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The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world with almost 50 000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards Passivhaus provides a robust 'fabric first' approach from which to make the next step. The Passivhaus Designers Manual is the most comprehensive technical guide available to those wishing to design and build Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings. As a technical reference for architects engineers and construction professionals The Passivhaus Designers Manual provides:State of the art guidance for anyone designing or working on a Passivhaus project;In depth information on building services including high performance ventilation systems and ultra-low energy heating and cooling systems;Holistic design guidance encompassing: daylight design ecological materials thermal comfort indoor air quality and economics;Practical advice on procurement methods project management and quality assurance;Renewable energy systems suitable for Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings; Practical case studies from the UK USA and Germany amongst others;Detailed worked examples to show you how it's done and what to look out for;Expert advice from 20 world renowned Passivhaus designers architects building physicists and engineers. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 full colour illustrations and presented by two highly experienced specialists this is your one-stop shop for comprehensive practical information on Passivhaus and Zero Energy buildings. | The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

GBP 180.00
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The Case Against the Global Economy And for a Turn Towards Localization

The Case Against the Global Economy And for a Turn Towards Localization

The greatest political debate of our time is about the blind rush towards a single global economy its consequences for jobs democracy human well-being and cultural diversity and its impact on the natural world that sustains us. Its effects will be profound and irreversible but globalization itself is not inevitable. In The Case Against the Global Economy 24 leading economic agricultural cultural and environmental authorities drawn from across the world argue that free trade and economic globalization are producing exactly the opposite results to those promised. From a detailed analysis of the new global economy its structures and its full social and ecological implications they show how it is undermining our liberty our security and our well-being and is devastating the planet. First published in the USA in 1996 in an edition focused on North America the book won the American Political Science Association award for the Best Book in Ecological and Transformational Politics. This completely revised and updated international edition presents a passionate and persuasive case for the need to reverse course away from globalization and towards a revitalized democracy local self-sufficiency and ecological health. | The Case Against the Global Economy And for a Turn Towards Localization

GBP 180.00
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Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance defines safety as the maintenance of peace of mind. Without peace of mind or the serenity brought about by a safe working environment employees will be unwilling and even unable to focus their energies on production improvement. Thus it can be said that all improvement begins with safety. Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award! A how-to manual on the proper integration of safety and environmental sustainability with Lean implementations Lean Sustainability: Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations provides a proven recipe for achieving safety and sustainability excellence. This book is the result of the author‘s two decades of experience implementing Lean; Safety Health and Environmental (SHE); and sustainability processes in the chemical food and consumer products industries. It unveils valuable lessons learned and little-known tips for eliminating waste and increasing process efficiency while reducing safety incidents and the overall impact on the environment. The text illustrates how to use the SHE Pillar as a gateway to continuous improvement regardless of the improvement methodology you use. Bolstered with proven methodologies and real-world advice it introduces novel approaches for achieving safety and sustainability excellence including: Autonomous Safety‘supplying employees with the knowledge skills and motivation to work safely Triple Zero the achievement of zero accidents zero environmental incidents and zero losses Green Value Stream Mapping the application of Value Stream Mapping to environmental and sustainability issues Although there are many books on Lean sustainability and SHE few explain how to integrate these dynamic tools. Walking you through this process this book supplies the tools to create a synergy that wil | Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

GBP 180.00
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Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide

Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide

A perennial bestseller Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide Third Edition includes individual entries for over 300 compounds. The extensive list of references has been updated and includes entries for 15 pesticides commonly used in greenhouses. Emphasis is placed on disposal methods that turn hazardous waste material into non-toxic products. These methods fall into several categories including acid/base neutralization oxidation or reduction and precipitation of toxic ions as insoluble solids. The text also provides data on hazardous reactions of chemicals assisting laboratory managers in developing a plan of action for emergencies such as the spill of any of the chemicals listed.

GBP 180.00
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The War of American Independence 1775-1783

The War of American Independence 1775-1783

Wars rarely turn out as expected. This book shows how Britain entered a conflict that it believed could not be lost. The American Patriots were similarly optimistic about their martial prospects. Although they eventually secured independence it was only with the assistance of France and indirectly Spain who diverted British resources from the conflict in America allowing France eventually to deliver a knockout blow at Yorktown. This extensive yet accessible exploration into the War of American Independence provides a clear analysis of why this complex conflict occurred and why it ended as it did revealing the fragile nature of the American Patriot cause. An essential guide for any history student including those specializing in war/peace studies and the study of international relations as well the general reader with an interest in the study of war. | The War of American Independence 1775-1783

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory brings together top scholars in the field to explore the significance of narrative to pressing social cultural and theoretical issues. How does narrative both inform and limit the way we think today? From conspiracy theories and social media movements to racial politics and climate change future scenarios the reach is broad. This volume is distinctive for addressing the complicated relations between the interdisciplinary narrative turn in the academy and the contemporary boom of instrumental storytelling in the public sphere. The scholars collected here explore new theories of causality experientiality and fictionality; challenge normative modes of storytelling; and offer polemical accounts of narrative fiction nonfiction and video games. Drawing upon the latest research in areas from cognitive sciences to complexity theory the volume provides an accessible entry point for those new to the myriad applications of narrative theory and a point of departure for new scholarship.

