Energy and Resource Efficiencies. Part 2

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Energy and Resource Efficiencies. Part 1

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The Myth of Resource Efficiency : the Jevons Paradox. by Polimeni, John M.

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Resource-Efficient Machine Components by Rosenkranz, Andreas

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Resource efficiency complexity and the commons : the paracommons and paradoxes of natural resource losses, wastes and wastages / by Lankford, Bruce A.

Table of Contents: “…Main Introduction and the Scope of the Book 3. On Resource Efficiency; Multiple Views 4. A Framework of Resource Efficiency Complexity 5. …”
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Resource efficiency of processing plants : monitoring and improvement /

Table of Contents: “…Part I. Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Process Industries / Stefan Krämer, Sebastian Engell -- Standards, Regulations and Requirements Concerning Energy and Resource Efficiency / Jan U Lieback, Jochen Buser, David Kroll, Nico Behrendt, Seán Oppermann -- Energy and Resource Efficiency Reporting / Marjukka Kujanpää, Tiina Pajula, Helena Wessman-Jääskeläinen -- Energy Efficiency Audits / Gunther Windecker -- Part II. …”
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Resources for our future : key issues and best practices in resource efficiency / by Weterings, R., Bastein, Ton, Tukker, Arnold, Rademaker, Michel, Ridder, Marjolein de

Table of Contents: “…Resource constraints -- The geopolitics of resources -- Resource strategies -- Resource efficiency in the built environment -- Resource efficiency in the food sector -- Biotic resources in the process industry -- Resource efficiency in the metal and consumer electronics industries -- Resource efficiency in fashion and furnishings -- The challenges ahead.…”
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Working with Microsoft Forms and Customer Voice Efficiently Gather and Manage Customer Feedback, Insights, and Experiences. by Lee, Welly

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Ametis : Advanced Manufacturing for Energy and Transportation International School by Chaâbane, Nihed, Schuster, Frédéric

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Global opportunities for entrepreneurial growth : coopetition and knowledge dynamics within and across firms

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge Dynamics And Resource Efficiency In International Business Relations /…”
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Sustainable development : a question of identity. by Ahmed, Allam

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Editorial board; Guest editorial; Human sensitivity towards nature: Eastern and Western perspectives; Unlocking the social domain in sustainable development; The multiple identitiesof sustainability; Converging sustainability definitions: industry independent dimensions; Resource-efficient construction: rethinking construction towards sustainability.…”
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The Green Office. by Calder, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; chapter 1: your carbon footprint; chapter 2: reducing your direct carbon cost; chapter 3: energy efficiency in the office; chapter 4: data storage; chapter 5: thin clients; chapter 6: paper; chapter 7: reduce travel costs; chapter 8: office supplies and staff refreshments; chapter 9: water usage; chapter 10: resource efficiency, waste and recycling; itg resources.…”
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The Green Office. by Calder, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; chapter 1: your carbon footprint; chapter 2: reducing your direct carbon cost; chapter 3: energy efficiency in the office; chapter 4: data storage; chapter 5: thin clients; chapter 6: paper; chapter 7: reduce travel costs; chapter 8: office supplies and staff refreshments; chapter 9: water usage; chapter 10: resource efficiency, waste and recycling; itg resources.…”
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SPS2020 : proceedings of the Swedish Production Symposium, October 7-8 2020

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Committees, Organizers and Sponsors -- Contents -- Resource-Efficient Production -- Extending the Use of Full-Scale Lean Production Simulators: Their Role as Innovation Testbeds -- Guide for Automation of Low Volume Production -- Digital Tools and Information Needs Assessment for Efficient Deviation Handling in SMEs -- Misconceptions Within the Use of Overall Equipment Effectiveness -- A Theoretical Discussion on Industrial Examples -- The Evolvement of a Corporate Lean Production System -- An Industrial Study…”
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Natural resources. Sustainability and natural resources

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Remanufacturing in the circular economy : operations, engineering and logistics

