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"There is a huge scarcity of good, practical resources for designers and students interested in minimizing the environmental impacts of products. Design + Environment has been specifically written to address this paucity. The book first provides background information to help the reader understand how and why design for environment (DfE) has become so critical to design, with reference to some of the most influential writers, designers and companies in the field. Next, Design + Environment provides a step-by-step approach on how to approach DfE: to design a product that meets requirements for quality, cost, manufacturability and consumer appeal, while at the same time minimising environmental impacts. The first step in the process is to undertake an assessment of environmental impacts, using life-cycle assessment (LCA) or one of the many simpler tools available to help the designer. From then on, DfE becomes an integral part of the normal design process, including the development of concepts, design of prototypes, final design and development of marketing strategies. Environmental assessment tools and strategies to reduce environmental impacts, such as the selection of appropriate materials, are then discussed. Next, some of the links between environmental problems, such as global warming, ozone depletion, water and air pollution and the everyday products we consume are considered. In order to design products with minimal environmental impact, we need to have a basic understanding of these impacts and the interactions between them. The four subsequent chapters provide more detailed strategies and case studies for particular product groups: packaging, textiles, furniture, and electrical and electronic products. Guidelines are provided for each of the critical stages of a product's life, from the selection of raw materials through to strategies for recovery and recycling. Finally, Design + Environment takes a look at some of the emerging trends in DfE that are offering us the opportunity to make a more significant reduction in environmental impacts. Both the development of more sustainable materials and technologies and the growing interest in leasing rather than selling products are examined. Design + Environment is organized as a workbook rather than an academic text. It should be read once, and then used as a key reference source. This clear and informative book will prove to be invaluable to practising designers, to course directors and their students in need of a core teaching and reference text and to all those interested in learning about the tools and trends influencing green product design. The authors have all been involved in an innovative demonstration programme called "EcoReDesign", which was developed by the Centre for Design at RMIT University with funding from the Australian government. The Centre successfully collaborated with Australian companies to improve the environmental performance of their products by following DfE principles."--Provided by publisher.

745.02 --- ecodesign --- duurzaam ontwerpen --- packaging --- textiel --- meubelontwerp --- 504.064.4 --- 658.512.2 --- Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- Designing. Shape, design, construction of products. Industrial design --- 658.512.2 Designing. Shape, design, construction of products. Industrial design --- 504.064.4 Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- Green products --- Design. --- Earth-friendly products --- Environmentally safe products --- Commercial products --- Green marketing --- Recycled products

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recyclage --- afvalscheiding --- afvalsortering --- recycleerbaarheid --- recyclageproces --- recyclage installatie --- management --- 628.477.6 --- 504.064.4 --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- -Conversion of waste products --- Recovery of natural resources --- Recovery of waste materials --- Resource recovery --- Waste recycling --- Waste reuse --- Conservation of natural resources --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Energy conservation --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Waste products --- Recovery, recycling and re-use of waste and scrap. Salvage of scrap --- Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- Afvalstoffen --- Hergebruik --- Verenigde Staten --- Vuilverwerking --- -Recovery, recycling and re-use of waste and scrap. Salvage of scrap --- Afvalstoffen. --- Hergebruik. --- Verenigde Staten. --- Vuilverwerking. --- 504.064.4 Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- 628.477.6 Recovery, recycling and re-use of waste and scrap. Salvage of scrap --- Conversion of waste products --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Recycling (waste, etc.) --- Environmental management --- Gestion de l'environnement --- United states

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"This book tackles a largely neglected topic: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their environmental impact. Over 90% of all firms are SMEs. Their importance to the health of national and international economies is recognized. But what of their environmental impact? Individually, this may be small but, collectively, they pose a huge and largely unregulated threat to national and indeed the global environment. There have been many failed attempts to engage SMEs in environmental stewardship. Why is this? And where are the success stories needed to set best-practice examples? Environmental protection is widely touted as being a win-win scenario for business with economic spin-offs in terms of energy and waste reduction quickly producing payback for capital expenditures. Why is the "good environmental management equals good business management" message not getting through? In Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment Dr Ruth Hillary brings together an outstanding international collection of experts from government, international and national support agencies, academics and the business community to present arguments about the key environmental business imperatives facing the small-firm sector. The book is divided into four sections:Attitudes and Perceptions of Small Firms to the Environment and SustainabilityEnvironmental Management in the Smaller FirmPractical Strategies for Reaching SMEsCase Studies from around the World. In these sections, the book examines the threats - such as trade, supply chain issues and legislative compliance - but is also solution-oriented, with considerable discussion of the management tools smaller firms can use to improve their environmental performance. It aims to provide practical strategies for smaller firms and to that end includes a range of informative case studies from around the world. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment is the most comprehensive book on the subject available and will prove invaluable not only to SMEs themselves, seeking to understand a rapidly changing world, but to consultants and small-business advisors, local and central government and to all those in academia looking for ways to improve the environmental performance of small businesses."--Provided by publisher.

