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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT

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ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER V

FOCUS ON PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS INTEGRATION

Industrial

Ecology

Technology

PoliticsSociety

Environment EnvironmentIndustrial

Ecology

Industrial

Ecology

Economy

Business

Environmental Management

1. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CENTRALIZED INFRASTRUCTURES?

Pollution and energy loss involved with the transportation of fuels, materials, solid waste, and sewage.

The landscape and habitat damage resulting from more roads, pipelines, power lines, canals, ports, bridges etc.

The materials, energy, and pollution costs of building infrastructure.

2. DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURES?

Efficient end-use Cheap, easy to use renewable sources New fuels Small-scaled fueled generations Distributed energy storage Electricity grid improvements

Fuel Cells as subsystem within a product system

Toyotahttp://www.aimzeroemissions.eu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chevrolet_Volt--DC.jpg

The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid vehicle, is an advanced technology Partial zero-emissions vehicle PZEV that will be launched in the U.S. by late 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nissan_Leaf_005.JPG

The Nissan Leaf electric car is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) that will be launched in the market by the end of 2010.

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/performance.aspx

About 200 vehicles will be leased over the next three years, primarily in Southern California.

The Zero-Emissions Electric Vehicle of the

Future

Indian Air Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009

http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/indian-air-powered-car

Fuel Cells as subsystem within a product system