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The Climate Bonus : Co-benefits of Climate Policy. by Smith, Alison

Table of Contents: “…; Biofuels; Other impacts of renewables; The way forward; 6 Less waste: a resource-efficient economy; Materials: a hidden source of carbon emissions; Trends in material use; Carbon omissions.…”
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Critical metals handbook

Table of Contents: “…Other deposit types -- Extraction and processing -- Extraction methods -- Processing -- Specifications and uses -- Uses of platinum, palladium and rhodium -- Uses of ruthenium, iridium and osmium -- Recycling, re-use and resource efficiency -- Substitution -- Environmental issues -- World resources and production -- Resources and reserves -- Production -- World trade -- Prices -- Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References -- 13. …”
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Sustainable development in the process industries : cases and impact

Table of Contents: “…Sustainability metrics, indicators, and indices for the process industries / Joseph B. Powell -- Resource efficiency of chemical manufacturing chains: present and future / Jean-Paul Lange -- Regional integration of processes, agriculture, and society / Michael Narodoslawsky -- Eco-industrial parks in The Netherlands: the Rotterdam Harbor and Industry Complex / L.W. …”
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The Environmental Toolkit for Teachers : First Steps to Sustainability. by Fraser, Neil

Table of Contents: “…-- Setting the context -- Contextual facts -- The tools -- Environmental management basics -- Environmental management and schools -- How to implement environmental management -- Key tasks of an Eco-Teacher -- Routes to sustainability -- Encouraging sustainable behaviour change -- The 4 Es: enable, engage, exemplify, encourage -- Questions and answers regarding the 4 Es -- 2 Taking action on litter -- Introduction to litter management -- Eco-Schools and litter -- Know your litter -- Resources for litter management -- Understanding school litter management -- Getting started with litter management -- Litter clearing -- Reducing litter -- 3 Taking action on waste -- Introduction to waste management -- Eco-Schools and waste minimisation -- Know your waste -- Resources for waste management -- Understanding the school waste management -- Getting started with waste management -- Paper -- Food -- Packaging -- Resource efficiency and recycled procurement -- 4 Taking action on energy -- Introduction to energy management -- Eco-Schools and energy -- Know your energy -- Resources for energy management -- Understanding school energy management -- Getting started with energy management -- Heating -- Lighting -- Small power machines -- Alternative and renewable energy -- Resources -- Case studies -- List of useful resources -- Appendices -- Index.…”
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Strategic sustainability : why it matters to your business and how to make it happen by McKay, Alexandra

Table of Contents: “…Issues You May Look At -- and How to Link Them to Your BusinessCreate a USP; Resource efficiency: energy, water, waste; Carbon and renewables; Your product or service; Human rights; Supply chain; Community; Employees and labour issues; Chapter 5; How to Make it Happen; Selling sustainability; Before you start; To the board; To key resource holders; To key actors; To your staff; Chapter 6; Common Arguments; Won't this take a lot of time?…”
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The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems.

Table of Contents: “…Sekutowski -- The utilization-focused service economy : resource efficiency and product-life extension / Walter R. …”
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Green Factory Bavaria Colloquium 2014 : Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 1st Green Factory Colloquium, September 30 - October 1, 2014, Nuremberg, Germany

