Автор: Sherin Zafar et al Название: Green automation for sustainable environment ISBN: 0367422387 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367422387 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 17609.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation not limited to computers, but will attract various disciplines like nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry.
Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach.
The book evaluates the issues involved in choosing materials from an ecosystem services perspective, from the design stage to the impact of materials on the health of building users.
The three main sections of the book discuss building materials in relation to ecosystem services, the implications of materials choice at the design stage, and the impact of materials on building users and their health. The final section focuses on specific case studies that illustrate the richness of solutions that existed before the rise of contemporary construction and that are consistent with a sustainable approach to creating built environments. These are followed by modern examples which apply some, if not all, of the principles discussed in the first three sections of the book.
Provides a holistic and integrated approach to the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction
Provides a thorough understanding of ecosystem services based on ecology research for built environment design
Provides an original review of the impact of materials on human health
Provides case studies to illustrate the points above
Have you wondered why gold is so expensive or why so little plastic packaging is recycled?This highly readable book with a unique perspective on environmental sustainability answers these questions and more.
Readers will learn:
How metals and plastics are made and what happens when they are recycled
The challenges that manufacturers face when trying to make their facilities and products less toxic and less wasteful
How manufacturers can extract the value of materials while doing less damage to human health and the environment
The role of individuals, agencies, and governments in improving the use and reuse of materials
How regulations can stifle or promote innovation
How smart companies are embracing the triple bottom line--profit, people, planet--to yield creative solutions that make manufacturing safer and less wasteful
Why some big corporations painted as evildoers deserve a second look.
How reporting standards are making it easier to get a full picture of a company's environmental footprint
The author explains concepts clearly and concisely through compelling examples and personal stories. Hear the journeys of:
A business owner recycling scrap from airplane manufacturing
A former geologist running a chain of donut shops
Two entrepreneurs committed to improving e-waste processing
An executive promoting social and environmental responsibility at a major electronics company
A chemist developing safer cleaning products
Consultants helping businesses embrace practices that save resources and money
Other business professionals devoted to making the world a better place
Concerned citizens with or without a background in manufacturing or business will find surprising answers to the questions facing companies as they work toward making better use and reuse of materials. Readers will come away with a new awareness of the steps they can take to help the business world succeed in making manufacturing more sustainable and less wasteful.
Описание: This book introduces the concept of sensing, smart and sustainable systems (S3 systems) to support the design and redesign of products, services, business and manufacturing processes, manufacturing systems, and enterprises.
Описание: This book introduces the concept of sensing, smart and sustainable systems (S3 systems) to support the design and redesign of products, services, business and manufacturing processes, manufacturing systems, and enterprises.
Автор: Daddi, Tiberio Iraldo, Fabio Testa, Francesco Название: Environmental certification for organisations and products ISBN: 1138283606 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138283602 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 4898.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Environmental certification is an effective tool for managing the environmental impact of companies, leveraging their competitive capabilities and ensuring their compliance with environmental principles. A growing number of countries across the world are adopting this practice and the growth of new environmental standards - with different scopes, aims and roles - calls for a clear and updated systematization of the issue.
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental certification tools. As well as examining practical methods of implementing the standards for each type of certification, the book discusses their added value from a corporate management perspective. In identifying the most important requirements and standards for the issuing of environmental certification of both products and processes, the book demonstrates how companies can use operational methods to develop an environmental management system or a product certification in practice.
Balancing a complete theoretical presentation of the issue with an operational perspective, the book supports the adoption and implementation of environmental certification tools. It will be a valuable resource for professionals as well as students and scholars of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility.
Описание: This book features state-of-the-art contributions from two well-established conferences: Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2020) and Mass Customization and Personalization Conference (MCPC2020). Together, they focus on the joint design, development, and management of products, production systems, and business for sustainable customization and personalization. The book covers a large range of topics within this domain, ranging from industrial success factors to original contributions within the field.
Автор: Wojnarowska Magdalena, Ćwiklicki Marek, Ingrao Carlo Название: Sustainable Products in the Circular Economy: Impact on Business and Society ISBN: 1032017015 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032017013 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in today`s business and society.
Описание: This book provides detailed information on the methods and techniques that can be used to process coir, cocopeat and other coconut byproducts for developing various bioproducts. Coir is a unique raw material in that it is abundant, green, and sustainable. The most common industrial application of coir is to use it as a reinforcement of composites with other natural or synthetic fibers and resins. Coir-based composites are used in automotive, construction, and packaging, among other applications. Recently cocopeat, coconut shells and other byproducts have been used for energy, environmental remediation and agricultural applications. This is the first reference describing the properties, processability, and applications of all the coconut byproducts. Properties of the products developed are also covered with a major focus on industrial applications.Provides a single, comprehensive reference source on the biorenewable material coir and other coconut byproductsAddresses properties, processing and a broad range of industrial applicationsEnables researchers spanning the materials, polymer, agricultural, composites and environmental areas to identify unique and useful applications of coir and other coconut byproducts
