Categories: Power stations | Electricity | Electricity distribution | Electric power | Sustainable technologies | Environment | Energy stubs Active solar is a term which refers to the use of solar energy to actively convert the energy in sunlight into other forms. ... Anaerobic digestion is the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria in the absence of oxygen. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Blue energy is the energy retrieved from the difference in the salt concentration between seawater and river water with the use of osmosis or reverse electro dialysis (RED) with ion specific membranes. ... Deep lake water cooling uses cold water pumped from the bottom of a lake as a heat sink for climate control systems. ... Distributed generation is a new trend in electric power generation. ... Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric generating station Electricity generation is the first process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... An Energy tower is a new concept for producing electrical power for consumer consumption, the brainchild of Professor Dan Zaslavsky. ... A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i. ... The Sun is a natural fusion reactor. ... Thermally active area, New Zealand. ... Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ... Hydrogen production is done in bulk today from hydrocarbon fossil fuels via a chemical path. ... Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) is a form of waste processing. ... Microgeneration is the generation of zero or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs. ... View of a land based OTEC facility at Keahole Pointe on the Kona coast of Hawaii. ... Passive solar is a broad category of techniques for regulating a buildings indoor air and domestic water temperatures, using climate, site features, architectural elements, and landscape materials. ... Photovoltaics is the field of electrical engineering and semiconductor physics, which is concerned with the development of and research into solar cells. ... A seasonal thermal store (also known as a seasonal heat store or inter-seasonal thermal store) is a store designed to retain heat deposited during the hot summer months for use during colder winter weather. ... A solar cell is a semiconductor device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. ... Solar Panel (photovoltaic array) A Solar panel is a flat collection of solar cells or solar thermal collectors used for converting solar energy into electricity or heat. ... A Solar pond is large-scale solar energy collector with integral heat storage for supplying thermal energy. ... Solar power describes a number of methods of harnessing energy from the light of the sun. ... A solar power tower is a solar power station based on a tower. ... The major applications of solar thermal energy at present are heating swimming pools, heating water for domestic use, and space heating of buildings. ... A solar tracker is a device for orienting a solar photovoltaic panel or concentrating solar reflector toward the sun. ... This article is about Solar Towers and Solar Chimneys and similar Solar power plants using the convective motion of heated air in a chimney for electric power generation. ... Tidal power is a means of electricity generation achieved by capturing the energy contained in moving water mass due to tides. ... A Trombe wall is a sun-facing wall built from material that can act as a thermal mass such as stone, concrete, adobe or water tanks combined with an air space, insulated glazing and vents to form a large solar thermal collector. ... Kaplan turbine and electrical generator cut-away view. ... Wave power refers to the energy of ocean surface waves and the capture of that energy to do useful work - including electricity generation, desalination, and the pumping of water (into reservoirs). ... Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen (Germany). ... Wind farm in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen (Germany). ... Horizontal axis wind turbine, the Enercon model E-66 wind energy converter, in Germany. ... // Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy resources through knowledge, skills, and constructions. ... Assembly of an Enercon E-70 wind turbine Modern technology uses large amounts of electrical power. ... Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. ... An Inertial fusion power plant is intended to industrially produce electric power by use of inertial confinement fusion techniques. ... // Hydrogen storage Main article: Hydrogen economy Storage is the main technological problem of a viable hydrogen economy. ... Modern filling station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and liquified petroleum gas (LPG). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Hubbert peak theory, also known as peak oil, is an influential theory concerning the long-term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. ... Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water (hydropower), biological processes such as anaerobic digestion, and geothermal heat flow. ... Hypermodernity is a type, mode, or stage of society that reflects a deepening or intensification of modernity. ... When plotted on a logarithmic graph, 15 separate lists of paradigm shifts for key events in human history show an exponential trend. ... The air engine is an emission-free piston engine using compressed air as fuel invented by Guy Nègre, a French engineer. ... A liquid nitrogen (LN2) economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. ... NASA G2 Flywheel Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as inertial energy. ... Ecosystem services are processes by which the natural environment produces resources useful to people. ... Kardashev scale projections ranging from 1900 to 2100. ... The ton of oil equivalent (TOE) is a unit for measuring energy. ... The UN Human Development Index (HDI) measures poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors. ... In economics, value of Earth is the ultimate in ecosystem valuation, and important to value of life calculations. ... Appropriate technology is technology that is most appropriate to the environment and culture it is intended to support. ... Infrastructural capital refers to any physical means of production or means of