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Designing Sustainable Energy for All

Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy

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Overview

  • Provides the theoretical basis and a practical design approach on how to address the issue of energy access in low- and middle income contexts
  • Focuses on the design of sustainable (Product-Service System) business models to deliver Distributed Renewable Energy solutions in an effective and efficient way
  • Presents an innovative design method (and a set of related tools) to develop Distributed Renewable Energy systems based on the promising concept of Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS)

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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About this book

This open access book addresses the issue of diffusing sustainable energy access in

low- and middle-income contexts.

Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low-

income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity.

Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE) are considered a promising approach

to address this challenge and provide energy access to all. However, even if promising,

the implementation of DRE systems is not always straightforward.

The book analyses, discusses and classifies the promising Sustainable Product-Service

System (S.PSS) business models to deliver Distributed Renewable Energy systems in an

effective, efficient and sustainable way. Its message is supported with cases studies and

examples, discussing the economic, environmental and socioethical benefits as well

as its limitations and barriers to its implementation. An innovative design approach is

proposed and a set of design tools are supplied, enabling readers to create and develop

Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) solutions to deliver Distributed Renewable

Energy systems.

Practical applications of the book’s design approach and tools by companies and

practitioners are discussed and the book will be of interest to readers in design, industry,

governmental institutions, NGOs as well as researchers.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Sustainable Energy for All

  2. System Design for Sustainable Energy for All

  3. Method and Tools for SD4SEA

Authors and Affiliations

  • Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Carlo Vezzoli

  • College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences—Department of Design, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

    Fabrizio Ceschin

  • University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Lilac Osanjo

  • Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

    Mugendi K. M’Rithaa

  • University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

    Richie Moalosi

  • The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

    Venny Nakazibwe

  • Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Jan Carel Diehl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Designing Sustainable Energy for All

  • Book Subtitle: Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy

  • Authors: Carlo Vezzoli, Fabrizio Ceschin, Lilac Osanjo, Mugendi K. M’Rithaa, Richie Moalosi, Venny Nakazibwe, Jan Carel Diehl

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70223-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70222-3Published: 28 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09939-8Published: 02 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70223-0Published: 17 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIII, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Engineering Design, Sustainable Development, Sustainability Management

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