A descriptive account on the low carbon policy and the key issues in Taiwan has been presented in this insightful book. Taiwan, a small Asian country, is well-known for its high-tech industry. However, being a member of the global village, Taiwan understands its responsibility in curtailing carbon emissions. The book showcases Taiwan's transformation from a high-tech to a reduced carbon island. It discusses Taiwan's policies for reduced carbon development in the past 10 years and administers an econometric approach to assess Taiwan's sector department CO2 emissions. It also presents how the...

This is a comprehensive book about Energy Efficiency, describing it as a solution to Low Carbon Economy. Energy efficiency has finally attained the status of a sensible term in everyday lexicon. These days, nearly everyone knows that using energy wisely is friendly on the pocket, lessens the emissions of greenhouse gases and lowers dependency on imported fossil fuels. We are part of a fossil age which is at the helm of its capability. Competition for securing resources for fuelling financial progress is rising, prices of fuels will continue to boost while their accessibility would gradually...

This book provides a descriptive and comprehensive introduction to energy efficient networking systems and communication technologies. Energy efficiency in communication and networking systems is increasingly attracting attention due to both financial and ecological reasons. The amount of power consumed by information and communication technologies (ICT) is speedily growing, as well as the energy bill of service providers. According to many recent researches, ICT single-handedly is accountable for a major chunk of energy consumption which varies from 2% to 10% of the world power utilization....

This is a thorough well documented book on energy efficiency. It is one of the most updated and elaborative book dealing with energy efficiency. The readers will get familiarized with different technologies for energy efficiency policies and programs to reduce the amount of energy consumed. This book provides studies and specific sets of policies and programs that are implemented in order to boost the potential of energy conservation processes. It comprises of unique insights from scientists with academic and industrial expertise in the field of energy efficiency compiled in this...