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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Climate change and sustainable energy: The 2005 Prince Philip Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts | |
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| The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| About the author | |
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| Solar thermal power | |
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| Solar heating | |
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| Solar thermal electricity | |
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| Solar thermal - the future | |
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| Low energy techniques for cooling | |
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| Ground coupling using air | |
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| Groundwater/aquifer cooling and warming | |
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| Evaporative cooling | |
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| Phase change cooling | |
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| Daytime operation | |
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| Desiccant dehumidification and evaporative cooling | |
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| Solar-assisted desiccant dehumidification with air conditioning | |
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| Refrigeration | |
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| Ammonia-absorption cooling | |
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| Thermionic cooling | |
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| Night-time cooling | |
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| Hollow core slab | |
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| Chilled beams and ceiling | |
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| Geothermal energy | |
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| Geothermal electricity | |
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| Heat pumps | |
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| Wind power | |
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| Types of small-scale wind turbine | |
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| Building integrated systems | |
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| Photovoltaic cells | |
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| Amorphous silicon cells | |
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| Dye-based cells | |
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| Monolithic tandem concentrator cells | |
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| Flexible solar panels | |
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| Plastic solar cells | |
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| Photovoltaics: cost projections | |
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| Photovoltaics and urban design | |
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| Fuel cells | |
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| Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell | |
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| Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) | |
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| Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFCs) | |
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| Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) | |
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| Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) | |
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| Hydrogen, the agent of social reform | |
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| Fuel cells and the UK | |
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| Nuclear fusion | |
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| Bioenergy | |
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| Utilization of biofuels | |
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| Anaerobic digestion from waste | |
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| Biofuel for transport | |
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| Summary | |
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| Microgeneration and combined heat and power | |
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| Micropower and CHP | |
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| Stirling combined heat and power | |
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| Free piston Stirling engines (FPSE) | |
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| Small-scale hydro | |
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| Micro-hydro | |
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| Wave and tide | |
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| Point absorbers | |
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| Large-scale tidal energy | |
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| Offshore impoundment | |
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| Tidal currents | |
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| Prospects for the energy infrastructure | |
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| Towards a hydrogen economy | |
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| The road ahead | |
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| Hydrogen storage | |
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| Electricity storage | |
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| Combined heat and power (CHP) | |
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| Barriers to progress | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Materials | |
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| Concrete | |
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| Glass | |
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| Insulation | |
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| Smart materials | |
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| Smart fluids | |
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| The photonic revolution | |
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| The light-emitting diode (LED) | |
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| Photonics in communication | |
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| Building integrated renewable energy: case studies | |
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| Malmo - city of the future | |
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| Government Training Centre, Germany | |
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| National Trust Offices, Swindon, UK | |
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| CIS Tower, Manchester, UK | |
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| Eden Project Phase 4: Education Resource Centre - the Core | |
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| Council offices, King's Lynn | |
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| 'SkyZed' | |
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| Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) | |
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| Sustainability on a knife edge | |
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| The spectre of energy | |
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| Gas | |
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| Coal | |
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| Index | |