A Golden Thread , John Perlin’s classic history of solar technology, detailing the past forty-plus years of technological developments driving today’s solar renaissance. This unique and compelling compendium of humankind’s solar ideas tells the fascinating story of how our predecessors throughout time, again and again, have applied the sun to better their lives — and how we can, too.

Over the years, a vibrant US economy (then others) can completely phase out oil. This will save a net $70 billion a year, revitalize key industries and rural America, create a million jobs, and enhance security. This title provides a roadmap for the transition beyond oil, led by business and profit.

An answer to the 1971 report by the Club of Rome, arguing for a more efficient use of essential resources, already possible at a negative cost. The authors show examples of how this may be achieved by combining technical resources, and rewarding efficiency.

Die heutigen Energietrends führen in die Katastrophe. In diesem Nachfolgeband des Buches Faktor Vier entwickeln der international renommierte Energieexperte Amory Lovins und sein deutscher Co- Autor Peter Hennicke eine Vision für ein zukunftsfähiges Weltenergiesystem jenseits von Klimakatastrophen und Atomwirtschaft.