Geothermal HVAC : green heating and cooling / Jay Egg, Brian Clark Howard. by Egg, Jay

Table of Contents: “…-- Summary -- 3: Geothermal Heat Pumps And Their Uses -- Passive and forced-air earth-coupled duct systems -- Water-source, forced-air heat pumps (water-to-air heat pumps) -- Direct expansion geothermal heat pumps -- Water-to-water heat pumps (heat pump chillers and boilers) -- Applications of geothermal heat pumps -- Pool heaters -- Domestic hot water -- Process cooling and heating -- Rooftop equipment -- Modular or piggyback units -- Package terminal heat pumps -- Vertical stack modular units -- 100% fresh air equipment -- Refrigeration systems -- Hybrid systems -- Superefficient DC HVAC -- Keeping the cows cool -- Summary -- 4: Earth Coupling Through Ground Loops -- Getting the load and loop size right -- Piping material -- Grout and backfill -- Manifolds or header systems -- Loop designs -- Vertical loops -- Horizontal loops -- Pond, lake, or ocean loops (use with caution ) -- Pumping groundwater, lake water, or seawater (open-loop systems) -- Pump and reinjection -- Standing column wells -- Surficial aquifers and caisson infiltration -- Concerns with open loops -- Open loops versus closed loops -- Summary -- 5: Introduction To Load Sharing --Benefits of load sharing -- Case of a large hotel -- Earth coupling as thermal savings bank -- Summary -- 6: Efficiency And Load Calculations Simplified -- Rating geothermal systems -- Annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) (for gas furnaces) -- Cooling load in kW/ton -- Coefficient of performance (COP) -- Energy efficiency ratio (EER) -- Determining actual efficiencies -- Load calculations -- Manuals published by the air conditioning contractors of America -- Manual J: Residential heat gain and loss analysis -- Manual N: Commercial heat gain and loss analysis -- Manual D: Residential duct design -- Manual Q: Commercial low-pressure duct design -- Energy calculations and value -- Summary -- 7: Understanding Pricing And Geothermal Systems -- Factors that affect the price of geothermal HVAC -- Efficiency rating -- Quality -- System sizes -- Topography -- Load sharing -- Sales volume and competition -- Optional upgrades -- Heat recovery for domestic hot water -- Domestic hot water geothermal heat pumps -- Exchanger materials -- Compressor stages -- Hot gas reheat -- Intermediate exchangers -- Direct digital controls (DDC) -- Summary -- 8: Incentives, Tax Credits, Rebates -- U S federal tax credits -- Commercial tax credits and incentives -- Feingold-Ensign Support Renewable Energy Act -- Home star (cash for caulkers) -- Rural Energy Saving Program Act -- State and local incentives -- PACE funding -- Summary -- 9: Understanding Geothermal Project Proposals -- Typical geothermal HVAC proposals -- Poor proposals -- Good proposals -- Summary -- 10: How To Calculate Your Payback -- Determining ROI on residential systems -- ROI on geothermal pool heat pumps -- Calculating payback periods for commercial geothermal systems -- Net present value -- 30 cents a KWh: the big impact of higher electric rates -- Summary -- 11: Verifying Your Systems -- Actual SEER and EER results -- Factors that can affect efficiency -- Regional climate issues -- How to calculate your own EER -- Data points -- Minimum efficiency standards -- Summary -- 12: Life Cycles And Longevity -- Benefits of indoor equipment -- How to determine when upgrades pay off -- Summary -- 13: Common Problems And Horror Stories -- Word on water conservation -- Common issues -- Underground hazards -- Pressurized pockets -- Broken or damaged loops -- Design and installation fails -- Choosing the wrong loop type -- Unfinished jobs -- Pushy contracts -- Miscommunication, faulty equipment, inexperience-oh my! …”

St. Kitts and Nevis. by Hemisphere Dept., International Monetary Fund. Western

Table of Contents: “…Macroeconomic Linkages of the Citizenship-by-Investment Program; 2. Tax Incentives in St. Kitts and Nevis; 3. Main Features of the 2014 Budget of St. …”
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Contemporary Trends in Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions Proceedings from the International Conference on Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions (ICAFFI), Pozn...

