Energy Consumption: Impacts of Human Activity, Current and Future Challenges, Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects

The book Energy Consumption: Impacts of Human Activity, Current and Future Challenges, Environmental and Socio-economic Effects, gives an overview of the key issues, strategies, operational guidelines and policy implications of current research on transition to more sustainable energy consumption. It investigates the important issue of the relations between human activities, energy systems and energy use.
It addresses the environmental, social and economic impacts of energy consumption and their interrelationships. Its aim is to guide the reader to more efficient policies and to actions that really will improve the future.Written by academic and research experts in the field of energy, this book develops solutions and opportunities for energy demand reduction, energy efficiency improvement, increase in the share of renewable energy sources, technological progress and behavioural change in the field of energy. The book sets out various alternative pathways that are open to our societies.
All those who are interested in the energy challenges will find in this book practical knowledge and operational solutions, providing a solid foundation to help make well-informed choices, as individuals and as societies.