Sustaining Resources for Tomorrow

1. Front Matter

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2. “Energy, Renewables Alone?”

   • Graham T. Reader

   Pages 1-45

3. Exploring EKCs in Urban Water and Energy Use Patterns and Its Interconnections: A Case Study in Southern Spain

   • Alfonso Expósito, María del P. Pablo-Romero, Antonio Sánchez-Braza

   Pages 47-65

4. Mining Phosphate from Wastewater: Treatment and Reuse

   • D. Mukherjee, R. Ray, N. Biswas

   Pages 67-81

5. Toward Sustainable Agriculture: Net-Houses Instead of Greenhouses for Saving Energy and Water in Arid Regions

   • Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghany, Ibrahim M. Al-Helal

   Pages 83-98

6. Sustainable Food for Thought

   • Tachelle Z.-T. Ting, Jacqueline A. Stagner

   Pages 99-108

7. Tomorrow’s Green Buildings: Optimum Natural Insulation Material Modeling

   • Lutfu S. Sua, Figen Balo, Ukbe Ucar

   Pages 109-124

8. Improving the Uncertainties of Building’s Lifetime in the Evaluation of Environmental Impacts

   • Endrit Hoxha

   Pages 125-136

9. Sustainable Living? Biodigital Future!

   • Alberto T. Estévez

   Pages 137-162

10. Energy Security and Efficiency Analysis of Renewable Technologies

    • Fazıl Gökgöz, Mustafa Taylan Güvercin

    Pages 163-183

11. Small Wind: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

    • Alberto Álvarez Vilar, George Xydis, Evanthia A. Nanaki

    Pages 185-204

12. Supercapacitor for Future Energy Storage

    • Giancarlo Abbate, Eugenio Saraceno, Achille Damasco

    Pages 205-243

13. Sustainable Services to Enhance Flexibility in the Upcoming Smart Grids

    • Pavlos Nikolaidis, Andreas Poullikkas

    Pages 245-274

14. Carbon Storage and Utilization as a Local Response to Use Fossil Fuels in a Sustainable Manner

    • Bernardo Llamas, Marcelo F. Ortega, María J. García, Pedro Mora

    Pages 275-290

This book reflects the current state of knowledge on sustainability in a wide range of fields, from engineering to agriculture, to education. Though primarily intended to offer an update for experts and researchers in the field, it can also be used as a valuable educational tool for relevant undergraduate and graduate courses. Key aspects covered include the better and more responsible engineering and management of energy conversion processes, the development of renewable energy technologies, and improvements in conventional energy utilization and food production. In addition, the book addresses green buildings, the green economy, waste and recycling, water, ecopolitics and social sustainability. 

• Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Education
• Green buildings
• Waste recycling
• Ecopolitics

“This book is possibly one of the most important recently published books which every literate person should read. It is ‘essential’ reading for all those involved with food production, water resource management, architecture, fuel/energy production/use/distribution, and politicians! … . this book is a must read for everyone interested in their own and their children’s future.” (Robert Maddox-Harle, Leonardo, .leonardo.info, June, 2020)

• Turbulence and Energy Lab, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

  Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S.-K. Ting

Dr. Jacqueline A. Stagner is the Undergraduate Programs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering. Dr. Stagner co-advises students in the Turbulence and Energy Lab, in the area of solar water desalination. Prior to working at the University of Windsor, she attained a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. She has also worked as a release engineer in the automotive industry for 6 years. 
  
David S-K. Ting worked on Combustion and Turbulence (Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation) during his graduate studies. He then experimented with Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid–Structure Interactions prior to joining the University of Windsor. Professor Ting is the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, and supervises students on a wide range of research projects primarily in the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy areas. To date, he has co/supervised over seventy graduate students and co-authored more than one hundred and twenty journal papers. Fundamentally, this former jungle boy from the rainforests of Borneo remains astounded by the beautiful, orderly and yet unfathomable creation. His love is still faithfully devoted to Flow Turbulence. 

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