Factor 5: A Convenient Truth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the notability guideline for books. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since May 2008.

This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications.
Primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of the article are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please include more appropriate citations from reliable sources, or discuss the issue on the talk page.
This article has been tagged since May 2008.

This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events.
It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

Factor 5: A Convenient Truth: Increasing Wealth and Reducing Resource Use is a forthcoming book which will focus on reductions in resource use through increased efficiency. Increased resource efficiency will help to ensure long term sustainable prosperity for the global economy, especially when coupled with design and process improvements. This approach has often led to increased production yields, lower capital and operating costs, and decreased maintenance and repair of infrastructure. In short, it will assist in making a transition toward a sustainable future. Factor 5 is targeted at the new generation of engineers, entrepreneurs and politicians who are facing global warming and other environmental challenges. Factor 5 will involve a team of authors and contributors led by Professor Ernst von Weizsacker.^[1]

Factor 5 is to be published by Earthscan Publishing (London), Shanghai Century Publishing (China), and Droemer Knaur (Munich). Factor 5 is a follow-up book to Factor 4, which was translated into 12 languages and has been an international success. Factor 4 remained on the Earthscan bestsellers list for eight years.^[1]