Greening the industrial facility : perspectives, approaches, and tools /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Technology and the environment
- Key topics and approaches in greening the industrial facility
- PART II: APPROACHES AND TOOLS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: The starting point: compliance with regulations and agreements
- The next step: pollution prevention
- Facility assessment from the life-cycle perspective
- Sustainability-related performance
- Sustainability assessment
- PART III: INDUSTRIAL SECTOR ANALYSIS: Fossil fuel extraction and processing
- Power generation
- Metal ore extraction and processing
- Inorganic minerals and chemicals
- Petrochemicals
- Agriculture
- Food processing
- Textiles and leathers
- Sand and glass
- Fabricated metal products
- Fabricated plastic products
- Electronics
- Synthetic organic chemicals
- Assembled products
- Forest products and printing
- Packaging and shipping
- Industrial, residential, and infrastructure construction
- The remanufacturing and recycling industry
- Advanced materials, processes, and products
- PART IV: THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: The industries of 2000
- Advanced industrial change
- Appendixes
- Glossary.