Course: REEC 120 Sustainability and Renewable Energy

Unit 2 Overview

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One of the largest problems many of us face is knowing how much energy is consumed and how much energy is produced. The balance act we need to do is maintain energy expenditures with energy production.

In Unit 2 we are going to explore materials from the book Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David Mackay. You are expected to read one section this week, “Quick Reference” pages 328- 337.

The rest of this unit has been adapted from a presentation by Timothy Wilhelm, from Kankakee Community College.

In order to understand renewable energy we need to understand science. We need to: differentiate between "renewable" and "non-renewable" energy resources list specific examples of each explain why these are categorized as they are (renewable vs. non-renewable) investigate the units of conversion and common units of measure for power and energy