SDEWES 2012

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the &quote;Report on Our Common Future&quote; - the most important point in turning the world towards a more sustainable future, the 7th SDEWES Conference was aimed at looking into sustainable development WHATs, HOWs and WHOs of energy, water and environment systems and providing responsive scientific support to the emerging international, European, regional and national challenges. Being held in Ohrid, the pearl of Macedonia and another UNESCO world heritage site, this was the first in the series of SDEWES conferences organized outside Dubrovnik, and served as a venue for more than 200 world-wide scientists and specialists and those interested in learning about the sustainability of development, coming from 45 countries to present research progress and to discuss the state of the art, the future directions and priorities in the various areas of sustainable development.This e-book includes 6 selected SDEWES papers which cover a variety of environmental issues, including sustainable development planning at local level, controlling the protected cultivation, integrated product policy, drinking water networks and green electricity production, as well as a number of energy related topics like costs of rural electricity production, sustainable power density and energy planning.