Solar-Powered Urbanization for a Sustainable Future presents a comprehensive and integrated approach to utilizing solar energy as a key solution for reducing grid dependency and pollution while fostering self-sufficient and cleaner urban centres. This book explores the strategic planning and application of solar power across essential urban sectors, including lighting, heating and cooling, water supply, wastewater recycling, transportation, and urban farming. By analysing energy consumption patterns in residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial spaces, this book highlights sector-specific opportunities for sustainable transformation. With a strong emphasis on awareness, policy formulation, and technological advancements, it contributes valuable insights to the growing discourse on renewable energy integration in urban planning. It serves as an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and urban planners striving for a solar-powered, sustainable future.

• Explores the role of solar power in key urban sectors to reduce grid dependency and environmental impacts
• Analyses energy consumption patterns in residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial spaces, identifying tailored solar-powered strategies for sustainable urbanization
• Highlights the importance of awareness, governance, and policy-making in driving large-scale adoption of solar energy for self-sufficient and environmentally friendly urban centres

About the Author

Arun Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University, Dehradun, in the field of forest restoration, bioremediation, and sustainable environment. He has published various research and review papers in reputed journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Biosciences, and Environment and Sustainability Indicators in the areas of microalgal bioremediation, biofuels, and bioproducts production from microalgae. He is the author of Microalgae in Waste Water Remediation and Solar Powered Wastewater Recycling, both are published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. He earned his doctoral degree in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. In his doctoral work, he successfully metabolized a widely used and hazardous insecticide, Chlorpyrifos, by the cyanobacterial strain Oscillatoria sp. CYA8 CPF isolated from paddy fields.

Sandhya Prajapati is currently working at DIT University, Dehradun, in the field of solar photovoltaic applications. She has published research and review papers in several leading journals like Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. She is the co-author of Solar Powered Wastewater Recycling, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. She earned her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. In her doctoral work, she successfully studied the utilization of solar energy in various fields, especially in greywater recycling.

Book Information
ISBN 9781041098706
Author Arun Kumar
Format Hardback
Page Count 116
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd