Technology for Sustainability

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3489-3493

  Tonn, B ^a   Carpenter, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Nanotechnology; Renewable energy; Resource conservation; Sustainability; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866550256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00138-5     Document Type: Chapter

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