Chapter
2 - The Green Industrial Revolution
HOW COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS MOVE AHEAD
WHAT IS A RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER SOURCE?
DEREGULATION BENEFITS: MYTHS ABOUT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AS CONSERVATION IS NEEDED TOO
Better Investment Decisions
Politicized Priorities Excluded
THE ISSUE OF DEREGULATING AGILE ENERGY SYSTEMS
CONCLUSION: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AN AGILE ENERGY SYSTEM
APPENDIX A: THE DANISH CASE FOR THE GREEN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
APPENDIX B: E-MAIL SURVEILLANCE DATA ON ENRON
APPENDIX C: FROM CENTRAL POWER GRID TO LOCAL DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS
APPENDIX D: SMART GRID THAT INCLUDES LOCAL DISTRIBUTED POWER AND RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
3 - Cross-Disciplinary Scientific Foundation for Sustainability: Qualitative Economics
THE PARADIGM SHIFT: ECONOMICS AS A SCIENCE
SUBJECTIVISM PARADIGM: LIFEWORLD PERSPECTIVE AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
Phenomenology: The Tradition of the Lifeworld Perspective
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM: IN THE SUBJECTIVIST THEORETICAL PARADIGM
TRANSFORMATIONAL LINGUISTICS: ECONOMIC RULES OF FORMALISM IN BUSINESS PRACTICES
QUALITATIVE ECONOMICS: TOWARD A SCIENCE OF ECONOMICS
Organizing: Fitting Together of Lines of Activities and Actions
Organizing: Dynamism of the Firm
Intersubjectivity and the Organizational Approach
The Actors' Experiential Space: Organizational Lifeworld
Constituting of the Organizational Activities and of the “Firm”
The Actors’ Development Capability
Organizing and the Organizational Paradigm
Actor's Extension of the Experiential Space
4 - Political–Economic Governance of Renewable Energy Systems: The Key to Create Sustainable Communities
CORPORATE AND BUSINESS INFLUENCES AND POWER
CHINA HAS “LEAPFROGGED” INTO THE GREEN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
THE WESTERN ECONOMIC PARADIGM MUST CHANGE
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Japan and South Korea are Leaders in the Green Industrial Revolution
Distributed Renewable Energy Generation for Sustainable Communities
Developing World Leaders in Energy Development and Sustainable Technologies
Costs, Finances, and Return on Investment
CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
CHART A: THE GERMANY FEED-IN-TARIFF POLICY AND RESULTS (1990–2010)
CHART B: THE GERMANY FEED-IN-TARIFF POLICY ECONOMIC RESULTS (1990–2007)
5 - Renewable Energy: Scaling Deployment in the United States and in Developing Economies
INTRODUCTION TO SOURCES AND USES OF ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES
ADVANCED RENEWABLES DEPLOYMENT
SUMMARY OF SCALING RENEWABLES IN THE UNITED STATES
THE ENERGY ACCESS GAP: REMOTE AND UNDER-GRID POPULATIONS NOT BEING REACHED
DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS: PIVOTAL TO UNIVERSAL ENERGY ACCESS
THE HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MARKETS: TRENDS ACROSS HIGH-PERFORMING COUNTRIES
FROM THE BOTTOM UP: THE SIERRA LEONE SUCCESS STORY
6 - Development Partnership of Renewable Energies Technology and Smart Grid in China
THE SOLAR ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GRID
DATA RESPONSE AND POWER TRANSMISSION LINES: EXAMPLES OF THE UNITED STATES
THE SMART GRID AND MARKET SOLUTION
CHINA REBUILDS A POWER SYSTEM AND SMART GRID
Merits of the Chinese-Style Smart Grid
Discussion on Chinese Cases, Investment, and Forecast
Historical Review and Attributes of the Third-Generation Grid
Light-Emitting Diode and Energy Efficiency Case Discussion
7 - Sustainable Towns: The Case of Frederikshavn Aiming at 100% Renewable Energy
DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Definition of Project Area
THE PRESENT SITUATION: YEAR 2007, APPROXIMATELY 20% RENEWABLE ENERGY
THE FIRST STEP: FREDERIKSHAVN IN THE YEAR 2009
FREDERIKSHAVN IN THE YEAR OF 2015
New Waste Incineration Combined Heat And Power Plant
Expansion of District Heating Grid
Biogas Plant and Methanol Production
Geothermal and Heat Pumps
Combined Heat and Power Plants and Boilers
PHASE 3: FREDERIKSHAVN IN THE YEAR 2030—100% RENEWABLE ENERGY AND LESS BIOMASS
8 - Life Cycle Analysis Versus Cost Benefit of Renewable Energy: Solar Systems Photovoltaics in Public Private Part ...
Energy Challenges are Enormous
SolarCity—Solar PV Array Installations on City Facilities
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF A PV SYSTEM FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Power Purchase Agreement Business Model
Calculating Utility Rates
Consideration of Externalities
9 - Public Buildings and Institutions: Solar Power and Energy Conservation as Solutions: Legal and Financial Mechan ...