504.064.4 --- 504.03 --- 502.34 --- 65.017.2 --- 65.017.3 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A87 --- #SBIB:001.HIVA --- Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- Social and socio-economical aspects of human influences on the environment. Social ecology. Ecological economics --- Social, administrative, legislative measures on nature conservation --- Medium-sized --- Small --- Bijzondere arbeidsproblemen: industrie en ecologie, duurzaam ondernemen --- 65.017.3 Small --- 65.017.2 Medium-sized --- 502.34 Social, administrative, legislative measures on nature conservation --- 504.03 Social and socio-economical aspects of human influences on the environment. Social ecology. Ecological economics --- 504.064.4 Measures in conservation engineering. Including: wasteless and low-waste technology --- Small business --- Social responsibility of business. --- Environmental aspects. --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Businesses, Small --- Medium-sized business --- Micro-businesses --- Microbusinesses --- Microenterprises --- Small and medium-sized business --- Small and medium-sized enterprises --- Small businesses --- SMEs (Small business) --- Social responsibility --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Business enterprises --- Social aspects --- Size

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"Is Gaia becoming Thanatia, a resource exhausted planet? For how long can our high-tech society be sustained in the light of declining mineral ore grades, heavy dependence on un-recycled critical metals and accelerated material dispersion? These are all root causes of future disruptions that need to be addressed today.This book presents a cradle-to-cradle view of the Earth's abiotic resources through a novel and rigorous approach based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics: heat dissipates and materials deteriorate and disperse. Quality is irreversibly lost. This allows for the assessment of such depletion and can be used to estimate the year where production of the main mineral commodities could reach its zenith. By postulating Thanatia, one acquires a sense of destiny and a concern for a unified global management of the planet's abiotic resource endowment. The book covers the core aspects of geology, geochemistry, mining, metallurgy, economics, the environment, thermodynamics and thermochemistry. It is supported by comprehensive databases related to mineral resources, including detailed compositions of the Earth's layers, thermochemical properties of over 300 substances, historical energy and mineral resource inventories, energy consumption and environmental impacts in the mining and metallurgical sector and world recycling rates of commodities."--Publisher.

