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Covers life cycle engineering and management
Exhibits timely book covering needed topic with a didactic and sequential structure
Addresses the main techniques, tools, systems and practices for improving the environmental performance of business products
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents the role of life cycle engineering and life cycle management of products and services and their contributions to corporate environmental sustainability and the circular economy. It addresses the main techniques, tools, systems and practices for improving the environmental performance of business products and services throughout their life cycles.
The book covers the main topics and concepts related to life cycle engineering and life cycle management applied to the business context. It presents the themes through basic and in-depth theories. In addition, all chapters provide examples of real and hypothetical case studies for discussion and assimilation of theoretical content and its contextualization in the real and practical business scenario. The chapters are complemented by quantitative exercises.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. José Augusto de Oliveira is Professor at University State of Sao Paulo (UNESP), campus of São João da Boa Vista/SP and leader of the research group Center for Advanced and Sustainable Technologies (CAST). He is Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment with emphasis on Cleaner Production, Ecodesign and End-of-Life Strategies.
Dr. Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva is Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba / SP campus, in the Production Engineering course and Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Manufacturing, Eco-efficiency and Ecodesign.
Dr. Fábio Neves Puglieri is Professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), campus Ponta Grossa / PR, in the Production Engineering course and Specialist in Life Cycle Management, Strategic Environmental Planning and Corporate Strategies for Sustainability.Dr. Yovana María Barrera Saavedra is Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Lagoa do Sino / SP campus, Center for Natural Sciences, in the courses of Administration, Environmental Engineering, Agronomic Engineering, and Food Engineering and Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign, End-of-Life Strategies, Environmental Management and Waste Management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products
Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice
Editors: José Augusto de Oliveira, Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva, Fabio Neves Puglieri, Yovana María Barrera Saavedra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78044-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78043-2Published: 25 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78046-3Published: 26 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78044-9Published: 24 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 329
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Industrial and Production Engineering