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The Millennium Development Goals and Production Engineering training
(2015-01-01)
Purpose – The search for a more sustainable society depends on more sustainable organisations and, as such, Production (Industrial) Engineering may contribute to this process through the training of professionals with a ...
Decarbonisation of operations management – looking back, moving forward: a review and implications for the production research community
(2018-01-16)
This paper systematically analyses the vital motivations, drivers and barriers to the adoption of low-carbon operations management practices in response to climate change, highlighting the implications for the International ...
Maturation of sustainability in engineering faculties - From emerging issue to strategy?
(Elsevier SCI Ltd, 2018)
Although higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have seen a blossoming of sustainability initiatives of
various kinds in recent years, the variety of institutional and socio-economic contexts brings about an
equally plural ...
Sustainable fermentation processing of two revalorized agro-industrial discards: carrot and brewer's yeast
(Springer, 2013-12)
An integrated and sustainable fermentation process was developed which enabled both the revalorization of two regional agro-industrial discards as well as by-product reuse. Carrot and brewer's yeast, which are commonly ...
Putting environmental technologies into the mainstream: Adoption of environmental technologies by medium-sized manufacturing firms in Brazil
(2017-01-20)
The aim of this research is to analyze how critical success factors (CSFs) can influence the adoption of environmental technologies by Brazilian manufacturing companies. In terms of conceptual background, this research ...
Sustainable clean-up technologies for soils contaminated with multiple pollutants: Plant-microbe-pollutant and climate nexus
(2015-09-01)
Soil is a vital life supporting system of the Planet Earth. However, it has been estimated that around 25% the global soils are highly degraded and 44% are moderately degraded mainly due to the pollution of metals and ...
Review On The Characteristics Of Butanol, Its Production And Use As Fuel In Internal Combustion Engines
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTDOxford, 2017)
Resistência à compressão do concreto autoadensável: Influência da atividade pozolânica do calcário e do basalto
(2006-12-01)
This research studies the influence of the pozzolanic activity of the calcareous and basalt in the resistence behavior of the compressive strength of high performance self-compacting concrete (HPSCC). The selected aditives ...
Life Cycle Assessment in automotive sector: A case study for engine valves towards cleaner production
(Elsevier B.V., 2018-05-20)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a well-established tool to analyze environmental aspects and impacts of products and processes. However, there are few studies available regarding LCA of automotive components such as the ...