1st Edition

Green Technology and Design for the Environment

By Samir Billatos Copyright 1997
    312 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book is intended to be an introductory reference to green technology and design for the environment (GTDFE) for working professionals as well as a basic text for graduate course work in engineering, covering all facets of GTDFE.

    Part 1 Theory: Green engineering and environmentally conscious manufacturing; infrastructure; regulations and the waste stream; new theories for environmental regulation; design for the environment; recycling issues; plastics for environmentally conscious engineering. Part 2 Design examples: design for assembly and disassembly; design for environmentally friendly vehicles; design for manufacturing process improvement; design for quality application in machining; life cycle analysis and maintainability; multiattribute utility analysis of municipal recycling.

    Biography

    Samir Billatos