Steps towards sustainable manufacturing through modelling material, energy and waste flows

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-238

  Smith, Leigh ^a   Ball, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Material energy and waste modelling; Process mapping; Sustainable manufacture; Zero carbon

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; PROCESS FLOWS; PROCESS MAPPING; SPREADSHEET MODELS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; WASTE FLOWS; ZERO CARBONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84865685145     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.01.036     Document Type: Article

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