Advances in Sustainable Manufacturing Proceedings of the 8th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seliger, Günther (Editor), Khraisheh, Marwan M.K (Editor), Jawahir, I.S (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Environmental Economics.; Sustainable Development.; Renewable and Green Energy.

Non-renewable materials can no longer be disposed once humankind's ever increasing needs cannot be fulfilled anymore due to limited resources. Reuse and recycling become inevitable requirements for product and process design. Renewable resources must not be consumed in quantities higher than ca...

Table of Contents:

• Value Adding by Sustainable Manufacturing in the UAE
• Potentials of Renewables
• Education for Sustainability Engineering
• Green Supply Chain and Transportation
• Microelectronics and Resource Efficiency Technology driven startups
• Sustainable Products and Manufacturing Processes.