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Economics for Lovers of Literature by Geraint Johnes. by Johnes, Geraint

Table of Contents: “…From Small Things, Big Things Come (modern approaches to macroeconomics) -- 18. Growing Pains (economic growth).…”
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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : a Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Is Social and Basic Infrastructure Expenditure Pro-Poor? -- Main Social Programs -- Subsidies in Basic Infrastructure Services -- How Much Fiscal Space Is Available for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Reversing Current Expenditure -- Making an Optimal Selection of Public Investment -- Assessing Defense Spending -- How Much Off-Budget Fiscal Space Can Be Found for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Freezing or Reducing Budget Earmarking -- Reducing Tax Expenditure -- Making Transparent and Intergrating Off-Budget Public Investment -- Towards a Results-Oriented Budget: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals -- Policy Recommendations -- To Shift Public Expenditures Toward a Pro-Poor Focus -- To Re-Target Public Subsidies -- Trade-Offs Between In- and Off-Budget Fiscal Space -- To Reach Selected MDGs -- Performance of Public Expenditure Management -- The PEM Process and its Recent Performance -- Budget Management Review in the Central Government -- Budget Formulation -- Execution -- Budget Management Review in Social Programs and Subnational Governments -- Social Programs -- Provincial and Municipal Governments -- Budget Transparency, Accountability, and Participation -- Are There Sufficient Conditions for a Multiyear Budgeting Framework in Ecuador? …”
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Money matters;local government finance in the people's republic of china. by Asian Development Bank

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Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling / Cathal O'Donoghue. by O'Donoghue, Cathal

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Hidden potential : rethinking informality in South Asia / editors, Maurizio Bussolo and Siddharth Sharma.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Authors -- Main Messages -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Rethinking Informality in South Asia: An Overview of the Findings -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- South Asia's Informal Firms: Outsiders, Evaders, or Avoiders? …”
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Allowances for corporate equity in practice / prepared by Alexander Klemm. by Klemm, Alexander

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The controller's function : the work of the managerial accountant / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

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The controller's function : the work of the managerial accountant / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

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Poverty and Social Impact Analysis by the IMF. by Gillingham, Robert F.

Table of Contents: “…Alternative Price-Shifting Models; Appendix 3.3. General Lessons from Tax Theory; A3.1 Alternative Approaches for Evaluating the Welfare Impacts of Tax and Price Reforms; IV. …”
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Financial Crime in Romania A Community Pulse Survey / edited by Monica Violeta Achim, Robert W. McGee.

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Associate accountant, CliftonLarsenAllen LLP / [produced by] CandidCareer.com.

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The controller's function : the work of the managerial accountant / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

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Hamlin Garland : a life / Keith Newlin. by Newlin, Keith

Table of Contents: “…Return of the private, 1860-1868 -- Boy life on the prairie, 1868-1881 -- Dakota homesteader, 1881-1884 -- Boston mentors, 1884/85 -- The earnest apprentice, 1886-1887 -- Single-tax realist, 1888 -- Life under the wheel, 1888-89 -- Main travelled roads, 1889-1891 -- Table rapper, 1890-92 -- The campaign for realism, 1893 -- The iconoclast, 1893-94 -- Western horizons, 1895 -- "Ho, for the Klondike!"…”
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The Legal Environment and Risks for Foreign Investment in China by Shoushuang Li. by Li, Shoushuang

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Transfer Pricing in Manufacturing An Analysis of the OECD Guidelines / by Ioana Ignat, Liliana Ionescu-Feleagă. by Ignat, Ioana, Ionescu-Feleagă, Liliana

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Top incomes over the twentieth century : a contrast between continental European and English-speaking countries / edited by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty.

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Measuring Entrepreneurship Building a Statistical System / edited by Emilio Congregado. by Congregado, Emilio

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