Green Energy and Technology: Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0

Garbie, Ibrahim

This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field. It also reviews the quantitative and qualitative tools available for analytic assessment. It presents a new framework for sustainable manufacturing requirements and discusses the implementation of sustainable manufacturing in terms of practices, indicators, and sustainability level assessments. The book also details the important conditions necessary for the conversion of existing traditional plants to ones with more sustainable processes. Chapters explore topics including the assessment of economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, sustainable manufacturing practices, and sustainability optimization. Serving as a reference for engineers, managers, and practitioners involved in manufacturing, this book will also be a valuable resource to students and researchers of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, and operations management.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2018-04-07

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319805368

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29306-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 248