TY - BOOK AU - Balachandra, P. (Editor) AU - Sudhakara Reddy, B. (Editor) TI - Energy, environment and development : a technological perspective : selected works of Prof. Amulya K.N. Reddy SN - 8173197474 U1 - 333.79 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Narosa Pub. House, KW - Energy consumption KW - Energy development N1 - Selected works of Prof. Amulya K.N. Reddy; The evolution of an energy analyst / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Towards an Indian science and technology / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Technological change : the impact of innovations on society / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Technology and development / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- The interaction between science and technology and societal development / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Science in India / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- The nature of western technology / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Choice of alternative technologies / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Appropriate technology and its implications on life-styles / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- The Indian perspective : appropriate energy technologies / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Technology development and the environment -- a re-appraisal / Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Biogas plants : prospects, problems and tasks / C. R. Prasad, K. Krishna Prasad and Amulya K. N. Reddy -- The dissemination of stabilized mud block technology / K. S. Jagdish, B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, K. N. Krishnaswamy and Amulya K. N. Reddy -- The design of rural energy centres / Amulya K. N. Reddy and D. K. Subramanian -- The commercialisation of improved technologies in rural areas / K. N. Krishnaswamy and Amulya K. N. Reddy -- Comparative costs of electricity conservation, centralized and decentralized electricity generation / Amulya K. N. Reddy, Gladys D. Sumithra, P. Balachandra and Antonette d'Sa -- Substitution of energy carriers for cooking in Bangalore / Amulya K. N. Reddy and B. Sudhakara Reddy -- Energy efficiency from the perspective of developing countries / Jose Goldemberg, Thomas B. Johansson, Amulya K. N. Reddy and Robert H. Williams -- Energy for women and women for energy / Srilatha Batliwala and Amulya K. N. Reddy N2 - Describes the efforts made to develop and deploy sustainable energy technologies which can be construed as a response to the felt needs of the society. This book focuses on the evaluation of sustainable technologies thus establishing that they are not only economically as well as environmentally sound. ER -