California Center for Sustainable Energy

Because of current events, geopolitics, and natural disasters, the cost of fuel is front and center in our lives.

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Cape Wind is a marvelous story of political hypocrisy on parade. When an energy entrepreneur proposed to build a wind farm to generate energy in Nantucket Sound, he did not bargain for the opposition of some of the rich and powerful who live and play in the vicinity.

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Chasing the Sun is a story of dreamers and doers who succeeded in their mission to make the world better by delivering nature's energy to poor people and by building organizations to put the sun at their service in practical, affordable, and effective ways.

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Declining oil supplies and the environmental impact of coal dictate a switch to renewable energy sources for a sustainable future.

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Learn about Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nicola Tesla, and Samuel Insull. Read about the great review of new electricity technologies and its description of the policy barriers that block their adoption.

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Increasing global energy demand requires fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources. This includes solving questions like how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways.

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Going Solar contains everything that a budding or experienced solar enthusiast could wish for.

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People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers green jobs representing almost every area of career interest.

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A behind-the-scenes exposure why our electricity system is headed for a state of emergency-and what can be done to head it off.

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Condensing years of hands-on and industry experience, Davidson and Orner offer the reader a complete, concise, and reality-based education in PV.

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Efficient Living takes the guesswork out of environmentally conscious design and construction.

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People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers green jobs representing almost every area of career interest.

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A behind-the-scenes exposure why our electricity system is headed for a state of emergency-and what can be done to head it off.

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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation.

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Business leaders searching for a green strategy encounter few roadmaps and established rules and plenty of hidden twists and turns.

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Great book presenting a number of important ideas on how the private sector, government and the citizens need to work together to create a clean, green economy that is inclusive.

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People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available.

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Lays out what an owner/builder or designer will need to know about siting, designing, constructing and living in a solar adobe home. Van Dresser's text and pictures provide a beginner's course in adobe construction and passive solar heat collection, including suggestions for natural heat circulation and heat storage in thermal mass.

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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation.

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Solar Power in Building Design is a complete guide to designing, implementing, and auditing energy-efficient, cost-effective solar power systems for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.

Chasing the Sun is a story of dreamers and doers who succeeded in their mission to make the world better by delivering nature's energy to poor people and by building organizations to put the sun at their service in practical, affordable, and effective ways.

People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available.

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Plug-in Hybrids points out that, where hydrogen fuel-cell cars won't be ready for decades, the technology for plug-in hybrids exists today.

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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation.

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With statistical data, charts, graphs and erudite analysis, Sperling and Gordon present the most thorough study of the automobile industry general readers could hope to find.

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The Giving Tree is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

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