Geology, Economic. --- Mines and mineral resources. --- Laws of thermodynamics. --- Laws, Thermodynamic --- Thermodynamic laws --- Physical laws --- Thermodynamics --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- geology. --- mineral resources. --- mining industry. --- environmental impact. --- thermodynamics. --- clean technology. --- tiszta technológia --- čistá technológia --- teicneolaíocht ghlan --- čisté technologie --- tecnología limpia --- tecnologia limpa --- švarioji technologija --- teknologji e pastër --- tīra tehnoloģija --- keskkonnasäästlik tehnoloogia --- ren teknik --- чиста технологија --- čista tehnologija --- чиста технология --- tehnologii ecologice --- schone technologie --- czysta technologia --- ren teknologi --- saubere Technologie --- καθαρές τεχνολογίες --- technologie propre --- saastuttamaton tekniikka --- tecnologia pulita --- teknoloġija nadifa --- environmentálne udržateľné technológie --- videi nekaitīga tehnoloģija --- technologia środowiskowa --- technologie verte --- schone industrie --- green technology --- tecnologia de baixas emissões de carbono --- környezetkímélő technológia --- tehnologie cu emisii reduse de dioxid de carbon --- tehnologie durabilă din punct de vedere ecologic --- tecnologia ambiental --- τεχνολογίες χαμηλών εκπομπών διοξειδίου του άνθρακα --- технология с ниски емисии на CO2 --- teknologji me karbon të pakët --- tecnología no contaminante --- tecnología baja en carbono --- vähähiilinen teknologia --- teknologji e qëndrushme për mjedisin --- vähem CO2-heidet tekitav tehnoloogia --- okoljska tehnologija --- industrie propre --- jäätmevaene tehnoloogia --- zelená technologie --- keskkonnahoidlik tehnoloogia --- ekologické technologie --- groene technologie --- roheline tehnoloogia --- tehnologie ecologică --- tehnologija z majhnimi emisijami CO2 --- écotechnologie --- technológia s nízkymi emisiami CO2 --- ekoloģiski tīra tehnoloģija --- Technologie mit geringen Kohlendioxid- Emissionen --- industri e pastër --- industria pulita --- teknoloġija b'livell baxx ta' emissjonijiet ta' CO2 --- technologie s nízkými emisemi oxidu uhličitého --- еколошки чиста технологија --- zemas CO2 emisijas tehnoloģija --- tecnología baja en dióxido de carbono --- екологично устойчива технология --- fenntartható technológia --- grön teknik --- teknoloġija ekoloġikament sostenibbli --- duurzame technologie --- videi draudzīga rūpniecības nozare --- tecnología verde --- miljømæssig bæredygtig teknologi --- ren industri --- tecnologia ambientale --- milieutechnologie --- tehnologija z majhnimi emisijami ogljikovega dioksida --- environmentálna technológia --- Umwelttechnologie --- tecnología ambiental --- vähäpäästöinen teknologia --- tehnologija zaštite okoliša --- tiszta termelési folyamat --- περιβαλλοντικώς αειφόρες τεχνολογίες --- vihreä teknologia --- tehnologie de mediu --- tīrās rūpniecības nozare --- mažaatliekė technologija --- teknoloġija ambjentali --- indústria limpa --- sauberes Produktionsverfahren --- umweltfreundliche Technologie --- technológia s nízkymi emisiami oxidu uhličitého --- zaļā tehnoloģija --- zöld technológia --- grøn teknologi --- ekološki održiva tehnologija --- žalioji technologija --- technologie s nízkými emisemi CO2 --- low waste technology --- švari technologija --- vähese süsinikdioksiidiheitega tehnoloogia --- ekologiškos technologijos --- ekorūpniecība --- teknologji me mbetje të ulët --- μη ρυπαίνουσα τεχνολογία --- puhas tehnoloogia --- videi nekaitīga ilgtspējīga tehnoloģija --- πράσινη τεχνολογία --- ympäristöä säästävä teknologia --- технология с ниски нива на въглеродни емисии --- környezetvédelmi szempontból megfelelő technológia --- technologie environnementale --- екологосъобразна технология --- teknologi med lav CO2-emission --- nízkoodpadová technológia --- καθαρή βιομηχανία --- περιβαλλοντική τεχνολογία --- technologie non polluante --- ekotehnoloģija --- екологична технология --- καθαρή τεχνολογία --- säästev tehnoloogia --- environmental technology --- environmentální technologie --- mahetehnoloogia --- bezatkritumu tehnoloģija --- hållbar teknik --- tehnologija s niskom razinom ugljika --- umweltschonende Technologie --- teknoloġija b'livell baxx ta' emissjonijiet ta' diossidu tal-karbonju --- zielona technologia --- renere teknologi --- teknologji e pranueshme nga mjedisi --- koolstofarme technologie --- tecnologia ecologicamente sustentável --- vähän saastuttava teknologia --- Technologie mit geringen CO2 -Emissionen --- tecnologia de baixo carbono --- tecnologia hipocarbónica --- τεχνολογίες χαμηλών εκπομπών CO2 --- miljövänlig teknik --- zelená technológia --- industria limpia --- πράσινες τεχνολογίες --- ympäristöä säästävä tekniikka --- ekologická výroba --- nízkoodpadová technologie --- tecnología sostenible ecológicamente --- tecnologia non inquinante --- okoljsko trajnostna energija --- clean industry --- tecnología de reducción de desperdicios --- mažo anglies dioksido kiekio technologija --- čistá technologie --- tecnologia ecológica --- mazatkritumu tehnoloģija --- tecnologia a basse emissioni di carbonio --- környezetbarát technológia --- technologia o niskiej emisji dwutlenku węgla --- ekologická technologie --- švarioji pramonė --- tehnologija koja ne zagađuje --- зелена технологија --- технология с ниски емисии на въглероден диоксид --- teknoloġija ekoloġika --- cleantech --- technologia ekologiczna --- нисковъглеродна технология --- nízkouhlíkové technológie --- ekološka proizvodnja --- puhdas teknologia --- nizkoogljična tehnologija --- aplinkosaugos technologija --- zelena tehnologija --- tiszta ipar --- tehnologie curată --- οικολογικά αειφόρες τεχνολογίες --- tecnologia verde --- vides tehnoloģija --- tehnologie verde --- alacsony szén-dioxid-kibocsátású technológia --- ökologisch nachhaltige Technologie --- nízkouhlíková technologie --- zemas oglekļa emisijas tehnoloģija --- environmentally sound technology --- udržitelná technologie --- grüne Technologie --- environmentally sustainable technology --- low-carbon technology --- технологија со намалена емисија на јаглерод диоксид --- technologia niskoemisyjna --- tecnologia sostenibile --- tecnologia de baixas emissões de dióxido de carbono --- koldioxidsnål teknik --- termodinámica --- termodinâmica --- termodinamica --- termodynamika --- Thermodynamik --- termodynamiikka --- termodinamikë --- teirmidinimic --- termodünaamika --- θερμοδυναμική --- termodinamika --- thermodynamica --- termodinamică --- thermodynamique --- termodynamik --- термодинамика --- феноменолошка термодинамика --- termika --- статистичка термодинамика --- термодинамички принципи --- vliv na životní prostředí --- invloed op het milieu --- impatt ambjentali --- tionchar ar an gcomhshaol --- επίπτωση στο περιβάλλον --- влијание врз животната средина --- ndikim në mjedis --- vpliv na okolje --- impact sur l'environnement --- impacto ambiental --- ympäristövaikutus --- ietekme uz vidi --- környezeti hatás --- poveikis aplinkai --- utjecaj na okoliš --- miljöpåverkan --- impatto ambientale --- impact asupra mediului --- Auswirkung auf die Umwelt --- miljøindvirkning --- keskkonnamõju --- wpływ na środowisko --- ekologický dosah --- въздействие на околната среда --- утицај на животну средину --- balanço ecológico --- miljöavtryck --- ekoloģiskais novērtējums --- ekobalancë --- ecobalanço --- effetti sull'ambiente --- vides pēdas nospiedums --- keskkonnajalajälg --- mer --- miljökonsekvensbeskrivning --- ślad środowiskowy --- aplinkosauginis pėdsakas --- miljøopgørelse --- vlerësim ekologjik --- ekološka procjena --- huella ambiental --- miljøvurdering --- balance ecológico --- efect ambiental --- effet environnemental --- περιβαλλοντικό αποτύπωμα --- milieueffect --- vides novērtējums --- Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung --- еколошки ефект --- miljøvirkning --- ökológiai mérleg --- écobilan --- milieuvoetafdruk --- ecological assessment --- efecto sobre el medio ambiente --- environmental