Cover image for Race for sustainability : energy, economy, environment and ethics / by Ken Hickson (Sustain Ability Showcase Asia, Singapore).
Race for sustainability : energy, economy, environment and ethics / by Ken Hickson (Sustain Ability Showcase Asia, Singapore).
ISBN:
9789814571364
Title:
Race for sustainability : energy, economy, environment and ethics / by Ken Hickson (Sustain Ability Showcase Asia, Singapore).
Author:
Hickson, Ken, author.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 318 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Section 1. Why sustainability matters. 1. F1 at odds with Singapore's race for sustainability -- 2. Impactful advocacy: sense and sustainability -- 3. 12 steps to sustainability in business -- 4. Profile -- Christiana Figueres -- Section 2. Making energy efficiency sexy. 5. Multiple outcome benefits of energy efficiency -- 6. Energy efficiency as a business opportunity -- 7. Mobilising investment in energy efficiency in Southeast Asia -- 8. Profile -- Fatih Birol -- Section 3. Building hopes beyond green buildings. 9. Reinventing fire: Amory Lovins on energy efficiency and retrofits -- 10. Initiatives to keep Singapore ahead in international green buildings -- 11. Flying machines and robots bring productivity to the building industry -- 12. Profile Lee Eng Lock -- Section 4. The sun shines on renewables. 13. Is solar the renewable energy of choice in Asia? -- 14. Harnessing the tropical sun's energy for efficient buildings -- 15. The price is right! Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels -- 16. Profile -- William Armstrong or Robinson Crusoe? -- Section 5. Industrial and innovative solutions. 17. Dynamics of the industrial energy efficiency market -- 18. For Halcyon Agri, sustainability makes business sense -- 19. Case study: energy management for HSL Constructor -- 20. Profile -- Mann Young -- Section 6. Gold standard for sustainable events. 21. Taking sustainability seriously for events in Asia -- 22. Case study: Asia's first and only sustainable light art festival -- 23. Can a luxury hotel and convention centre be sustainable? -- 24. Profile -- Sir Richard Branson -- Section 7. Air pollution, deforestation and biodiversity. 25. The burning season in Indonesia: where there's smoke, there's fire! -- 26. Clearing the air on health impacts of pollution -- 27. What's the buzz? Bee populations in decline and elephants feel the sting -- 28. Profile -- David Fogarty -- Section 8. Resourceful management of waste. 29. Adding waste to the climate-water-energy nexus -- 30. Aiming for a zero waste future -- 31. Effective waste-to-energy technologies -- 32. Profile -- Douglas Woodring -- Section 9. Energy literacy and creative education. 33. Energy Education and a Green Campus -- 34. Games for good: for sustainability's sake -- 35. Art and nature: creatively connecting sustainability -- 36. Profile -- Kwek Leng Joo -- Section 10. Ethics, media and communication. 37. Hacking is not in the sustainability dictionary -- 38. Hackathon as a means to reduce our environmental impact -- 39. How to communicate sustainability and do it sustainably! -- 40. Profile -- Ken Hickson.
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Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
New Jersey :

World Scientific,

[2014]