Newly updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling resource addresses the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity. This edition includes the latest information on dirty bombs, and other chemical and biological weapons. It also offers updated information on disaster planning and recovery, regulatory influences, and emergency preparedness. This reference speaks to the issues of prevention, as well as controlling the effects of a disaster on a company’s operations. Information is included on how to assess and manage the risk of bioterrorism. In addition, statistics cover various disaster/emergency declarations including for Hurricane Katrina.
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Critical Security
Security Services
Facilities Management
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Fully revised, the third edition of this practical guide explains how to achieve consistently superior run lengths, low maintenance expenditures, and unexcelled safety and reliability in all pump applications. Written by two practicing engineers with a combined 80-years of experience, this handbook details what facilities must do to accomplish superior performance and low life-cycle cost for pumps of all types and sizes. Aimed at operating technicians, maintenance professionals, project engineers, reliability engineers and managers, the book is an ideal resource for professionals whose work brings them into contact with process pumps.
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Fluid Mechanics
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
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Significant reduction of local, regional, national and international greenhouse gas emissions in homes, businesses, industries and communities has become an international priority. This book describes in clear, concise, and understandable terms the nature and scope of the climate change problem. The authors combine their considerable expertise to offer guidelines for defining and applying effective carbon reduction policies, strategies, and technologies. They propose a well-defined road map which can be implemented to help control and abate the alarming increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.
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Renewable & Sustainable Energy
Environmental Sciences
Pollution
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Including over 2100 pages of text, graphics, charts, and illustrations, the Energy Management Reference Library CD provides an economical training, research and reference resource for today's energy professional. Indexed with bookmarks for convenient navigation, the CD-ROM contains the following four complete books in Adobe PDF® format: Energy Management Handbook, 6th Edition by Wayne C. Turner and Steve Doty; Guide to Energy Management, 5th Edition by Barney Capehart, Wayne Turner, and William Kennedy; Solutions Manual for Guide to Energy Management, 5th Edition by Klaus-Dieter E. Pawlik; and Handbook of Energy Engineering, 5th Edition, by Albert Thumann and D. Paul Mehta.
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Industrial Chemistry
Energy
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Revised to cover the latest innovations and trends, the newest edition of this classic work provides detailed coverage of every component of effective energy management. It includes expert information on, boilers, steam systems, cogeneration, waste-heat recovery, HVAC systems, control systems, systems maintenance, industrial insulation, indoor air quality, thermal energy storage, and codes and standards. It also covers key administrative issues such as energy auditing, economic analysis, utility rates, natural gas purchasing, energy security, and utility deregulation, as well as ways to measure and verify energy savings. Illustrations, tables, graphs, and other helpful aids are provided throughout.
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Energy
Engineering Management
Mechanical Engineering
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Meeting a need in the marketplace for information on how to operate a sustainable facility and reduce carbon emissions, the Green Facilities Handbook clearly explains why green business is good business and delineates practical strategies to green your operations in energy and management. The book explores issues in the greening of a facility, including janitorial considerations, fuel choices for fleets, and recycling. Additional information is provided on carbon reduction terminology, monitoring and reporting, and carbon trading as well as offset strategies. Special bonus chapters include valuable information on financing and procedures for “green” marketing. 
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Finance
Energy
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Offering step-by-step guidelines, this fully illustrated volume takes electrical and plant engineers through each phase of electrical system design for facilities of all sizes with varying electrical demands. It covers equipment selection, power distribution system analysis, conduit and conductor sizing, lighting system design, control systems, electronic instrumentation, protective relaying, energy management systems, power quality, variable speed drives, motor selection, and more. The latest codes (NEC 2008) as well as currently available equipment are referenced. Numerous examples and simulation exercises are included, along with detailed design examples as well as many useful diagrams and tables.
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Systems & Controls
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Covering the gamut of technologies and systems used in the generation of electrical power, this reference provides an easy-to understand overview of the production, distribution, control, conversion, and measurement of electrical power. The authors describe a broad array of essential characteristics of electrical power systems from power production to its conversion to other forms of energy. Each system is broken down into sub systems and equipment. Simple mathematical presentations are used with, as are many illustrations to facilitate understanding. This new third edition has been edited and updated throughout and a new chapter covering control devises for power control has been added.
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Power Engineering
Systems & Controls
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There are so many different energy “fixes” available today, that many energy users are hesitant to do anything because of the apparent complexity of these “fixes”. Large energy users have completely lost sight of the fact that they may not need time-consuming, large investment strategies. Strange as this may sound, many users today have little or no practical knowledge about their energy purchases. This book covers the basics of rates, components of energy purchases, and the methods and techniques required for maximizing energy savings and minimizing costs. For new energy manager or seasoned energy professionals, this book provides the foundation upon which any successful, long-term energy strategy should be based.
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Energy
Business & Management
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The hydrogen car has been proposed as the solution to our oil problems, but how would it work, and what potential problems associated with it? This book addresses these questions and provides specifics about current developments toward a hydrogen-based energy infrastructure. It offers the reader an informed look at the current state of fuel cell power and transportation technology, and where it's headed.
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Energy
Power Engineering
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