Print Email Facebook Twitter The imperative to improve energy efficiency in a warming world Title The imperative to improve energy efficiency in a warming world: The case of India and China Author Gupta, Prateek (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) Contributor Storm, S.T.H. (mentor) Schröder, E. (graduation committee) van Beers, Cees (graduation committee) Cunningham, S. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Electrical Engineering | Sustainable Energy Technology Date 2017-10-13 Abstract Over the course of the past centuries, humanity’s influence on the Earth’s atmosphere and climate system has become so significant as to induce geophysical feedback effects, specifically in the form of a self-reinforcing process of global warming. In order to contain the global warming and prevent the expected impacts of climate change from happening, it has become imperative to undertake drastic steps directed towards reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (including CO2). Action needs to be taken soon, as with the growing population, the demand for carbon-intensive (conventional) energy sources is growing and thus greenhouse gas emissions (the main cause for global warming) are increasing. To slow down global warming, energy conservation, energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy generation are the only practical solutions available to mankind... Subject Input-OutputStructural Decomposition AnalysisEnergy consumptionIndiaChina To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3f8c67c1-57e5-446e-a284-5847eb0846f2 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2017 Prateek Gupta Files PDF Thesis_Final_Prateek_Gupta_.pdf 6.23 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid%3A3f8c67c1-57e5-446e-a284-5847eb0846f2/datastream/OBJ/view