GBP 205.00
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Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

To curb the impacts of rising CO2 emissions the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report states that a net zero target needs to be achieved by the year 2055. Experts argue that this is a critical time to make important and accurate decisions. Thus it is essential to have the right tools to efficiently plan and deploy future energy systems and supply chains. Mathematical models can provide decision-makers with the tools required to make well-informed decisions relating to development of energy systems and supply chains. This book provides an understanding of the various available energy systems the basics behind mathematical models the steps required to develop mathematical models and examples/case studies where such models are applied. Divided into two parts one covering basics for beginners and the other featuring contributed chapters offering illustrative examples this book: Shows how mathematical models are applied to solve problems in energy systems and supply chains Provides fundamentals of the working principles of various energy systems and their technologies Offers basics of how to formulate and best practices for developing mathematical models topics not covered in other titles Features a wide range of case studies Teaches readers to develop their own mathematical models to make decisions on energy systems This book is aimed at chemical process mechanical and energy engineers. | Optimization for Energy Systems and Supply Chains Fundamentals and Applications

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture

The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture

Focusing on significant and cutting-edge preoccupations within children’s literature scholarship The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature and Culture presents a comprehensive overview of print digital and electronic texts for children aged zero to thirteen as forms of world literature participating in a panoply of identity formations. Offering five distinct sections this volume: Familiarizes students and beginning scholars with key concepts and methodological resources guiding contemporary inquiry into children’s literature Describes the major media formats and genres for texts expressly addressing children Considers the production distribution and valuing of children’s books from an assortment of historical and contemporary perspectives highlighting context as a driver of content Maps how children’s texts have historically presumed and prescribed certain identities on the part of their readers sometimes addressing readers who share some part of the author’s identity sometimes seeking to educate the reader about a presumed “other ” and in recent decades increasingly foregrounding identities once lacking visibility and voice Explores the historical evolutions and trans-regional contacts and (inter)connections in the long process of the formation of global children’s literature highlighting issues such as retranslation transnationalism transculturality and new digital formats for considering cultural crossings and renegotiations in the production of children’s literature Methodically presented and contextualized this volume is an engaging introduction to this expanding and multifaceted field. | The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

This Handbook presents a transnational and interdisciplinary study of refugee narratives broadly defined. Interrogating who can be considered a refugee and what constitutes a narrative the thirty-eight chapters included in this collection encompass a range of forcibly displaced subjects a mix of geographical and historical contexts and a variety of storytelling modalities. Analyzing novels poetry memoirs comics films photography music social media data graffiti letters reports eco-design video games archival remnants and ethnography the individual chapters counter dominant representations of refugees as voiceless victims. Addressing key characteristics and thematics of refugee narratives this Handbook examines how refugee cultural productions are shaped by and in turn shape socio-political landscapes. It will be of interest to researchers teachers students and practitioners committed to engaging refugee narratives in the contemporary moment. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license. | The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

GBP 190.00
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Routledge Handbook of African Peacebuilding

Routledge Handbook of African Peacebuilding

Africa lies at the centre of the international community’s peacebuilding interventions and the continent’s rich multitude of actors ideas relationships practices experiences locations and contexts in turn shapes the possibilities and practices of contemporary peacebuilding. This timely new handbook surveys and analyses peacebuilding as it operates in this specifically African context. The book begins by outlining the evolution and the various ideologies conceptualizations institutions and practices of African peacebuilding. It identifies critical differences in how African peacebuilders have conceptualized and operationalized peacebuilding. The book then considers how different actors sustain construct and use African infrastructure to identify and analyse converging differing or competing mandates approaches and interests. Finally it analyses specific thematic issues such as gender justice development democracy and the politics of knowledge before ending with in-depth analyses of case studies drawn from across the continent. Bringing together an international line-up of expert contributors this book will be an essential read for students and scholars of African politics post-conflict reconstruction security and peace and conflict studies. | Routledge Handbook of African Peacebuilding

GBP 205.00
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Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production 1796-1918 Experiment Expertise Experience

Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production 1796-1918 Experiment Expertise Experience