protection beyond that which can be gathered or found directly in nature, i. ... An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and (in some cases) public roads. ... Ecoforestry is forestry that emphasizes holistic practices which strive to protect and restore ecosystems1 instead of traditional forestry that maximizes economic productivity. ... Ecological economics is a branch of economics that addresses the interdependence and co-evolution between human economies and natural ecosystems. ... Earth sheltering is the architectural practice of using earth for external thermal mass against building walls. ... Development economics is a branch of economics that deals with the study of macroeconomic causes of long term economic growth, and microeconomica; the incentive issues of individual households and firms, especially in developing countries. ... Environmental design refers to taking environmental concerns into consideration in the design process. ... Timber Exploitation of natural resources is an essential condition of the human existence. ... Green building is the practice of: increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle. ... Green Chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. ... Green Computing is the design of technological and computing products that reduce the use of hazardous substances and radiation. ... Green Gross Domestic Product (Green GDP) is an index of economic growth with the environmental consequences of that growth factored in. ... Natural building involves a range of building systems and materials that place major emphasis on sustainability. ... Permaculture Mandala summarising the ethics and principles of permaculture design. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Solar Tower. ... Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses straw bales as structural elements, insulation, or both. ... Sustainability is a systemic concept, relating to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society. ... Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. ... Sustainable design is the art of designing physical objects to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability. ... Sustainable development is a process of developing (land, cities, business, communities, etc) that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs according to the Brundtland Report, a 1987 report from the United Nations. ... The earliest mention of the phrase sustainable industries appeared in 1990 in a story about a Japanese group reforesting a tropical forest to help create sustainable industries for the local populace. ... Sustainable living might best be defined as a lifestyle that could, hypothetically, be sustained unmodified for many generations without exhausting any natural resources. ... The Natural Step is a systematic definition of sustainability developed by Swedish scientist, Karl-Henrik Robèrt. ... Qajari era architecture of Hormozgan province. ... Contents // Categories: Stub | United Nations specialized agencies | Sustainability | Development ... Human development theory is an economic theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics. ... Maldevelopment is the state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the normal way (used in medicine, e. ... The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, often shortened to Rio Declaration, was a short document produced at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit. ... According to its web site, Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. ... Sim Van der Ryn is acknowledged as a leader in sustainable architecture. ... Underdevelopment is the state of an organism or of an organisation (e. ... The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 190 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Earth Summit 2002. ... The precautionary principle, a phrase first used in English circa 1988, is the idea that if the consequences of an action are unknown, but are judged to have some potential for major or irreversible negative consequences, then it is better to avoid that action. ... Practical Action - the working name of Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) – is a charity registered in the United Kingdom which works directly in four regions of the developing world – Latin America, East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia, with particular concentration on Peru, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Nepal. ... For the physical concepts, see conservation of energy and energy efficiency. ... Energy-efficient landscaping is a type of landscaping designed for the purpose of conserving energy. ... A Passive House is a building that meets the rigorous, voluntary, passive house standard for thermal performance. ... Superinsulation is an approach to building design, construction and retrofitting. ... Simple living (similar but not identical to voluntary simplicity or voluntary poverty) is a lifestyle individuals may pursue for a variety of motivations, such as spirituality, health, or ecology. ... Ecovillages are intended to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable intentional communities. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Similar or related terms: Near zero energy building, Zero energy house, Near zero energy house A zero energy building (ZEB) can be described as structure with a net energy consumption of zero over a typical year. ... The Toyota RAV4 EV is powered by twenty-four 12 volt batteries, with an operational cost equivalent of over 165 miles per gallon. ... General Motors EV1 // An electric vehicle, or EV, is a vehicle with one or more electric motors for vehicle propulsion. ... A fuel cell powered vehicle from GM A hydrogen vehicle is an automobile which uses hydrogen as its primary source of power for locomotion. ... Trolleybus public transfer in Bratislava, Slovakia A trolleybus (also known as electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... The air car is a car being developed by MDI, founded by the French inventor Guy Nègre. ... // Production battery electric vehicles (BEVs) like the GM EV1 and Chevrolet S10 EV, Chrysler TEVan, Honda EV Plus, Ford Ranger EV, Nissan Altra, Toyota RAV4 EV, and Solectria Force have been made available to the consumer market in very limited quantities and locations. ...