"'The Renewable City' by Peter Droege is a very timely book and one that should have a big impact on world cities."
——Chris Johnson, Executive Director,
——Cities and Centres, New South Wales Department of Planning
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"Fantastic stuff. Inspires me to keep going."
——Elaine Morrison, Chair,
——Solar Cities Scotland
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" ... The power of this book is that it provides a good sketch of the new city: The Renewable City. The city is critically important in the post-fossil age because solutions will tend to be at a smaller scale ... In the near future every consumer will also be able to produce energy — sustainably — from the sun, wind, waste, biomass and the like: everybody as prosumer is linked in a virtual power plant. The city becomes a renewable energy source. ... 'Renewable City' is a good book for the sharpening of the sustainable urban development debate. It also delivers a multitude of facts in compact form ..."
——M.J. van Dorst
——Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology
——(in 'Stedebouw & Ruimtelijke Ordening')
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"... received from Amazon your Renewable City. I ... was so enthusiastic about it that I am going to propose it to my publisher for the Italian version of it."
——Professor Federico Butera, Politecnico di Milano
——Dip. Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Ambiente Costruito (BEST)
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"This book is a magnificent resource for students, practitioners and concerned citizens. It belongs on one’s desk as a constant reference source and, in these times, not on the shelves ... The author combines an encyclopaedic knowledge with a lucid writing style that places this book in the Meadows, Carsons and Lovins class as one who can turn around mindsets but also provide a vision ahead."
——Dr Pem Gerner
——Cityscape News and Comment, March 2007
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"Having read many books on the subject of ecological building and sustainable development, it is a refreshing change to read this book."
——Building Engineer, June 2007
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"This book asks the relevant questions for today's urban and regional planning and is a rich resource for answers."
——Hans G. Ehrbar
——Economics Department, University of Utah