This collection pieces together a wealth of material in order to get inside the experience of scientific practice in the long nineteenth century. It aims to reach or perhaps to facilitate an understanding of the ways in which the value of scientific knowledge was produced lived and challenged. The new turn to the history of experience suggests a logic to the compilation of material that is completely original: the sources are not selected according to the historical success of an idea or experiment but for the ways in which scientific endeavour loaded knowledge claims with political or moral value coupled with attendant practical justifications. Thus ‘bad ideas’ sit alongside ‘good’; now discountenanced practices take their place among the revered. In sum they reveal an experimental culture that was not merely orientated toward cold knowledge or intellectual output but defined by shifting sets of affective practices and procedures and the making of expertise out of the lived experience of doing science. | Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production 1796-1918 Experiment Expertise Experience

GBP 396.00
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Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual

Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual

As soil and crop management procedures have become more complex County Agricultural Agents farm advisors consultants and fertilizer and chemical dealers have had to specialize in some aspect of soil fertility and crop nutrition management procedures limiting their ability to provide a range of advice and services. Most farmers and growers can no longer turn to just one source for the information and instruction needed to achieve their production goals. With over 70 percent new material the second edition of the Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual discusses the principles determining how plants grow and the elements essential for successful crop production with a focus on the principles of soil fertility and plant nutrition. The book covers physical and chemical properties of soil chemical and organic fertilizers soil acidity and alkalinity liming and liming materials and micronutrients essential to plant growth. It also describes elements toxic to plants soil testing and plant analysis. The topics and discussion in this self-contained book are practical and user-friendly yet comprehensive enough to cover material presented in upper-level soil and plant science courses. It allows practitioners with general background knowledge to feel confident applying the principles presented to soil/crop production systems.

GBP 180.00
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Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia

Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the international relations of South Asia. South Asia as a region is increasingly assuming greater significance in global politics for a host of compelling reasons. This volume offers the most comprehensive collection of perspectives on the international politics of South Asia and it it covers an extensive range of issues spanning from inter-state wars to migration in the region. Each contribution provides a careful discussion of the four major theoretical approaches to the study of international politics: Realism Constructivism Liberalism and Critical Theory. In turn the chapters discuss the relevance of each approach to the issue area addressed in the book. The volume offers coverage of the key issues under four thematic sections: - Theoretical Approaches to the Study of the International Relations of South Asia - Traditional and Emerging Security Issues in South Asia - The International Relations of South Asia - Cross-cutting Regional Issues Further every effort has been made in the chapters to discuss the origins evolution and future direction of each issue. This book will be of much interest to students of South Asian politics human security regional security and International Relations in general. | Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion shows how the affective turn in the humanities applies to literary studies. Deftly combining the scientific elements with the literary the book provides a theoretical and topical introduction to reading literature and emotion. Looking at a variety of formats including novels drama film graphic fiction and lyric poetry the book also includes focus on specific authors such as Shakespeare Chaucer Jane Austen Virginia Woolf and Viet Thanh Nguyen. The volume introduces the theoretical groundwork covering such categories as affect theory affective neuroscience cognitive science evolution and history of emotions. It examines the range of emotions that play a special role in literature including happiness fear aesthetic delight empathy and sympathy as well as aspects of literature (style narrative voice and others) that bear on emotional response. Finally it explores ethical and political concerns that are often intertwined with emotional response including racism colonialism disability ecology gender sexuality and trauma. This is a crucial guide to the ways in which new interdisciplinary understandings of emotion and affect—in fields from neuroscience to social theory—are changing the study of literature and of the ways those new understandings are impacted by work on literature also.

GBP 205.00
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Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

Nowadays the environmental sustainability of the cropping systems is increasingly requested by the consumers. Conventional tillage practices totally turning over the soil between the vineyard rows may cause erosion due to rain as well as structure destruction of the soil in the long term. Conservation tillage is a soil management technique poorly widespread in Sardinia allowing cover cropping between vineyard rows. Furthermore this technique makes the canopy development control of herbage possible by cutting it up during specific phenological phases. Conservation tillage usually involves direct benefits to farmers such as increasing soil fertility as well as reductionof tillage costs soil erosion and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere. This long term trial during at least five years aims to assess the conservation tillage impact on chemical-physical soil characteristics in comparison with traditional tillage by evaluating the change of organic matter C. E. C. and availability of major plant nutrients in the soil and to estimate their probable rise. The field plots are located in a 35% slope condition vineyard showing massive erosion problem and organic matter low content. A split/plot design with four replications was set up with the comparison between conservation and traditional tillage apart as main plots. Moreover the effects of two different irrigation levels were evaluated in the subplots of each main plot. At the beginning of the trial (2011) a pedological survey was made. Three soil profiles were described and sampled along the field slope and soil sampling in each plot were made both to characterize the soil and to find the zero point. The soil chemical and physical characteristics were monitored through a second soil sampling made at the end of 2013. Conservation tillage caused increasing organic matter content and C. E. C. values. As for major plant nutrients in soil results were more uncertain. Grapevine yield and quality parameters did not show any negative effect when passing from conventional to conservation tillage techniques. The trial provided a preliminary positive evaluation of conservation tillage. However more years are required to confirm this trend. | Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

