Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global energy system / D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith -- Energy policy -- Economics methods / Rosalie Ruegg, Walter Short -- Environmental impacts and costs of energy / Ari Rabl, Joseph V. Spadaro -- Distributed generation and demand-side management -- Generation technologies through the year 2025 -- Outlook for U.S. energy consumption and prices in the midterm / Andy S. Kydes -- Transportation systems / Beth Isler -- Infrastructure risk analysis and security -- Electrical energy management in buildings / Craig B. Smith, Kelly E. Parmenter -- Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning control systems / Jan F. Kreider, David E. Claridge, Charles H. Culp -- Energy efficient technologies -- Compact heat exchangers : recuperators and regenerators / Ramesh K. Shah -- Industrial energy efficiency and energy management / Craig B. Smith, Barney L. Capehart, Wesley M. Rohrer Jr. -- Process energy efficiency : pinch technology -- Energy audits for buildings / Moncef Krarti -- Cogeneration / W. Dan Turner -- Energy storage, transmission, and distribution -- Availability of renewable resources -- Solar thermal energy conversion -- Concentrating solar thermal power / Manuel Romero-Alvarez, Eduardo Zarza -- Wind energy conversion / Dale E. Berg -- Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology, and application -- Waste-to-energy combustion / Charles O. Velzy, Leonard M. Grillo -- Biomass conversion processes for energy recovery -- Geothermal power generation / Kevin Kitz -- Hydrogen energy technologies / S.A. Sherif, F. Barbir, T.N. Veziroglu, M. Mahishi, S.S. Srinivasan -- Fuel cells / Xianguo Li -- Appendices / Nitin Goel.