Review of The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power" by Roger Duncan and Michael E. Webber.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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What will the future look like as a result of the emergence of new technologies? To answer this question, we need to look at the activities in the past and those in contemporary society to make predictions about the future. There have been a lot of changes in transport, power (energy), and building sectors; these have been caused by various factors, technology advancement being the most outstanding factor. The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power by Roger Duncan and Michael Webber is a well woven and informative non-fiction novel that makes comparison between the past and the present trends in transport, power, and buildings to determine the future.

The authors introduce the concept of Energy Efficiency Megatrend, which will be governing the technological trends in the future. This will include the convergence of buildings, transportation sector, and power grid into a single system with integrated power. Construction robots, 3D printers, and artificial intelligent are some of the trends in the future buildings. Moreover, the book highlights some of the improvements in the transport sector which includes electric cars dominating the local transportation in future, emergency of driverless cars and other technologies that are soaring in developed countries such as United States of America and China.

I enjoyed reading this book: it was informative and well crafted. It is about 290 pages hence, a short period of time required to read and comprehend the whole book. Also, it is well organized—divided into five parts and nine chapters, each part and chapter discussing specific issues. This enhanced the flow and comprehension of the story. Furthermore, the use of graphics made the concepts in the book clearer. They also reduced the boredom while reading as they could draw my attention and curiosity towards reading it. Additionally, the notes (references) have been provided in the book, for further reading.

There is a lot to learn from this interesting book, especially, regarding the impacts of technology (positive and negative impacts) in the future. The language used is simple hence, easy to grasp the whole book. Actually, there is nothing I disliked in the book. Roger and Webber did a wonderful job while researching on the book’s cover page: it is attractive. Themes of technology, science, transport, and power have dominated the book.

I rate, The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power 4 out of 4 stars. It was well edited and informative. I strongly recommend this book to those who are interested in technological aspects and how they impact on various sectors including transport, buildings and power.

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[NetMassimo]

This seems like an interesting book that offers a possible portrait of our future cities following the current technological trends. Predicting such developments isn't easy, as unexpected problems can delay a certain kind of progress such as in controlled nuclear fusion while breakthroughs in other fields can create fast progress such as computer science / information technology. Thank you for your great review!

[Asma Aisha Ansari]

We are dependent on technology for almost all of our needs, and the proliferation of technology in our lives is only going to increase further. It's better to be equipped with the right knowledge when it comes to technology's relationship with buildings, transportation, and power. I think this non-fiction novel is an essential guide in this pursuit.
Thanks for this informative and thorough review.

[Unsullied]

Sounds like a technical book for those interested in being part of the future f this sector. Thanks for the detailed review.

[words_dreamer]

A lot to get to know from this book. Seems like a good read, would love to give it a try after reading this insightful review.

[Janet Kimetto]

This book covers important topics. Technology, science, transport and power. Would be worth reading it, to take a peek at the future. Great review!

[addicted reader]

This seems like an interesting book that offers a possible portrait of our future cities following the current technological trends. Predicting such developments isn't easy, as unexpected problems can delay a certain kind of progress such as in controlled nuclear fusion while breakthroughs in other fields can create fast progress such as computer science / information technology. Thank you for your great review!

Indeed, It is an interesting book that offers prediction of future developments basing much on technological advances. Thanks for your your comment.

[Prisallen]

It would be interesting to see how the authors think the future buildings and transportation will look and how we will solve our energy problems. Thanks for your wonderful review!

[Katie Blackmore]

This sounds like a fascinating book! The advancement of our technology to date is already incredible and I am intrigued to see what the author predicts for the future. This review is really well written and illustrates how intriguing the book is. Well done!

[Kaushiki Parihar]

The book sounds an informative and helpful read. The book's cover and title both intrigued me. And you wonderful review make me want to read the book. Thanks for the great recommendation.

[Ruchi Raina]

There's a lot of uncertainty around the future and many unpredictable factors that can't be accounted for. I would like to see how the author addresses advancement of technology, transport and power and their impact on our future. Thanks for the great review.

[Raluca_Mihaila]

I loved reading your review! It made me very curious to discover the future in these areas. Great job!

[Victor Jerry I]

Technology advancement is actually what the future depends on. Thanks for your well-written review.

[addicted reader]

Technology advancement is actually what the future depends on. Thanks for your well-written review.

Thanks for your positive comment.

[AvidBibliophile]

I do enjoy titles that explore new technologies, robots, 3D printers, and artificial intelligence, so I’m anxious to check this one out! Thank you for your helpful review.