
719Transition Engineering
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The transition engineering approach to sustainable energy uses the product develop-
ment, or change project approach illustrated in Figure 13.15. The seven steps are all impor-
tant pieces of work that together lead to the best change projects. People typically work in
isolation on different steps of the overall process, and they often have a perspective that
their work alone is the answer to the question of sustainable development. For example,
the study of peak oil is one part of this process as is the IEA’s World Energy Outlook, where
they develop different scenarios about the futu ...