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PUBLIC POLICY
LEGAL MECHANISMS FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
California Clean Energy Jobs Act
Energy Management Agreement by Community College Districts
Energy Service Contract and Facility Ground Lease by Public Agencies
Power Purchase Agreement by Governmental Agency
Lease of Photovoltaic System
TREATMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVES
10 - Life Cycle Analysis: The Economic Analysis of Demand-Side Programs and Projects in California
Demand-Side Management Categories and Program Definitions
Limitations: Externality Values and Policy Rules
How the Results Can Be Expressed
Strengths of the Participant Test
Weaknesses of the Participant Test
THE RATEPAYER IMPACT MEASURE TEST (REFER TO POINT 5 OF NOTES)
How the Results Can Be Expressed
Strengths of the Ratepayer Impact Measure Test
Weaknesses of the Ratepayer Impact Measure Test
TOTAL RESOURCE COST TEST (REFER TO POINT 6 OF NOTES)
How the Results Can Be Expressed
Strengths of the Total Resource Cost Test
Weakness of the Total Resource Cost Test
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR COST TEST
How the Results Can Be Expressed
Strengths of the Program Administrator Cost Test
Weaknesses of the Program Administrator Cost Test
Ratepayer Impact Measure Test
Program Administrator Cost Test
Ratepayer Impact Measure Test
Program Administrator Cost Test
Derivation of RIM Lifecycle Revenue Impact Formula
11 - The Next Economics: Civic–Social Capitalism
A New Framework for Understanding Energy and Economics Within the Context of Civic Society
The Advantages of Cooperation Over Competition
The Economic Advantages of Civic Capitalism
The Civic Markets at Work
Stimulating Innovation for Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems
Networks and Social Relations as Opposed to Only Numbers
ECONOMIC COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION
CONCLUSION: MAXIMIZING THE PUBLIC GOOD IN ENERGY ECONOMICS
12 - Urban Circular Economy: The New Frontier for European Cities' Sustainable Development
THE URBAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN EUROPE
THE BIG CITIES EXAMPLES: AMSTERDAM, LONDON, PARIS, AND MILAN ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE URBAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
WHERE TO FIND THE RESOURCES TO INVEST IN URBAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
How to Overcome This Contradiction?
THE ROLE OF SMALL CITIES: THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE
CHART 1: CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ITS IMPACTS ON CITIZENS' DAY-TO-DAY LIFE
CHART 2: THE EUROPEAN UNION CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACTION PLAN AND THE ROLE OF THE CITIES
13 - Big Heart Intelligence in Healthy Workplaces and Sustainable Communities∗
BIG HEART INTELLIGENCE BASICS
EXAMPLE 1: BIG HEART INTELLIGENCE IN THE DESIGN OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Explorers Wheel: Inspiration, Conception, Design
Big Heart Intelligence Process
EXAMPLE 2: RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES LINKED TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGE TOWNS
SMART TECHNOLOGIES WITH A HEART
EVOLVING BUILDINGS WITHIN AN EMERGING NEW PARADIGM IN GLOBAL HEALTH
14 - The European Union: Nordic Countries and Germany
Hammarby Sjöstad (Hammarby Lake City)
15 - Mauritius Island Nation: 100% Renewable Energy System by 2050
CURRENT ENERGY STATUS OF MAURITIUS
Primary Energy Requirements
THE GOVERNMENT'S VISION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES UP TO 2025
OPTIONS FOR A 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM BY 2050
Hydrogen Power and Electric Vehicles
Onshore and Offshore Wind
Flexible Generation and Storage
16 - Urban Sustainability and Industrial Migration: The Green Transition of Hefei, China
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
17 - Energy Economics in China's Policy-Making Plan: From Self-Reliance and Market Dependence to Green Energy Indep ...
INTRODUCTION: FROM SELF-RELIANCE TO DEPENDENCY
THE REAL PREDICAMENT: ENERGY-CONSUMPTION-BASED ECONOMIC GROWTH
THE RISE OF CHINA IN THE CONTEXT OF ENERGY DEPENDENCY
Middle East and Central Asia
NEW POLICY THINKING: CHANGE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH STRATEGY AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
CONCLUSION REMARKS: CHALLENGES AND OPTIMISM AHEAD
18 - Energy Strategy for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
THEME 1: ENERGY BASE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCE
THEME 2: DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST BETWEEN REGIONS, CITIES, AND NATIONS
THEME 3: LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Applying Key Case Study Features
Unique IMAR and PRC Opportunities
Commercial Technological Approaches Available Today (2006) and Areas for Collaboration With Research and Development and Un ...
