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Sustainable Energy Management

Planning, Implementation, Control, and Security

  • 2nd Edition - August 10, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mirjana Radovanovic
  • Language: English

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Description

Sustainable Energy Management: Planning, Implementation, Control and Strategy, Second Edition provides the key concepts and practical knowledge needed to successfully plan, implement and control sustainable energy technologies. The book provides new paradigms for measuring energy sustainability, pragmatic methods for applying renewable resources, efficiency improvements, and unique insights on managing risk. It highlights the possible financial and practical impacts of these activities, as well as the methods for their calculation. This new edition provides updated guidelines for planning, analyzing, developing and optimizing sustainable energy production projects in the real world, also presenting real-life examples of the topics covered in each chapter.

With its focus on real-life issues and discussions of practical challenges, this book is an ideal resource for engineers, researchers and energy managers developing and rolling out sustainable energy practices. Included case studies will help benchmark decisions, especially in the book's new chapter on energy security.

Key features

  • Presents completely updated content, including new data, tables and figures
  • Contains new, global case studies in every chapter
  • Provides new content on energy security, advanced methodologies for energy saving and energy efficiency, integration of renewables, GHG emissions, and future challenges
  • Explores real-life pathways for transitioning to sustainable energy practices
  • Features case studies from around the world, explaining the whys and hows of successes and failures
  • Covers a broad spectrum of energy development issues, from planning through realization, emphasizing efficiency, scale-up of renewables, risk mitigation and energy security

Readership

Engineers, researchers, and energy managers developing or implementing energy systems focused on sustainability. Students in Engineering programs; Policy-makers and Investors working in energy-related disciplines

Table of contents

1. ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Definition of sustainable development
Basic principles of sustainable development
Energy sustainability as criteria of sustainable development
Dimensions of energy sustainability
Basic concept of energy sustainability
Basic problems on energy sustainability
Legislation

2. ENERGY MANAGEMENT – PLANNING
Traditional concept of energy management
Sustainable energy management approach
Strategic analysis of energetic sector
Strategic objectives of sustainable energy management
CASE STUDY - INDIA

3. ENERGY MANAGEMENT – IMPLEMENTATION
Basic precognition of implementation
Creation of organizational structure and culture
Transformation of objectives and resource allocation
Implementation process management
Control and revision of the strategy
CASE STUDY – USA

4. TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION
Basic techniques and tools for strategic implementation
Traditional approach
Systems approach
Ecomanagement approach
Total quality management approach
Method of Life cycle analysis
Method of gap analysis

5. ENERGY MANAGEMENT - CONTROLLING
Basics of strategic controlling
Controlling of financial effects of implementation
Controlling of non-financial effects of implementation
CASE STUDY – SERBIA

6. EXPLOITATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Solar energy
Biomass energy
Wind energy
Geothermal energy
Hydroenergy
Management of renewable energy exploitation
CASE STUDY - BRASIL

7. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Definition of energy efficiency
Basic principles of energy efficiency
Improvement of energy efficiency
CASE STUDY - CHINA

8. RISK MANAGEMENT IN ENERGY FACILITIES
Definition of risk and risk management in energy facilities
Basic steps of risk management in energy facilities
Risk assessment in energy facilities
Reaction on risk planning
Reaction on risk implementation
CASE STUDY - AUSTRIA

9. LEVEL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGETIC DEVELOPMENT
Indicators of sustainable development
Indicators of sustainable energetic development
Economic vs energetic development
Determination of sustainable development level
Determination of sustainable development level by indicators of development
Determination of sustainable energy development level
CASE STUDY – SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE REGION

10. ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Definition of sustainable development
Basic principles of sustainable development
Energy sustainability as criteria of sustainable development
Dimensions of energy sustainability
Basic concept of energy sustainability
Basic problems on energy sustainability
Legislation

11. ENERGY MANAGEMENT – PLANNING
Traditional concept of energy management
Sustainable energy management approach
Strategic analysis of energetic sector
Strategic objectives of sustainable energy management
CASE STUDY - INDIA

12. ENERGY MANAGEMENT – IMPLEMENTATION
Basic precognition of implementation
Creation of organizational structure and culture
Transformation of objectives and resource allocation
Implementation process management
Control and revision of the strategy
CASE STUDY – USA

12. TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION
Basic techniques and tools for strategic implementation
Traditional approach
Systems approach
Ecomanagement approach
Total quality management approach
Method of Life cycle analysis
Method of gap analysis

13. ENERGY MANAGEMENT - CONTROLLING
Basics of strategic controlling
Controlling of financial effects of implementation
Controlling of non-financial effects of implementation
CASE STUDY – SERBIA

14. EXPLOITATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Solar energy
Biomass energy
Wind energy
Geothermal energy
Hydroenergy
Management of renewable energy exploitation
CASE STUDY - BRASIL

15. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Definition of energy efficiency
Basic principles of energy efficiency
Improvement of energy efficiency
CASE STUDY - CHINA

16. RISK MANAGEMENT IN ENERGY FACILITIES
Definition of risk and risk management in energy facilities
Basic steps of risk management in energy facilities
Risk assessment in energy facilities
Reaction on risk planning
Reaction on risk implementation
CASE STUDY - AUSTRIA

17. LEVEL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGETIC DEVELOPMENT
Indicators of sustainable development
Indicators of sustainable energetic development
Economic vs energetic development
Determination of sustainable development level
Determination of sustainable development level by indicators of development
Determination of sustainable energy development level
CASE STUDY – SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE REGION

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 12, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

MR

Mirjana Radovanovic

Mirjana Radovanović (Golusin) works at the Faculty of Security Studies, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia, as professor of Energy Security and Management of Critical Infrastructure. Her research focuses on Energy Security, Energy Policy, Qualitative and Multivariate Research and Analysis.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Environmental Science, Educons University, Serbia

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