Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development

Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development brings together a collection of papers from a conference held at the University of Liverpool in June 2002 that inspire the interchange of ideas on the theory, technology, tools, and methodology for the entire product life cycle within the framework of sustainable development. It also embraces key subjects including strategy, design, materials, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, disposal, recycling, and auditing.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

• Philosophy of, and strategy for, sustainable technologies
• Design principles for sustainable development
• Sustainable manufacturing technologies
• Use of recycling/bio-degradable materials
• Re-use and recycling design and technologies
• Tools for sustainable product design
• Measurement and auditing
• Best practices and case studies
• Impact of emerging legislation
• International trends and future development.

Sustainable development will have a fundamental impact on the engineering community since, through design and manufacture, we are responsible for the use of energy, materials, and processes for the complete product life cycle. This is an essential volume for the bookshelves of those wanting to be well informed about this evolving technology.

Part 1 Keynote papers: concept, context and co-operation for sustainable technology, J.C. van Weenen

Methods and elements towards sustainable products - BMW's strategy in design for recycling and the environment, W. Fried et al

Sustainability in fast-moving consumer goods, M. Shaw

Sustainable development -professional practice and systems thinking, A. Hall and S. Martin.

Part 2 Overviews: evaluation of effective improvement strategies and successful measures for sustainable product design, R. Zust and W. Wimmer

Sustainable product development - a view from the front line, G. Kane et al

Implications of the integrated product policy (IPP) in new products design and development, M. Sorli et al

CIAM and North-eastern industry - the road to sustainability, T.D. Short et al

Standardizing sustainability, R. Valentine.

Part 3 New approaches and ideas: taking public perceptions of risk into account in engineering design for sustainable development - a multi-attribute decision making framework, J. Harvey et al

Incorporating life-cycle cost into early product development, J.-H. Park and K.-K. Seo

A methodology to support the implementation of product recovery, A. Rahimifard et al

Method and tools for the development of environmentally sound products, S. Leibrecht and R. Anderl

A web-based tool for design for sustainability of made-to-order products, P. Norman.

Part 4 Manufacturing focus: object-oriented modelling of deep drawn tailored blanks, J. Ullrich and P. Groche

Applications for eco-sufficient surface machining with dry ice blasting, E. Uhlmann et al

Innovative machining technologies and tools for the disassembly of consumer goods, E. Uhlmann et al

Dry machining of cast aluminium automotive wheels -innovative cutting tool design for improved machining performance and environmentally conscious manufacturing, I.S. Jawahir et al.

Part 5 Advances in the electronics sector: development of a generic model for life-cycle inventory (LCI) of upstream processes in life-cycle assessment (LCA) of electronic products, A.S.G. Androe and J. Liu

The recycling of telecommunication products - a case study in a Brazilian company, A.C.C. Marques et al

Telephone re-manufacture - sustainable development in action, K. Snowdon et al.

Part 6 Educational issues: a case study approach to the teaching of design for sustainability - the Royal Academy of Engineering scheme for visiting professors, P. Norman et al

Educational challenges of web-based case studies in sustainable development, M. Hutchings et al.

Bernard Hon is the editor of Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development, published by Wiley.