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The paper poses the problem of increasing the efficiency of energy- and resource saving in socio-technical systems, which consist of resource-intensive subsystems (for example, subsystems of electricity, heat and water supply). A compositional fuzzy model for efficiency estimating of energy- and resource saving of socio-technical systems is proposed. This compositional fuzzy model consists of the following models: firstly, a set of fuzzy cognitive models for estimating the effects of actions on the subsystems' indicators; secondly, a set of fuzzy rules-based models for efficiency estimating of energy- and resource saving of subsystems; thirdly, a generalized fuzzy model for efficiency estimating of energy- and resource saving of system as a whole. The procedure of compositional fuzzy modeling of energy- and resource saving in socio-technical systems is described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Estimating Electric Power System Marginal Costs," by Charles R. Scherer.

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Reviews the book "Electric Power for Rural Growth: How Electricity Affects Rural Life in Developing Countries," by Douglas F. Barnes.

The article reviews the book "The Wired Northwest: The History of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s," by Paul W. Hirt.

A review of the book "The Wired Northwest: The History of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s," by Paul W. Hirt, is presented.