Bücher der Reihe Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management

This edited monograph presents a selection of research contributions on eco-factories of the future. The topical focus lies on cutting-edge solutions from academia and industry that enable and support companies in their efforts towards sustainable manufacturing.

This book covers the latest developments in life cycle assessment (LCA) both in terms of methodology and its application in various research areas. It includes methodological questions as well as case studies of strategies in the context of circular economy and new emerging technologies, design of conceptual frameworks, especially related to social LCA, and the use of novel modeling approaches with a focus on energy supply and land use. With research articles from leading German and Austrian research institutes, the book is a valuable source for professionals working in the field of sustainability assessment, researchers interested in the current state of LCA research, and advanced university students in various scientific and technical fields. 6 chapters are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research, covering product and service design, smart manufacturing, and social perspectives in ecodesign.

The environmental burden caused by private transportation represents a significant challenge towards sustainability. However, the global adoption of electromobility implies shift and diversification of the environmental impacts caused by the transportation sector mainly driven by the production of the battery system.

This book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research, covering product and service design, smart manufacturing, and social perspectives in ecodesign.

The presented framework and methods for the evaluation and implementation of sustainable urban production systems allow the assessment of impacts and provide the means to control and utilize the unique strengths of urban factories for cities and industry.

This book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research, covering product and service design, smart manufacturing, and social perspectives in ecodesign.

Cooperation of young researchers from science and industry - life cycle assessment in theory and practice.- Life Cycle Assessment of a Hydrogen and Fuel Cell RoPax Ferry Prototype.- Analysis of Fuel and Powertrain Combinations for Heavy-Duty Vehicles from a Well-to-Wheels Perspective: Model Development and Sample Application.- Pathways and environmental assessment for the introduction of renewable hydrogen into the aviation sector.- Life Cycle Assessment of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysis.- Remanufacturing of Energy using Products makes sense only when technology is mature - Introducing a Circular Economy indicator for remanufacturing based on a parameterized LCA and LCC assessment of a circulation pump.- Integrating environmental assessment of emerging materials into the material se-lection process Analysis of life cycle datasets for the material gold.- Suggestions for the technical integration of Life Cycle Assessment data sets of ÖKOBAUDAT into Building Information Modeling and Industry Foundation Classes.- Storage LCA: A Tool for the investigation of the environmental potential of inno-vative stor-age systems in buildings.- Economic and environmental optimization of rotary heat exchangers: A closer look at the conflict.- Pros and Cons of Batteries in Green Energy Supply of Residential Districts - a Life Cycle Analysis.- Asking instead of telling - recommendations for developing Life Cycle Assess-ment within technical R&D projects?.- Carbon Offsets: an LCA Perspective.- Comparability of LCAs - Review and discussion of the application purpose.- Biodiversity Impact Assessment of Grazing Sheep.

This open access book presents the proceedings of the 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, on September 16-17, 2019.

The book provides important insights for professionals working in the field of sustainability assessment, for researchers interested in the current state of the research of the methodology and its application as well as for advanced university students in different science and engineering fields.

The aim of the joint research project Fleets Go Green was the integrated analysis and evaluation of the environmental performance of electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicles in everyday usage on the example of fleet operations.

This edited monograph presents a selection of research contributions on eco-factories of the future. The topical focus lies on cutting-edge solutions from academia and industry that enable and support companies in their efforts towards sustainable manufacturing.

The volume is structured in four chapters covering the following topics: sustainable manufacturing technology, sustainable product development, sustainable value creation networks and systematic change towards sustainable manufacturing.

This book addresses recycling technologies for many of the valuable and scarce materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. The book discusses engineering issues in the entire process chain from disassembly over mechanical conditioning to chemical treatment.

This book comprises recent developments in life cycle assessment (LCA) both with regards to the methodology and its application in various research fields, including mobility, engineering and manufacturing. Containing numerous original research articles from leading German research institutes, the book provides an insightful resource for professionals working in the field of sustainability assessment, for researchers interested in the current state of LCA research as well as for advanced university students in different scientific and engineering fields.

The book presents an integrated planning concept for heat flows in production systems comprising various short term and long term related models.

This authored monograph provides in-depth analysis and methods for aligning electricity demand of manufacturing systems to VRE supply.

This monograph adresses the challenge of the environmental assessment of leightweight electric vehicles. It poses the question whether the use of lightweight materials in electric vehicles can reduce the vehicles' environmental impact and compares the environmental performance of a lightweight electric vehicle (LEV) to other types of vehicles.

This research monograph aims at presenting an integrated assessment approach to describe, model, evaluate and improve the eco-efficiency of existing and new grinding processes and systems.

This monograph provides a methodological approach for establishing demand-oriented levels of energy transparency of factories. Readers will also be provided with an in-depth description of a planning tool which allows for systematically deriving suitable metering points in complex factory environments.

This monograph provides a field-proven approach to analyze industrial production with a cross-company scope as well as regarding all hierarchical system levels of manufacturing enterprises.

This book presents a number of aspects to be considered in the development of disassembly automation, including the mechanical system, vision system and intelligent planner.

This monograph presents a reliable methodology for characterising the energy and eco-efficiency of unit manufacturing processes. An empirical approach will be validated on different machine tools and manufacturing processes to depict the relationship between process parameters and energy consumptions.

This book develops a comprehensive concept for energy performance management of machine tools, which guides the transition towards energy efficient machine tools using four innovative concept modules, which are embedded into a step-by-step workflow model.

Beyond considering individual processes and machines, the perspective on process chains and factories as a whole holds major potentials for energy efficiency improvements.

Covering sustainable business model transformations with the goal of improving or sustaining a firm's profitability, this book offers and analyzes illustrative examples from management practice, and proposes a general management framework for green businesses.

This open access book presents the proceedings of the 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, on September 16-17, 2019.

The volume is structured in four chapters covering the following topics: sustainable manufacturing technology, sustainable product development, sustainable value creation networks and systematic change towards sustainable manufacturing.