Engineering for sustainability : a practical guide for sustainable design /
This book provides engineers with the necessary information to design sustainable processes, products and value chains. It describes the current consensus on sustainable development for four context levels: the planet, society, business, and engineers. It also presents all required design steps: fro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book provides engineers with the necessary information to design sustainable processes, products and value chains. It describes the current consensus on sustainable development for four context levels: the planet, society, business, and engineers. It also presents all required design steps: from problem definition, via synthesis of potential solutions, analysis of solutions, improvements to the final solution evaluation. For each design step, methods and guidelines are provided in relation to the goal of obtaining a sustainable solution; a solution that meets both the needs of people and all context constraints with regard to the planet and prosperity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 110 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780444538468 0444538461 9780444538475 044453847X 9781280581991 1280581999 |