Clean Tech Clean Profits: Using Effective Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices to Win in the New Low-Carbon Economy
- 3h 14m
- Adam Jolly (ed)
- Kogan Page
- 2014
Through a combination of innovation and regulation, the script for how the world's economies operate is being totally rewritten. Cleaner and greener technologies are playing an increasing role in global business -- and while there will be costs involved adapting to those technologies, there are also opportunities for business which are capable of commercializing them.
From carbon capture to new sources of renewable energy, the overall potential of this shift is enormous, as evidenced by the amount of private capital and public funds looking for clean technologies in which to invest.
Clean Tech, Clean Profits is designed as a practical guide for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors on how to bring clean technologies to market in the most effective and profitable manner. It covers topics such as funding clean tech, renewable power generation, clean energy in emerging economies, intellectual property for clean tech, geo-engineering, the shift to low carbon vehicles, waste management, technology challenges, innovation opportunities, and wind, marine, solar and biomass energy.
Emphasizing the specific steps that can be taken now in reviewing options, drawing up plans, upgrading a process, writing a specification, or making an investment, this book is ideal for leaders of organizations who want to move ahead of their competitors and offer new sources of value to their customer.
About the Author
Adam Jolly is a business writer and editor, specializing in the management of growth, innovation, technology and risk. He is the consultant editor for a number of other titles, including The Innovation Handbook, The Growing Business Handbook and The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management (Kogan Page).
In this Book
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Clean Tech, Clean Profits—Using Effective Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices to Win in the New Low-Carbon Economy
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Foreword
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Towards the circular economy
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Energy innovation
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Zero Carbon Britain
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Powering change
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Low-carbon growth
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Smarter buildings
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Efficiency gains
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Changes in corporate behaviour
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Clean options on major projects
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Funding future energy
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The value of measuring carbon
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Structuring techniques for demand-side management solutions
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Responsibly sourced
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Energy system modelling
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Intellectual property for clean tech
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New demands on electricity
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Smart energy
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The supergrid
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Prospects for self-generation
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Pumped storage hydropower
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Carbon capture and storage
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De-risking ocean energy
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Solar technology
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Offshore renewable energy
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Biomass
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Water
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Current priorities for air pollution control
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Resource efficiency
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Powering tomorrow’s electric vehicles
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Transport design
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Low-carbon mobility
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LPG Autogas
