[Read free] The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities
❀ Austin Troy ❀
| #1711786 in Books | 2012-01-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x1.06 x6.13l,1.50 | File Name: 0300162316 | 384 pages
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Energy Use Optimization, Spearhead of Urban Competitiveness|By Serge J. Van Steenkiste|Austin Troy explores the economic competitiveness of cities in the light of what he calls their urban energy metabolism, i.e., the different rates at which cities consume energy. The drivers of this urban energy metabolism are for example climate, access to water, the quality of buildings,||
"Austin Troy delivers a fascinating—and chilling—look at our cities' dangerous dependence on an unpredictable world energy market. He shows why we need to break our addiction to cheap energy, and offers practical solutions on how to do i
As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its economic viability, warns the author of The Very Hungry City. Austin Troy, a seasoned expert in urban environmental management, explains for general readers how a city with a high "urban energy metabolism"—that is, a city that needs large amounts of energy in order to function—will be at a competitive disadvantage in the future. He explor...
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