Reclaiming Eden
eBook - ePub

Reclaiming Eden

Responsible Living, Engineering, and Architectures

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Reclaiming Eden

Responsible Living, Engineering, and Architectures

About this book

Life on Earth is both challenging and beautiful. Reclaiming Eden is about responsible living, engineering and architectures, aiming to mitigate environmental deterioration by reclaiming land around the world to an ecologically sustainable stage. These endeavors will enable us to pass forward a beautiful tomorrow for our grandchildren in the long run, and our children and ourselves in the immediate future. Eco-friendliness is key, and this includes waste reduction, sustainable development, furthering renewables, nature and biomimicry, and coral reef restoration. This book stands as a latest update on these fronts in beautifying tomorrow.

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Year
2024
Print ISBN
9789815129311
eBook ISBN
9781040086513

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 Eden: It Makes Splendid Sense to Reclaim
  10. Chapter 2 Living Responsibility: Adapting Waste Reduction to Reclaim Eden?
  11. Chapter 3 Harbor-House Design with Recycled Insulation Materials for Sustainable Development
  12. Chapter 4 Recent Progress in PhotovoltaicThermoelectric Hybrid Power Systems
  13. Chapter 5 Barriers to the Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies
  14. Chapter 6 Solar Enhanced Soaring: Tapping into Ambient Solar Energy for Optimized Airfoil Performance
  15. Chapter 7 Thermal Regulation due to Vertical Greening Systems: A Review
  16. Chapter 8 Evolutionary Structurally-Sound-Design-Process of Dovetail Massive Wooden Board Elements as a Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Solution
  17. Chapter 9 Performance Assessment of Electric-Powered Food Roasting Machine
  18. Chapter 10 Coral Reef Ecosystem Enhancement in Singapore's Highly Urbanized Port
  19. Index

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