Industrial ecology /
T. E. Graedel and B. R. Allenby.
- Englewood Cliffs : London : Prentice Hall, Prentice-Hall International, 1995.
- xix, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
At head of title: AT&T
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introductory topics -- Humanity and environment -- Technology and industry, history and recent trends -- A survey of environmental concerns -- An overview of risk assessment -- Part II: Relevant "External" factors -- Relationships of society to industry and development -- Governments, laws and economics -- Part III: Evaluating life cycles -- Budgets and cycles -- An introduction to life cycle assessment -- Process and product audits -- Perturbing nature's budgets and cycles -- Prioritizing options -- The materials and process audit for electronic solders and alternatives -- Part IV: Design for environment -- Industrial design of processes and products -- Designing for energy efficiency -- Industrial process residues, composition and minimization -- Choosing materials -- Product packaging, transport and installation -- Environmental interactions during product use -- Design for recycling -- The improvement analysis for products, processes and facilities -- Part V: Forward-looking topics -- Organizational opportunities and constraints -- Standards and stimuli -- Satisfying human needs and wants, the future of industrial activity -- A new industrial revolution.