Lean and Cleaner Production Applications in Prefabrication to Reduce Carbon Emissions /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Wu, Peng (Συγγραφέας), Low, Sui Pheng (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Business.; Production management.; Environmental economics.; Business and Management.; Production.; Environmental Economics.

This book explains how in moving towards Cleaner Production, the Lean Production Philosophy can be applied to reduce carbon emissions in prefabrication - one major source of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions which contribute to global climate change. This book examines theories and principles in th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Sustainable Development and Global Climate Change
• Lean Production Philosophy
• The Precast Concrete Industry
• Modelling the Lean Production Philosophy
• Research Design and Methodology
• Applications in Precast Concrete Factories
• Case study of a Precast Concrete Factory
• Precast Concrete Products in Construction Sites
• Case study of a Construction Site
• Carbon Labelling and Reflections
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• References.