Title :
The diffusion of design for environment: a survey of current practice
Author :
Lenox, Michael ; Jordan, Ben ; Ehrenfeld, John
Author_Institution :
Technol. Bus. & Environ. Prog., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of a broad survey of design for environment practice among US manufacturing firms. Data were gathered pertaining to both the corporate and business levels. The purpose of this study is to understand both the extent of adoption of DFE across industries as well as the patterns of adoption within individual firms
Keywords :
design engineering; environmental factors; manufacturing industries; US manufacturing firms; business level; corporate level; cross industry study; design for environment; individual firms; survey; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Manufacturing industries; Process design; Product design; Pulp manufacturing; Retirement; Taxonomy; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1996. ISEE-1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2950-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1996.500391
