Research Catalog

Title

Design for environment : creating eco-efficient products and processes / Joseph Fiksel, editor.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Fiksel, Joseph R.

Description

xviii, 513 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"If you're concerned about the impact of your company's products or processes on the environment, this book will introduce you to an emerging business practice called Design for Environment (DfE), which enables industrial organizations to increase their profitability and benefit the global environment as well." "This landmark guide shows you how DfE can provide a highly effective, life-cycle approach to new product and process development that takes into account the environment, human health, and safety. This approach considers the "cradle to grave" costs and benefits associated with the material acquisition, manufacture, use, disposal, and recovery of products." "You'll find many concrete techniques, guidelines, and examples that can be used to help educate product development teams about the practical aspects of DfE. Also included are valuable case studies from AT & T, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Gas & Electric, ARCO, Baxter Healthcare, Coors, Dow Chemical, and other companies that have adopted DfE practices." "An essential working tool for executives, managers, and engineers in a wide range of industries, this new book clearly explains how your company can develop successful, eco-efficient products and processes for the 1990s and beyond!"--Jacket.

Subject

• Industrial design > Environmental aspects
• Industrial management > Environmental aspects
• Industriedesign
• Management
• Umweltethik

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 2. Motivating Forces / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 3. Towards Sustainable Development / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 4. Corporate Environmental Responsibility / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 5. Conceptual Principles of DFE / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 6. Product and Process Development / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 7. Environmental Performance Metrics / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 8. Practical DFE Guidelines / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 9. Methods for Assessing and Improving Environmental Performance / Joseph Fiksel -- Ch. 10. Integrated Life-Cycle Management / David Cohen -- Ch. 11. The Conceptual Framework of DFE at AT & T / Braden Allenby -- Ch. 12. Environmentally Conscious Products: An IBM Initiative / Anne B. Brinkley and Barbara S. Hill -- Ch. 13. Hewlett-Packard's Life-Cycle Oriented Product Stewardship Program / Cliff Bast and Tom Korpalski -- Ch. 14. A Life Cycle Assessment of a Computer Workstation / Greg Pitts -- Ch. 15. DFE in Semiconductor Equipment Design / Jerry Schoening -- Ch. 16. DFE at Pacific Gas & Electric / Peter Melhus and Caude G. Poncelet -- Ch. 17. Environmental Management for the 1990s at ARCO / Kenneth R. Dickerson -- Ch. 18. Caring for the Environment at Baxter Healthcare / Nicholas Fotis, Lisa Petrilli and Pat Bartholomew -- Ch. 19. Coors' Ten Ways to Prevent Pollution by Design / Sandra Woods -- Ch. 20. Environmental Practice at WMX Technologies / Leah V. Haygood and Michael Gershowitz -- Ch. 21. Building a Sustainable Future at Dow Chemical / Frank P. Popoff -- Ch. 22. The U.S. EPAs DfE Program / Deborah L. Boger and Claudia M. O'Brien -- Ch. 23. Organizational Issues in DFE / Robert Shelton -- Ch. 24. DFE: Corporate Planning and Compliance Opportunities / Edward L. Quevedo -- Ch. 25. Industrial Ecology: A Context for Design and Decision / Ernest Lowe -- Ch. 26. Design for Environment in Perspective / Carl L. Henn -- Ch. 27. Conclusion / Joseph Fiksel.

ISBN

• 0070209723
• 9780070209725

LCCN

95032585

OCLC

• ocm32854556
• 32854556
• SCSB-9322984

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library