Table of Contents: “…Green Factory Bavaria Colloquium 2014; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Sustainable Manufacturing Strategies; Life Cycle Assessment Tool in the Early Stage of Development; Contribution for the Life Cycle Oriented Evaluation of Costs and Resource Efficiency of Production Machines in Procurement; E/Benchmark -- Approaches and Methods for Assessing the Energy Efficiency of the Industrial Automated Product Manufacturing; Identification of Energy Consumption and Energy Saving Potentials of Electric Drive Systems; Energy Concepts for Manufacturing Companies; Chapter 2: Energy Measuring Systems.…”
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Handbook of recycling : state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Recycling in Context. 1 Recycling A Key Factor for Resource Efficiency -- 2 Definitions and Terminology -- 3 Recycling in Context -- 4 Recycling Rare Metals -- 5 Theory and Tools of Physical Separation/Recycling -- Part II: Recycling -- Application & Technology. 6 Recycling of Steel -- 7 Copper Recycling -- 8 Lead Recycling -- 9 Zinc and Residue Recycling -- 10 Recycling of Rare Metals -- 11 Recycling of Lumber -- 12 Paper Recycling -- 13 Plastic Recycling -- 14 Glass Recycling -- 15 Textile Recycling -- 16 Cementitious Binders Incorporating Residues -- 17 Industrial By-products -- 18 Recovery of Metals from Different Secondary Resources (Waste).…”
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Advanced materials, synthesis, development and application : selected, peer reviewed papers from the X International Conference on Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development (PF...

Table of Contents: “…Optimization of High-Octane Gasoline ProductionPhysical and Chemical Processes Research of Isotope Separation in Plasma under Magnetic Field; Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy of Defects in Commercially Pure Titanium Saturated with Hydrogen; The Resource Efficiency Assessment Technique for the Foundry Production; Thermal Cycle Durability of Heat-Shielding Coatings on the Basis of Zr-Y-O/Si-Al-N under Ion Treatment of Copper Substrates; Two Different States of Copper Ions in Zeolites.…”
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Planet RE:Think

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The Sustainable Sites Handbook : a Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes. by Calkins, Meg, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Evaluating Environmental and Human Health Impacts of MaterialsSite and Regional Assessment for Materials; Resource Efficiency; Low-VOC Materials and Products; Materials to Minimize Heat Island Impacts; Concrete; Aggregates and Stone; Asphalt; Brick Masonry; Earthen Materials; Plastics; Metals; Bio-Based Materials; Wood; Site Lighting; Chapter 7: Human Health and Well-Being for Sustainable Sites; Assessing the Site's Social Setting; SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; Social Equality in Site Development, Construction, and Use; Site Accessibility; Site Wayfinding; Site Safety.…”
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Background modeling and foreground detection for video surveillance

Table of Contents: “…Background Subtraction on Embedded Hardware; 22. Resource-efficient Salient Foreground Detection for Embedded Smart Cameras; V: Benchmarking and Evaluation; 23. …”
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Eco-friendly innovations in electricity transmission and distribution networks

Table of Contents: “…Author biography; 3.2 Product ecodesign; 4.2 Ecodesign principles; 3.4 Ecodesign for energy-related products: the new scope of the ErP directive; 3.7 Two European initiatives on resource efficiency and critical raw materials.…”
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Smart growth

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Fundamentals of Sustainable Dwellings. by Friedman, Avi

Table of Contents: “…Flexible And Growing HomesChapter 4: Unit-Planning Principles; Cost-Effective Comfort; Design Principles; Chapter 5: Constructing a Home; The Building Envelope; Thermal Mass And Its Distribution; Efficient Framing And Construction Details; Prefabrication And Resource Efficiency; Chapter 6: Building Materials; Life-Cycle Assessment Principles; Cradle-To-Cradle Assessment Of Common Building Materials; Chapter 7: Energy-Efficient Windows; Window Development; Daylighting; Shading; Controlling Air Movement; Controlling Heat Loss; Air Leakage Control; Condensation And Rain Penetration Control.…”
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Innovative China : new drivers of growth

Table of Contents: “…Using technology to teach creativity and problem solving -- Strengthening technical and vocational education and training -- Promoting lifelong learning -- China's new education sector strategy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7 Allocating Resources Efficiently -- China's financial sector developments -- Financing small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs -- Facilitating free flows of labor -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8 Leveraging Regional Development and Integration -- Reducing spatial frictions in factor markets -- Nurturing and connecting economic clusters -- Notes -- Bibliography…”
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South Asia's turn : policies to boost competitiveness and create the next export powerhouse

Table of Contents: “…Industry Case Study C: The effect of trade barriers on the apparel sectorNotes; References; 6 Firm Capabilities Are Constrained; Firms lack managerial quality and do not use resources efficiently; Adoption of knowledge and technology is low; Innovation is widespread but novelty is limited; Returns to innovation are high; Annex 6A; Industry Case Study D: Protection from global good practices limits the spread of world-class firm capabilities in the automotive industry; Notes; References; Part 3 THE WAY FORWARD; 7. …”
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The Earth : natural resources and human intervention by Schmidt-Bleek, F.

