Greening the industrial facility : perspectives, approaches, and tools /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graedel, T. E.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.