Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents the role of life cycle engineering and life cycle management of products and services and their contributions to corporate environmental sustainability and the circular economy. It addresses the main techniques, tools, systems and practices for improving the environmental performance of business products and services throughout their life cycles.
The book covers the main topics and concepts related to life cycle engineering and life cycle management applied to the business context. It presents the themes through basic and in-depth theories. In addition, all chapters provide examples of real and hypothetical case studies for discussion and assimilation of theoretical content and its contextualization in the real and practical business scenario. The chapters are complemented by quantitative exercises.
Table of Contents1)
1. Introduction to Engineering and Life Cycle Management of products
2. Cleaner production (CP)
3. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Def. Objective and scope
4. LCA: life cycle inventory analysis
5. LCA: life cycle impact assessment
6. LCA: Interpretation of results
7. Social LCA
8. Ecodesign of products
9. Product-Service Systems (PSS)
10. Circular Economy and Corporate Sustainability
11. Performance Management and Measurement Systems
12. Sustainable Supply Chain Management
13. Communication and Environmental Labeling
