ENGPHYS 3ES3
Introduction to Energy Systems
Fall 2025
Topics
- Survey course on energy systems with
- Analytic tools needed
- Evaluate them
- Resources and environmental sustainability
- Costs
- Other relevant factors over their life cycles
Readings
- Title: Sustainable Energy, Choosing among options (Available in McMaster library) Authors: Jefferson W. Tester, Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael J. Driscoll, Michael W. Golay, William A. Peters Edition: 2nd edition, Publisher: MIT Press, USA, 2012
- Title: Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada (Available online) Editors: Mark Winfield, Stephen Hill, and James Gaede Publisher: UBC Press, Canada 2023 Link: https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/88357/1/9780774869461_OA.pdf
- Title: Sustainable Energy — without the hot air (Available online) Author: David JC MacKay Publisher: UIT, Cambridge, England Link: https://www.withouthotair.com/
- The materials section states none.