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Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. I.S. Jawahir

    1. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Inst. for Sustainable Manufacturing(ISM) Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Lexington, USA

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  2. S.K. Sikdar

    1. Nat. Risk Management Research Lab-USEPA, Cincinnati, USA

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  3. Y. Huang

    1. Department of Chemical Engineering and M, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

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  • Provides important insights into sustainability metrics
  • Contributes to the growing interest in life cycle assessment
  • Interwoven chapters will be useful in many disciplines
  • Offers a wide spectrum of research on sustainability science and engineering

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Design for Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Life-Cycle Optimization Methods for Enhancing the Sustainability of Design and Policy Decisions

      • Gregory A. Keoleian
      Pages 3-17

    3. Second Thoughts on Preferred End-of-Life Treatment Strategies for Consumer Products

      • Joost R. Duflou, Joris Van Ostaeyen, Wim Dewulf
      Pages 19-29

    4. A New Methodology for Integration of End-of-Life Option Determination and Disassemblability Analysis

      • Feri Afrinaldi, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Awalluddin Mohamad Shaharoun
      Pages 31-49

    5. Sustainability Under Severe Uncertainty: A Probability-Bounds-Analysis-Based Approach

      • Kailiang Zheng, Helen H. Lou, Yinlun Huang
      Pages 51-66

    6. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Means to Optimise the Structure of Sustainable Industry

      • Michael Narodoslawsky
      Pages 67-79

    7. Practical Approaches to Sustainability: iSUSTAIN® Tool for Green Chemistry Case Study

      • Karen Koster, Martin Cohen
      Pages 81-108

  3. Sustainability Metrics and Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Measuring Sustainability: Deriving Metrics from a Secure Human–Environment Relationship

      • Verle Hansen
      Pages 111-126

    3. Science-Based Metrics for Product Sustainability Assessment

      • Barbara C. Lippiatt
      Pages 127-138

    4. Key Business Metrics that Drive Sustainability into the Organization

      • Beth Beloff, Dicksen Tanzil
      Pages 139-151

    5. Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Map Based on Footprints Assessment

      • Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Luca De Benedetto
      Pages 153-171

  4. Sustainable Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Exploring How Technology Growth Limits Impact Optimal Carbon dioxide Mitigation Pathways

      • Dan Loughlin
      Pages 175-190

    3. Nanoscale Engineering Approach for Enhancing the Performance of Photovoltaic Cell Technologies for Non-Fossil Energy Sources

      • Piao Liu, Glenn Gibson, Carlos A. Jarro, Suresh Rajaputra, Vijay Singh
      Pages 191-206

    4. Sustainable Mobility: Insights from a Global Energy Model

      • Timothy J. Wallington, James E. Anderson, Sandra L. Winkler, Maria Grahn
      Pages 207-229

    5. Life-Cycle Analysis of Biofuels and Electricity for Transportation Use

      • Michael Wang, Amgad Elgowainy
      Pages 231-257

    6. Liquid Biofuels: We Lose More Than We Win

      • Henrik Wenzel, Karsten Hedegaard, Kathrine Thyø, Guido Reinhardt
      Pages 259-266

  5. Sustainable Supply/Value Chains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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About this book

This book is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of recent developments in sustainability science and engineering. The book focuses on principles and practices and presents 18 interwoven chapters on four major themes: design for sustainability; sustainability metrics and analysis; sustainable energy; and sustainable supply/value. Significant, state-of-the-art work, methodologies, practices and plans are presented by researchers, technology developers and industry leaders. Topics discussed include: life cycle assessment; product end-of-life options; practical approaches to sustainability; environmental footprint assessment; biofuels; and sustainable supply chain management.

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From the reviews:

“This four-part volume … focuses on four key topics: design, sustainability metrics, sustainable energy, and sustainable supply chain management. … this is an important book with significant content for those who are interested in applications of sustainability science and engineering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (L. E. Erickson, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Inst. for Sustainable Manufacturing(ISM) Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Lexington, USA

    I.S. Jawahir

  • Nat. Risk Management Research Lab-USEPA, Cincinnati, USA

    S.K. Sikdar

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and M, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Y. Huang

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