SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – ENERGY, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES – MANUFACTURING AND ENVIRONMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – ENERGY, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES – MANUFACTURING AND ENVIRONMENT Edited by Chaouki Ghenai Sustainable Development – Energy, Engineering and Technologies – Manufacturing and Environment Edited by Chaouki Ghenai Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Adriana Pecar Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published February, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org Sustainable Development – Energy, Engineering and Technologies – Manufacturing and Environment, Edited by Chaouki Ghenai p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0165-9 Contents Preface IX Part 1 Sustainable Energy: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 1 Chapter 1 Albedo Effect and Energy Efficiency of Cities 3 Aniceto Zaragoza Ramírez and César Bartolomé Muñoz Chapter 2 Life Cycle Analysis of Wind Turbine 19 Chaouki Ghenai Part 2 Chapter 3 Sustainable Engineering and Technologies 33 Sustainability Assessment of Technologies – An Integrative Approach 35 Armin Grunwald Chapter 4 Sustainable Engineering and Eco Design 63 Chaouki Ghenai Part 3 Sustainable Manufacturing 81 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Part 4 Chapter 7 Assessing Long Term Sustainability of Global Supply of Natural Resources and Materials 83 K.V. Ragnarsdóttir, H.U. Sverdrup and D.Koca The Kaolin Residue and Its Use for Production of Mullite Bodies 117 M.I. Brasileiro, A.W.B. Rodrigues, R.R. Menezes, G.A. Neves and L.N.L. Santana Sustainable Environment and Water Management 143 Integrated Water Resources Management - Key to Sustainable Development and Management of Water Resources: Case of Malawi 145 V. Chipofya, S. Kainja and S. Bota ... - tailieumienphi.vn