Authors:Gjalt Huppes, Gjalt Huppes;Masanobu Ishikawa,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: eco, efficiency, science, industry, quantified
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 2007-02-21
List price: $219.00
ISBN-10: 1402053983
ISBN-13: 9781402053986

Eco-efficiency has long been a concept: the intention of reducing environmental impact while increasing environmental value. Its origins are with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. However, in a globalized world with sustained economic growth environmental degradation is threatening. Macro level requirements on sustainability should be reflected in the eco-efficiency of choices at a micro level, like on technologies, supply chains and product systems. Eco-efficiency analysis has come to fruition as a fully quantified method for analysis, linking to specific domains of econ