Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA, May 23 - 25, 2012 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dornfeld, David A. (Editor), Linke, Barbara S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Engineering design.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Engineering Design.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Renewable and Green Energy.

The 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering continues a strong tradition of scientific meetings in the areas of sustainability and engineering within the community of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP). The focus of the conference is to review and discuss the current...

Table of Contents:

• Businesses and Organizations
• Businesses and Organizations – Product Service Systems
• Case Studies for Automotive Applications
• Case Studies for Selected Applications
• End of Life Management
• Life Cycle Design
• Machine Tool Technologies for Sustainability
• Manufacturing Processes – Casting, Forming, Injection Molding, Joining
• Manufacturing Processes – Machining
• Manufacturing Systems – Factory Planning and Peripheral Systems
• Manufacturing Systems – Process Planning and Control
• Methods and Tools for Sustainability
• Methods and Tools for Sustainability in Aerospace Manufacturing
• Methods and Tools for Sustainability in Process Chains
• Methods and Tools for Sustainability in Processes
• Social Sustainability
• Supply Chain Management.