GBP 180.00
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Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

Every organization must comply with occupational health and safety regulations. Yet it is frequently unclear which actually apply in a given real-life situation plus the field is loaded with technical terminology and complicated regulations. Many managers trainers even safety and health professionals therefore find it hard to know how to comply with exactly what. Written to make this important discipline more understandable Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health: What You Need to Know When You Need It systematically addresses for each of the 34 topics covered core issues such as relevant regulations required program elements and definitions of key terms. Organized for quick access to information this handy reference book demystifies required documentation training elements medical requirements recordkeeping and more. Conveniently the author uses the same 20-part format for every topic. For example if you want to know only about the documentation required you can immediately turn to a topic‘s Section 9 (Written Documentation Required). If training requirements are the issue simply go to a chapter‘s Section 12 (Training Requirements). Also provided for each topic are links to quality background and training information with sample forms and programs where available. The guide covers safety and health topics of interest to a wide cross section of industries and businesses. The author‘s relaxed yet focused approach and consistent format allow efficient access to a broad range of occupational health and safety information. The topics covered include not only those that are currently regulated but also emerging issues such as injury and illness prevention programs and the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology. | Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

GBP 180.00
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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D

Focal Digital Camera Guides: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Just bought a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D and looking to combine practical know-how with inspiration? This one-stop easy-to-read guide covers all the basic functions of the camera and everything beyond. For the basics turn to the quick start guide which will get you up and running in five minutes. For an understanding of your camera's many controls and features check out the section called The Camera. If all you need is a quick explanation you'll find it. If you're looking for the Whole Story you'll find that too. Settings that affect how your pictures look are accompanied by full-color examples that show you exactly what you can expect. This section also covers the camera's menus playback features memory and power sources. The section called Software shows you how to get the most out of your camera's software. It covers tethered shooting color management RAW conversion storing your images managing your library and backup strategies - to name just a few topics. Ultimately this book's greatest strength isn't its focus on the camera or the software; it's the detailed easy-to-follow instruction it offers on using your camera to take truly superior photographs. Sections devoted to lenses subject matter and light cover these variables in depth always presenting the most effective techniques in the context of the strengths and limitations of the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D. Written by a widely acclaimed photographer and photography teacher Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D shows you how to get the shots you can see in your head but have never been able to capture with a camera. The quick start guide will have you taking great photos in five minutes. In-depth

GBP 180.00
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Aviation Design and Innovation

Aviation Design and Innovation

In order to facilitate the safe efficient and cost effective exchange of passengers and cargo between ground and sky airports require the provision of adequate runways aircraft manoeuvring areas cargo sheds and passenger processing facilities. Airports are capital intensive facilities and planning errors which result in the over or under-provision of capacity are both costly and problematic to rectify and so understanding the optimal configuration of passenger terminals is paramount. Of course the design of passenger terminal buildings is influenced not only by levels of demand the commercial requirements of airlines and tenant companies the availability of investment funds and political influence but also by the aircraft that will be using the facility both now and in the future. Indeed the introduction of the first generation of passenger jets in the 1950s and higher-capacity wide-bodied aircraft in the late 1960s required not only the expansion of gate areas and passenger processing facilities but also the introduction of new technologies such as the travelator the baggage reclaim carousel and the airbridge. The introduction of the A380 ‘Super Jumbo’ into revenue passenger service in 2007 similarly demanded a reconfiguration of the airports it serves and practitioners need to be cognisant of the options for accommodating a new generation of large aircraft. While large aircraft generally require a lengthy turn around period between flights and the extensive provision of expensive fixed ground support infrastructure low cost carriers pursue a business model based on very short turnarounds and minimal use of airport infrastructure assets such as airbridges. One of the main challenges facing airport operators is how to accommodate the diverse and dynamic requirements of different operators and these issues are addressed in this Volume. Traditionally aircraft were made and manufactured by small companies within one country but as costs have increased and technology has become more sophisticated a relatively small number of manufacturers which are supported by international supply chains have come to dominate the commercial aircraft market. Originally all aviation jet fuels were derived from crude oil. However concerns about future oil supply and energy security combined with the need to improve aviation’s environmental performance and sustainability has driven the development of alternative fuel sources. However the development and adoption of alternative aviation fuels is not straightforward and the Volume examines the opportunities and challenges of widespread biofuel adoption in terms of production capacity emissions reductions cost and commercial viability. The final essays in this Volume address business model innovation in the airline and airport sector and include considerations of the future evolution of low cost carriers the potential for airline-airport alliances and the development of multi-airport multinational operating companies. | Aviation Design and Innovation

GBP 210.00
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