Table of Contents: “…; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing.…”
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Sustainable renovation : strategies for commercial building systems and envelope by Gelfand, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…Electric Power and Controls ReplacementLate Modern Buildings; Strategies for Deep Floor Plates; Creating New Passive Ventilation Options; Improving or Replacing Forced Air Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning; Restoring or Improving Daylighting; Water-Saving Strategies; Electric Power and Controls Replacement; Systems Replacement Summary; Chapter 6: Building Materials; Environmentally Beneficial Products; Rating Systems and Lifecycle Assessment; LCA Tools; Recycling, Salvage, and Reuse; Resource Efficiency; Reduction in Operational Energy and Waste; Low-Emitting Materials.…”
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WGP congress 2014 : progress in production engineering : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 WGP Congress, September 9-10, 2014, Erlangen, Germany

Table of Contents: “…WGP Congress 2014; Preface, Organisation and Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Keynotes; Gear Hobbing -- Research Activities and State of the Art; Chapter 1: Assembly; Analysis and Visualisation of the Positioning Accuracy and Underlying Effects of Industrial Robots; Worker Information Systems Including Dynamic Visualisation: A Perspective for Minimising the Conflict of Objectives between a Resource-Efficient Use of Inspection Equipment and the Cognitive Load of the Worker; An Ultrasonic Non-Contact Handling Device from Quartz Glass for Middle and High Temperature Applications.…”
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Technical Training Management : Commercial skills aligned to the provision of successful training outcomes. by Europe, CEdMA

Table of Contents: “…RENEWALSCUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGEMENT; SUMMARY; 7 SALES; STRATEGY; EXECUTION (SALES OPERATING MODEL); SALES MANAGEMENT AND METRICS; SALES COMPENSATION AND INCENTIVES; SUMMARY; 8 SCHEDULE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING DEMAND; ENHANCING THE CURRICULUM TO SUIT LOCAL CUSTOMER NEED; MINIMISING THE CURRICULUM OFFERED TO SUIT LOCAL CUSTOMER NEED; SCHEDULING THE RIGHT MODALITY TO THE RIGHT MARKET CONDITIONS; SIZING, SCALING AND MANAGING THE DELIVERY RESOURCE; RESOURCING EFFICIENCY (CONTRACT OR EMPLOY); CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS; SCHEDULER'S CHECKLIST…”
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Green information technology : a sustainable approach

Table of Contents: “…Section II: Green IT: Law and MeasurementChapter 3: Measurements and Sustainability; Introduction; ICT Technical Measures; Introduction; Service of Data Processing; Service of Data Transport; Service of Data Storage; Multimedia Service; Conclusion; Ecological Measures and Ethical Consideration; Introduction; ICT Impact on Pollution; Resource Efficiency; Main Green Measures of Performances; MoP on Recyclability; MoP on Energy Consumption; MoP on Carbon Emission; Ethics in ICT; Conclusion; Systems Engineering for Designing Sustainable ICT-Based Architectures; Introduction.…”
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Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects. by Keating, Barry P.

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SAS data analytic development : dimensions of software quality by Hughes, Troy Martin, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…; Notes; Chapter 8 Efficiency; Defining Efficiency; Disambiguating Efficiency; Defining Resources; Efficiency in the SDLC; What's Next?; Notes; Chapter 9 Scalability; Defining Scalability; The Scalability Triad; Resource Scalability; Demand Scalability; Load Scalability; Scalability in the SDLC; What's Next?…”
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