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Greening the Industrial Facility Thomas Graedel

Greening the Industrial Facility By Thomas Graedel

Greening the Industrial Facility by Thomas Graedel


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This textbook and reference fills a critical gap in literature on the comprehensive environmental impacts of industrial organizations.

Greening the Industrial Facility Summary

Greening the Industrial Facility: Perspectives, Approaches, and Tools by Thomas Graedel

This textbook and reference fills a critical gap in literature on the comprehensive environmental impacts of industrial organizations. Nineteen chapters examine individual industrial sectors inherent potential to pollute. The text goes on to analyze new technologies and practices for transforming environmentally degrading effects of industry, and shows how managers can navigate these changes and move their organizations towards long-term environmental sustainability.

Table of Contents

to Industry and Environmental Issues.- Technology and the Environment.- Key Topics and Approaches in Greening the Industrial Facility.- Approaches and Tools for Industrial Environmental Management.- The Starting Point.- The Next Step.- Facility Assessment from the Life-Cycle Perspective.- Sustainability-Related Performance.- Sustainability Assessments.- 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.- The Future of Industry and Environmental Issues.- The Industries of 2050.- Achieving Industrial Change.

Additional information

NLS9781441937179
9781441937179
144193717X
Greening the Industrial Facility: Perspectives, Approaches, and Tools by Thomas Graedel
New
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2010-10-29
618
N/A
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