Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
By Saeed Moaveni
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Guide students to a better understanding of the environment, energy and sustainability and their critical importance today with Moaveni’s insightful ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY, 2nd Edition. As the effects of climate change make an increasing impact in current times, students learn to evaluate energy and environmental footprints to determine environmentally sound decisions and preserve natural resources. Students become aware of their own energy consumption as they study how much energy is required to manufacture, transport, use and dispose of products. A new chapter highlights evidence-based analysis and how this systematic approach to sustainability leads to reliable decisions. Relevant, everyday examples clarify concepts, while hands-on problems direct students in analyzing information, preparing reports and presentations and working as teams. WebAssign is available to customize your students' learning paths and manage your course.
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Guide students to a better understanding of the environment, energy and sustainability and their critical importance today with Moaveni’s insightful ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY, 2nd Edition. As the effects of climate change make an increasing impact in current times, students learn to evaluate energy and environmental footprints to determine environmentally sound decisions and preserve natural resources. Students become aware of their own energy consumption as they study how much energy is required to manufacture, transport, use and dispose of products. A new chapter highlights evidence-based analysis and how this systematic approach to sustainability leads to reliable decisions. Relevant, everyday examples clarify concepts, while hands-on problems direct students in analyzing information, preparing reports and presentations and working as teams. WebAssign is available to customize your students' learning paths and manage your course.
FOCUS ON COMPREHENSIVE, PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY ENABLES STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. This book highlights the importance of developing a complete vocabulary to converse with confidence and persuade others about today’s pressing issues. This edition offers a special features that promotes an understanding of basic terminology by asking students to state the meaning of new words that have been introduced in a section.
RELEVANT EXAMPLES ENGAGE READERS. Everyday, interesting examples clearly illustrate key concepts for your students and highlight the significance of the subject matter from scientific, social and personal perspectives.
"BEFORE YOU GO ON" SELF-CHECKS ALLOW STUDENTS TO CONFIRM PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING. This helpful self-check feature encourages students to test their comprehension and understanding of the material just discussed by answering questions before they progress to the next section.
RESEARCH PROBLEMS EXTEND STUDENT LEARNING BEYOND THE PRINTED BOOK. Intriguing research problems encourage your students to solve problems using the Internet and traditional research methods as they practice to become life-long learners.
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Part 1. Basic Concepts
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