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Teaching Sustainable Engineering
Author(s) -
Allenby Braden R.,
Allen David T.,
Davidson Cliff I.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1162/jiec.2007.1280
Subject(s) - library science , state (computer science) , engineering , management , environmental ethics , political science , philosophy , computer science , algorithm , economics
In some ways, sustainable engineering may be thought of as the operational arm of industrial ecology: first use the methodologies of industrial ecology, such as life-cycle assessment, materials flow accounting, or product and process matrix analysis, to determine relevant social and environmental considerations; then use sustainable engineering methods to integrate that knowledge into process, product, and infrastructure design