Bøger af Peter Warren

The recent introduction of feed-in tariffs and renewable heat incentives in the UK has provided a new financial incentive for the installation of micro-generation, but so far there has been limited research on its uptake in small organisations. The book explores the perceived barriers and incentives to installation among small organisations and assesses how micro-generation is viewed in the context of wider environmental management measures. The discussion surrounding indirect economic incentives, such as ¿green marketing¿, and non-economic barriers is particularly interesting, and leads to the suggestion of an Energy Hierarchy Framework model as a useful tool for small organisations in the adoption of micro-generation and wider environmental management measures. The book also draws on the Camden Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) as an effective model for encouraging a greater uptake of environmental management in small organisations and improving business efficiency.

The book explores how the ¿wider¿ rationalities of people¿s behavior with regards to purchasing low carbon technologies can be incorporated into energy-economy models, using the Open Source Energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS) as an example. People are strongly influenced by factors other than the upfront costs, such as hassle, habits, family and friends, social norms, status and time for information searching. However, few attempts have been made to capture and quantify these intangible costs and benefits as parameters in energy-economy models. The book presents innovative research that uses income and location as proxies to do this. Policies that can reduce the intangible costs and increase the benefits will be more effective at encouraging technological uptake than concentrating solely on reducing the upfront costs.

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Discover the secret to successfully growing bonsai. The UK's leading gardening publisher brings you a horticultural handbook to fulfill your every need and seed! Get your gardening gloves on and join the green-fingered journey to grow, maintain and display bonsai successfully from the comfort of your own home and garden.Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Bonsai can help you to choose the perfect bonsai from an extensive directory of varieties, whether that's a delicate deciduous Japanese maple, a flowering hawthorn, or a faster-growing indoor tree such as a tropical fig. Learn how to plant and care for your tree with simple tips on propagation, pruning, wiring, and repotting, while a handy seasonal guide to bonsai maintenance lets you know what to do and when to do it!Part of the Grow low-price paperback gardening series by DK - the UK's leading and highly regarded practical gardening publisher - targeting first-time gardeners, Grow Bonsai features:- Detailed advice on choosing, shaping, and maintaining your bonsai, along with simple projects to try, and profiles of more than 25 species of bonsai.- Taps into the gardening for mental health trend: studies suggest that growing bonsai can reduce stress, improve mood, and bring about therapeutic benefits (Bonsai Tree Gardener, 2021).At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. If you like Grow Bonsai why not try the other titles in our Grow series? Learn how to brighten your garden all year round with Grow Bulbs, enjoy a no-fuss guide to container gardening with Grow Containers or minimise garden waste with Grow Eco-Gardening. Ready, set, let's grow!

AI on Trial follows the same process as a High Court trial, and in so doing it takes an innovative approach to the most innovative of technological areas.Addressing the current state of artificial intelligence and the law, the book identifies why the technology should be 'placed on trial' and presents relevant evidence, before passing 'judgment' and proposing a Manifesto for Responsible AI and a blueprint for an ethical, legal and regulatory framework.The 'trial' examines such questions as:-Should AI, a computer technology, have rights and responsibilities?-What are the legal and ethical issues created by the implicit bias of coders and data sets?-Is AI racist?-Do we need a Hippocratic Oath in AI?-Could AI lead to a data war to end all wars?-Can we trust AI?Readers will benefit from understanding the necessary considerations in formulating any legal framework and will come to recognise the role of any such framework, not only in preventing harm, but in supporting growth and technological advancement.Written from the viewpoint of practitioners, academics and journalists, this is an essential title for all information and technology law practitioners, in-house counsel, data protection officers, company directors, finance directors, academics and students. Technologists, regulators, legislators and journalists interested in getting to grips with the issues presented by AI will also benefit.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Cyber Law online service.

In Cyber Crime: All That Matters, Peter Warren and Michael Streeter outline the history, scale and importance of cyber crime. In particular they show how cyber crime, cyber espionage and cyber warfare now pose a major threat to society. After analysing the origins of computer crime among early hackers the authors describe how criminal gangs and rogue states have since moved into the online arena with devastating effect at a time when the modern world - including all the communication services and utilities we have come to take for granted - has become utterly dependent on computers and the internet.

From at least 1700 BC, and for several centuries thereafter, a city of substantial houses flanked the palace of Knossos in north-central Crete. Those immediately adjacent to it, like the Royal Villa or the South House, excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, are well known, as are the Little Palace and Unexplored Mansion to the north-west.

This is a descriptive inventory, with numerous drawings and photographs, of more than 3,500 stone vases from the Minoan civilisation of ancient Crete. Dr Warren discusses the various stones used, methods of manufacturing, the probable usage and purpose of the vases, and their relation to metal and clay vessels.