New and Renewable Technologies for Sustainable Development

1. Front Matter

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2. Sustainability Development in Energy Strategy

   1. Advantage of the Renewable Energies at Madeira Island: Electrical Power Production

      • Mário J. Fernandes, Agostinho Figueira, José Cotrim

      Pages 1-10

   2. Sustainability Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems

      • Naim H. Afgan, Maria G. Carvalho, Nikolai V. Hovanov

      Pages 11-33

   3. Design and Optimization of Forced Convection Heat Sinks for Sustainable Development

      • Avram Bar-Cohen, Suzana Prstic, Kazuaki Yazawa, Madhu Iyengar

      Pages 35-57

   4. Bioenergetics—Conversion of Biochemical to Mechanical Energy in the Cardiac Muscle

      • Samuel Sideman, Amir Landesberg

      Pages 59-72

   5. Comparison Between Simea and Seneca Methods for Social Impact Analysis of Energy Systems

      • F. Orecchini, A. Micangeli, I. Pollini, A. Santiangeli, L. Del Campo, F. Zuccari

      Pages 73-84

   6. Sustainable Energy Scenarios Using Green Energy for India

      • L. Suganthi, A. Williams

      Pages 85-94

   7. Assessing Urban Environmental Sustainability by Means of Indicators: The Case of the Heritage Buildings

      • M. La Gennusa, G. Rizzo, M. Rizzo, G. Scaccianoce

      Pages 95-104

   8. Kyoto Protocol Objectives by Promoting the Technology Transfer to Small Island Developing Countries: Santo Antão, Cape Verde

      • Neven Duic, Luís Manuel Alves, Maria da Graça Carvalho

      Pages 105-116

3. Economic Evaluation of New and Renewable Energy Source

   1. Constructal Optimization of Tree-Shaped Paths for the Collection and Distribution of Fluid, Electricity, Goods and People

      • Adrian Bejan

      Pages 117-134

   2. An Overview of Gas Turbine Technologies for Power Generation in Europe

      • P. A. Pilavachi

      Pages 135-144

   3. Pricing the Energy Supplied by Renewable Sources: An Assessment of the Portuguese Situation

      • Rui M. G. Castro, J. P. Sucena Paiva

      Pages 145-153

   4. Sustainable Utilization of Paper Sludge for Energy Conversion: Economic Potential and Environmental Feasibility

      • Beatrice Coda, Roland Berger, Klaus R. G. Hein

      Pages 155-167

   5. Cost Optimization of a Cogeneration Plant

      • Zeljko Bogdan, Drazen Loncar, Nikola Serman

      Pages 169-178

   6. An Integrated Methodology for Regional Energy Planning in Isolated Areas: Application in the Cape Verde Islands

      • Dimitris Th. Askounis, Argiris G. Kagiannas, John Psarras

      Pages 179-190

   7. Modern Financial Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Technologies

      • Dimitris Th. Askounis, Argiris G. Kagiannas, John Psarras

      Pages 191-202

   8. Advanced Sustainable Integrated Systems for Total Building Energy Supply

      • Evgueniy Entchev

      Pages 203-210

   9. Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources Using a Geographical Information System

      • Anildo Costa, Cláudio Monteiro, Vladimiro Miranda, Luís M. Monteiro Alves, Maria GraÇa da Carvalho

      Pages 211-220

   10. Kyoto Protocol Objectives in Croatia Energy Planning

       • Neven Duić, Franjo Juretić, Mladen Zeljko, Željko Bogdan

       Pages 221-231

   11. Renewable Energies in the Canary Islands: Actual Situation and Perspectives

       • Julieta Schallenberg

       Pages 233-246

Sustainable development encompasses economic, social, and ecological perspectives of conservation and change in natural resources. It is generally defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This definition is based on the ethical imperative of equity within and between generations. Moreover, apart from meeting; "the basic needs of all"; sustainable development implies sustaining the natural life­ support systems on Earth, and extending to all the opportunity to satisfy their aspirations for a better life. Hence, sustainable development is more precisely defined as a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspiration. To date, various definitions and stationary-state criteria of sustainability have been proposed. Many authors have been concerned with only part of the problem, such as the technological assumptions, the ability to substitute natural resources in economic transformation processes, and the resilience and importance of ecological processes. But, the social dimension did not receive the same attention, and has not been adequately integrated into formal analysis. The engineering community has to play an important role in sustainable development with appropriate evaluation of the engineering systems. In this respect energy, water and environment systems require multi-criteria evaluation methods for the assessment of the economic, environmental and social aspect of the systems.

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• Photovoltaics
• Renewable Energies
• Sustainable Energy
• development
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• solar energy

• Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  Naim Hamdia Afgan, Maria Graça Carvalho

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