Potential Barriers to Implementation in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Solutions to Barriers for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Policies to Move the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Energy Structures to Meet Its Future Needs
SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS: RURAL INNER MONGOLIA
Nonelectric Energy for Heating and Cooking
Toward an Integrated Energy, Water, Waste, and Transportation Infrastructure Strategy
Energy Generation is in Transition
19 - Business Ventures and Financial Sector in the United Arab Emirates
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE UAE
INVESTMENT BODIES—THE KEY PLAYERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS ACTIVITY
BANKING SECTOR—THE STRUCTURE AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
OTHER KEY PLAYERS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKET
BUSINESS COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UAE AND POLAND
Prospects for Polish Enterprises in the Persian Gulf States
Entry Barriers for Polish Entrepreneurs on the Example of Polish Companies of Inglot and Can-Pack/Arab Can
Factors Determining the Expansion of Polish Enterprises in the UAE
Market Chances and Threats
Arabic Investments in Poland
THE SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE UAE MARKET—BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
20 - ECO-GEN Energy Solutions: Tahiti Story
Inside the JouleBox: How the JouleBox Power Station Works
The JouleBox Power Station Plants Solution
The JouleBox Power Station Plants Solve All These Problems
21 - Japanese Smart Communities as Industrial Policy
JAPANESE SMART COMMUNITIES: PLENTY, BUT POORLY PROMOTED
OPENING THE WINDOW ON JAPAN'S SMART COMMUNITIES
HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA CITY SMART DISASTER PREVENTION ECO TOWN
SMART COMMUNITY POLICY ENTREPRENEURS
JAPAN'S NATIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY
POLICY INTEGRATION IN THE COMPACT CITY
FISCAL SUPPORT FOR SMART COMMUNITIES
POST 3-11 STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT FOR SMART COMMUNITIES
22 - Sustainable Communities in Costa Rica
The Importance of Sustainability
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND AREAS OF INTEREST
THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN COSTA RICA
Cultural Movements and Governmental Programs
A Strong Light in the Horizon
Healing in All Directions
23 - Sustainable Development Cases in Africa
24 - Sustainable Agriculture: The Food Chain
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
25. Insights on Establishing a Cohesive and Enduring Campus Sustainability Initiative
Insight 1: Many Campuses Still Need a Collective and Shared Definition of Sustainability, a Vision for Sustainability, and ...
Insight 2: Sustainability Is Being Established as an Institutional Priority Because It Is an Economic and Strategic Imperat ...
Insight 3: The Opportunity Set for Financing Sustainability Projects Is Expanding and the Economic Returns Are Attractive
Insight 4: Collaboration Between Campuses and Communities Is Fundamental to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change at the Loc ...
Insight 5: Deep Engagement and Participation of Stakeholders is Vital for Embedding Sustainability Into the Culture of a School
Four Core Competencies to Consider for Ensuring a Successful Campus Sustainability Initiative
26 - The Power of Sustainability: The Story of Kent, Ohio
CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KENT SUSTAINABLE PLANNING APPROACH
Ohio State University Extension: Sustainable Planning Model
STEPS IN THE CREATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL PLAN
Step 1: Building a Partnership
Step 2: Establishing Planning Governance
Bicentennial Plan Steering Committee
Bicentennial Plan Design Team
Step 3: Discovering the Community's Shared Vision
Step 4: Finalize and Adopt Plan
IMPLEMENTING MULTIDIMENSIONAL, SUSTAINABLE GOALS
CENTRAL GATEWAY: TRANSFORMING KENT'S DOWNTOWN
Examples of Multidimensional Goals From the Kent Plan:
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES
Tying Together the Campus and the Downtown: Haymaker Parkway and University Esplanade
27 - The Los Angeles Community College District: Establishing a Net Zero Energy Campus
Energy Demand Versus Energy Consumption
City College Campus Energy Consumption and Demand
City College Campus Growth and Demand Side Management
APPENDIX 1: MAP OF LA CITY COLLEGE CAMPUS INDICATING PREVIOUS, CURRENT, AND PLANNED RENOVATIONS/CONSTRUCTION
APPENDIX 2: LADWP ENERGY RATES AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2009—SPECIFIC FOR LACC OPERATIONS
28 - Case Study: University of California, Irvine
29 - “Scrappy” Sustainability at Ohio Wesleyan University
A GRASSROOTS MODEL FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY AT OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
COORDINATING SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR
“SCRAPPY SUSTAINABILITY” OUTCOMES
A NEW MODEL FOR SUSTAINABILITY?
30 - Afterword: A Sustainable Economic and Finance Proposal
Corporate Governance in an Age of Economic Globalization
Political Economy of the State and Public Goods Provision
Private and Public Sector Intergenerational Responsibility
Political Economy of Income and Wealth Distribution
Human Capability and Economic Development
ECONOMIC APPROACHES: OVERVIEW IN BRIEF
Property Assessed Clean Energy
Bank Mortgages: (Long-Term Transferable Debt)
CONCLUSION NOW AND FOR TOMORROW
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