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Overview
This book examines the question of what makes one design environmentally preferable to another. Graedel discusses data and analyzes the streamlined life-cycle assessment process in the context of the goals of a particular process or product.
FEATURES
- Discusses environmental objectives as the basis of life-cycle assessment.
- Focuses on streamlined LCAs, a technique common in industry today.
- Includes unique coverage of the assessment of societal infrastructures (Ch. 12).
- Ends with a hypothetical discussion of what an environmentally perfect product might look like.
- Includes useful checklists for performing SLCA.
Editorials
Booknews
Reviews a number of techniques that have been developed to streamline life-cycle assessment procedures, which tend to be costly in resources and time, but are becoming increasingly important to determine such matters as what makes the design of one product environmentally preferable to that of another, and how to evaluate the success of designing with an environmental perspective. For student or practicing automotive, mechanical, or civil engineers, and for people in business or management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 10, 1998
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pages
310
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780136074250