Sustainability in Higher Education

Sustainability in Higher Education
Author: J. Paulo Davim
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2015-08-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0081003757

Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability. - Focus on sustainability - Present studies in aspects related with higher education - Explores a variety of educational aspects from an sustainable perspective

Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society

Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society
Author: Mitsutaka Matsumoto
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1152
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400730101

Since the first EcoDesign International Symposium held in 1999, this symposium has led the research and practices of environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems, supply chain, consumption, as well as economics and society. EcoDesign 2011 - the 7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing - was successfully held in the Japanese old capital city of Kyoto, on November 30th – December 2nd, 2011. The subtitle of EcoDesign 2011 is to “design for value innovation towards sustainable society.” During this event, presenters discussed the way to achieve both drastic environmental consciousness and value innovation in order to realise a sustainable society.

Multi-objective Optimization for Bridge Management Systems

Multi-objective Optimization for Bridge Management Systems
Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2007
Genre: Bridges
ISBN: 030909898X

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "[u]sers manual and software for NCHRP Report 590: Multi-objective optimization for bridge management systems."--CD-ROM label.