Industrial Ecology (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

Thomas E. Graedel (Author), Braden R. Allenby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 27, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0130467138 | ISBN-13: 978-0130467133 | Edition: 2

With in-depth analysis of past, present, and future issues in industrial ecology, this book seeks to meet the needs of the product-design engineers. Includes discussion of the environmental impact of common industrial approaches, with special emphasis given to the long-term effects. This book is good for product-design professionals seeking to attain information about sustainability and design techniques.

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From the Publisher

Industrial ecology is a new way of looking at economic and environmental interactions. This is the first textbook available to those interested in learning how to put into practice the idea of performing industrial activities while keeping environmental consequences in check. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

To a significant degree, the first edition of this book defined the new field of industrial ecology, the restructuring of technological activity to incorporate environmental concerns. Important topics from that book are updated here, among them

• life-cycle assessment
• product design for the environment
• the incorporation of environmental considerations into product development
• integrating industrial ecology into corporations
• budgets and cycles

In addition, the new edition includes entire chapters on topics that are becoming or have become newly important to the field:

• the biological model applied to industrial systems
• the status of resources
• the transition from products to services
• systems analysis
• Earth systems engineering and management

While still serving as a practical guide to product designers and corporate managers, the new edition also provides guidance for the broader task of mapping a societal evolution to a more sustainable world, thus justifying industrial ecology's label as "the science and technology of sustainability."

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 363 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (September 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130467138
• ISBN-13: 978-0130467133
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical models for Corporate Environmental Strategies, November 20, 2006

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Daniel Waisberg (Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Industrial Ecology (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this book while writing my under-graduation final project in "Corporate Environmental Strategies", which was later published in a Brazilian magazine called Industrial Ecology. The book changed the way I see environmentalism in a very important way: it made me stop discussing about the real state of the world and start worrying about improving it (in those times I had read 'The skeptical Environmentalist' by Bjorn Lomborg and 'The Ultimate Resource 2' by Julian Simon, which are great books in my opinion). I started to understand that the most important is not to define where we stand, but to make the world a better place.

Graedel and Allenby propose practical and detailed strategies in order to 'green' the production process. They start the book with a really unbiased discussion about environmentalism and slowly provide the context for the introduction of environmental processes into the industrial world (full table of contents below). The text is written in a very clear and didactic way, and the technical terms are explained from A-Z.

I strongly recommend this book for engineers, environmentalists, managers, biologists, and people who want to improve the world's environment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Humanity and Environment.
2. The Industrial Ecology Concept.
3. Technological Change and Evolving Risk.
4. The Relevance of Biological Ecology to Technology.
5. The Status of Resources.
6. Society and Culture.
7. Governments, Laws, and Economics.
8. Industrial Product Design and Development.
9. Industrial Process Design and Operation.
10. Choosing Materials.
11. Designing for Energy Efficiency.
12. Product Delivery.
13. Environmental Interactions During Product Use.
14. Design For End of Life.
15. An Introduction to Life-Cycle Assessment.
16. The LCA Impact and Interpretation Stages.
17. Streamlining the LCA Process.
18. Using the Corporate Industrial Ecology Toolbox.
19. Managing Industrial Ecology in the Corporation.
20. Indicators and Metrics.
21. Services, Technology, and Environment.
22. Industrial Ecosystems.
23. Metabolic and Resource Analysis.
24. Systems Analysis, Models, and Scenario Development.
25. Earth Systems Engineering and Management.
26. The Future of Industrial Ecology.
Appendix A: Electronic Solder Alternatives: A Detailed Case Study.
Appendix B: Units of Measurement in Industrial Ecology.
Glossary.
Index.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference for students in a wide variety of majors., June 29, 2000

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Mariana Ruiz (Mexico City, MEXICO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Industrial Ecology (Hardcover)

The book presents the main topics of environmental science in a clear, organized format, relating them to industrial production of goods. Full of visual aids, excercises, and suggested reading lists at the end of each chapter, could definetly be a text book for undergrads.

Humanity and Environment.Technology and Industry. Lyfe-Cycle Assessment. Process and Product Audits. Industrial Design. Materials, Packaging and Transportation. Recycling.

4.0 out of 5 stars A useful text, October 3, 2010

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Jonathan South (Detriot Michigan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Industrial Ecology (Hardcover)

Though a bit dated the information is well put together.
Text for the environmental engineering course at Conestoga College