assessment --- impronta ambientale --- vides ietekmēšana --- környezetihatás-tanulmány --- avaliação ambiental --- Verträglichkeitsprüfung --- ökológiai vizsgálat --- ekologinis balansas --- impronta ambjentali --- indvirkning på miljøet --- miljøbelastning --- bilanț ecologic --- effect on the environment --- conséquence sur l'environnement --- environmental footprint --- environmentálna stopa --- ecologische balans --- evaluare ecologică --- bilan écologique --- milieueffectrapport --- conséquence environnementale --- effekt på miljön --- Umweltwirkung --- efekt mjedisor --- miljöanalys --- еколошко влијание --- ympäristöarvio --- συνέπεια στο περιβάλλον --- mõju keskkonnale --- miljøaftryk --- effet sur l'environnement --- evaluación medioambiental --- valutazione dell'impatto ambientale --- επίδραση στο περιβάλλον --- Umweltimpakt --- bilancio ecologico --- оценка на влијанието врз животната средина --- environmental effect --- ekoloģiskā bilance --- ekologinis įvertinimas --- tionchar comhshaoil --- amprentă de mediu --- ökologische Bilanz --- efekti mbi mjedis --- οικολογικός ισολογισμός --- отпечатък върху околната среда --- okoljski odtis --- miljöbedömning --- ecobilancio --- empreinte environnementale --- eco-balance --- incidence environnementale --- lorg comhshaoil --- vaikutus ympäristöön --- environmentálny vplyv --- effett ambjentali --- incidence sur l'environnement --- efect asupra mediului --- konsekvenser for miljøet --- efeito no meio ambiente --- ekotase --- keskkonnamõju hindamine --- ympäristöjalanjälki --- Impaktstudie --- EIA --- virkning på miljøet --- vplyv na životné prostredie --- environmentální stopa --- Umweltbilanz --- ecobalance --- környezeti lábnyom --- pasqyrë ekologjike --- hodnocení vlivů na životní prostředí --- miljøstatus --- inverkan på miljön --- Umweltimpaktstudie --- évaluation environnementale --- ekologický vliv --- pegada ambiental --- evaluare de mediu --- aplinkos įvertinimas --- ecological balance sheet --- környezetihatás-vizsgálat --- keskkonnahinnang --- ekobilance --- ekologinen tase --- περιβαλλοντική αξιολόγηση --- vlerësim mjedisor --- ökotasakaal --- UVP --- Ökobilanz --- rudarska industrija --- górnictwo --- těžební průmysl --- industria mineraria --- industria minera --- ťažobný priemysel --- εξορυκτική βιομηχανία --- rudarstvo --- tionscal mianadóireachta --- kasybos pramonė --- iežguves rūpniecība --- bányászat --- Bergbau --- mijnindustrie --- industrie minière --- industri e minierave --- industrija tal-minjieri --- минна индустрия --- industrie minieră --- gruvindustri --- mäetööstus --- kaivosteollisuus --- indústria mineira --- mineindustri --- рударство --- рударска индустрија --- báňský průmysl --- industria estrattiva --- hornictví --- Montanindustrie --- grubedrift --- mijnbouwindustrie --- руди --- důlní průmysl --- рудник --- industrija rudarstva --- hornický průmysl --- bjergværksdrift --- фосилни горива --- минерали --- mineraalivarat --- resurse minerale --- mineralinių žaliavų ištekliai --- rudno bogatstvo --- minerale reserves --- ορυκτός πλούτος --- nerostné zdroje --- zasoby mineralne --- mineraltillgångar --- minerālu resursi --- Bodenschätze --- ásványi nyersanyagok --- mineralne surovine --- mineralressourcer --- nerastné zdroje --- acmhainn mhianrach --- burime minerare --- maavarad --- riżorsi minerali --- рудни богатства --- risorse minerali --- минерални ресурси --- рудна богатства --- ressource minérale --- recurso mineral --- ressource minière --- minerální zdroje --- mineralni izvori --- минерални суровини --- mineralni resursi --- kalnrūpniecības resursi --- рудни ресурси --- recursos minerais --- surovinové zdroje --- disponibilní zdroje --- rersurse miniere --- recurso minero --- minerale bodemrijkdom --- ťažobné zdroje --- kasybos ištekliai --- risorse minerarie --- 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study --- étude géologique --- tektonikë --- geologinis žvalgymas --- paleontologie --- estudio geológico